Board of Trustees
George Gowgani
George Gowgani
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George Gowgani

Member, Board of Trustees (2004-18)
The California State University

Professional Experience

Private consultant in education and agriculture (1998- )

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo: Associate Dean, College of Agriculture (1996-98); department head (1987-96) and professor (1967-87), Crop Science Department

Professional and Community Service

Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Hearst Castle (2004- )

Member, State Republican Central Committee (2000- )

Chairman, California Water Commission (2000-01)

Member, California State Board of Food and Agriculture (1994-97)

Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Board of California: Vice Chairman (1997), member (1993-96)

Delegate, Republican National Committee, San Diego (1996)

Member, Pete Wilson Executive Advisory Committee (1996)

Member, Sixteenth Agricultural Association, Mid-State Fair (1996; 1982-90)

Chairman, Infrastructure Task Force, Cal/EPA, Department of Pest Regulation (1993-96)

Co-Chairman, Citizens for California’s Future (1994)

Goodwill Ambassador for Higher Education, California State University (1994)

Member, California Educational Technology Committee (1990-93)

Member, U.S. Biotechnology Technical Advisory Committee (1989-95)

Memberships

King David Masonic Temple

San Luis Obispo County Rotary Club

Languages

Fluent in Farsi, Turkish, Azerbaijani, with partial fluency in Spanish and Arabic

Education

B.S. in crop science (1964) and M.A. in agriculture education (1968), California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

M.S. in agronomy (1973) and Ph.D. in biological sciences (1975), University of Nevada