Power Lunch!!

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A rare opportunity to meet one-on-one with Supervisor Reagan.  

The County Supervisors hold very powerful positions in the political life of the county.  Here is your opportunity to learn more about the  political process and hear the views of the Supervisor on the most critical issues facing the county.

This Power Lunch will be good for eleven months from the close of the auction.

Supervisor Reagan will host the lunch at your choice of restaurants in Solano County.

Supervisor Reagan represents District 5 which includes a portion of the eastern section of the City of Suisun, a portion of the eastern part of the City of Vacaville, the City of Dixon, the City of Rio Vista, and the Elmira Area. For more details on District areas see: County Board of Supervisors

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Michael J. Reagan joined the Solano County Board of Supervisors in January 2005 as the advocate for the people in the 5th District, which encompasses eastern Solano County: Dixon, Rio Vista, the unincorporated area of Elmira and the eastern portions of Vacaville and Suisun City. He served as the Chair of the Board of Supervisors for 2007.

Mike brings a lifetime of leadership and budget experience to this elected position. A retired Lieutenant Colonel, Mike spent nearly three decades in the United States Air Force managing multi-million dollar budgets and holding command positions around the globe, including three years as Chief of Staff at Travis Air Force Base.

Since his retirement from the Air Force in 1999, Mike has served as a senior advisor in the California Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives, and in management positions with the local Board of Realtors and Chamber of Commerce.

Born in 1949, in Courtland, N.Y., Mike spent much of his youth in Wilmington, Del. After enlisting in the Air Force Reserves as an Airman in 1971, Mike quickly received his commission as an active duty officer through Officer's Training School (OTS).

Mike's distinguished career in the Air Force includes command of the two largest Services Squadrons in Air Mobility Command, one at Rhein Main Air Base in Germany and the other here at Travis AFB. Before coming to Travis, he managed the Washington, D.C., office of the Air Force Commissary Service - the $2 billion grocery store chain for the men and women of the military - and served in the Pentagon as Legislative Liaison to Congress. Also while stationed at Travis, he managed the $145 million construction project that modified the base to house 27 KC-10 aircraft and the more than 1,300 jobs that come with them.

Upon his retirement, Mike was hired by the Northern Solano County Association of Realtors®, where, as the Executive Vice President, he took the lead on revamping personnel management practices and local political advocacy efforts - most notably by leading successful lobbying for an increase in the military's basic allowance for housing which allowed military families to escape substandard living conditions into the local community.

Building on his experience as the link between Congress, State and Local governments and the Air Force, Mike was quickly recruited to serve as a senior advisor to then-State Senator Maurice Johannessen, who represented Solano and 10 other Northern California counties for nearly a decade. Mike was instrumental in passage of several laws that protect veterans and help family farmers in Solano County, and drafted the legislation that recognizes the heroic acts of public safety officers.

After Senator Johannessen's retirement in 2002, Mike was asked to create a new legislative advocacy strategy for the Vacaville Chamber of Commerce. Through Mike's leadership, the Chamber built a successful program to lobby legislators in support of bills that create jobs, properly size public infrastructure, and help schools.

In his work with Congressman Doug Ose, Mike served as senior policy advisor on National and Homeland Security issues - working primarily to help Northern California communities near military bases prepare for the 2005 round of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). He also helped the California National Guard work drug interdiction and homeland security enhancements.

Mike holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Niagara University in New York. He and his wife, Joanie, live in Vacaville with their two daughters, Shannon and Casey.