GEORGE A. BATES

**** * ***** **. • Alpine, CA ***01 • 619-***-****

Skills & Abilities:

Good work Ethics

I show up and am punctual

I expand on my duties

I am honest, dependable and reliable

I follow through

I plan and work well independently or with others

I like varied tasks and multi-task well

I take charge without being overbearing

People Skills

People like me and I am diplomatic

I have excellent phone manners

I am a team leader and work well with others

I am mature and professional

I dress appropriately

Skills

Excellent writer: contracts, proposals, RFP's, schedules, etc.

Officer in different organizations

Public speaker

CEO of companies with hundreds of employees

Good Management skills

Able to delegate

Good Organizer, thorough and systematic

Computer skills: Word, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier, Acrobat Multimedia Intensive vocational Faculty Training,

Virtual Reality,

Web design, Information Architecture, Video conferencing, Technology Mediated Instruction, I continue to take classes to increase my computer skills

EDUCATION DATES DEGREE

Suffolk County Community College; Stonybrook, NY 1955 - 57 AA

Major: Business Administration

Hofstra College; Hempstead, NY 1958 - 61 BA

Major: Business

Mesa College; San Diego, CA 1983 - 85 AA

Major: Fine Arts

City College; San Diego, CA 1992 - 93 CERT

Desktop Publishing, Macintosh

Career Center; San Diego, CA 1995 - 96

Multi-Media, Macintosh

Career Center; San Diego, CA 1996 - 98

Video Production, Macintosh

Purdue University; On Line Instruction 1999 - 2001

Introduction to Grant Writing 2002 - 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

Designer Millinery, San Diego, CA 1999 - Present

Executive Assistant

Mission Bay Yacht Club; San Diego, CA 1996 – Pandemic

Bartender & Asst. Manager

Ahead Productions; San Diego, CA 1996 - Present

Video Production, Desktop Publishing, Web design

Bill's Cab, La Jolla Cab, Encinitas - Del Mar Yellow Cab, 1978 - 1996

Travel-all Transportation, North Shore Dispatch

President & General Manager

TMAC, Inc.; San Diego, CA 1995 - 1996

Chief Financial Officer, Director

Ten Downing North Restaurant; Solana Beach, CA 1975 - 1978

Bar & Restaurant Manager

Ten Downing Restaurant; San Diego, CA 1974 - 1975

Bar & Restaurant Manager

Ponderosa Steak ranch; San Diego, CA 1973 - 1974

Bar & Restaurant Manager

Bali Hai Restaurant; San Diego, CA 1970 - 1973

Showroom Bar Manager

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Ltd.; New York, NY 1961 - 1970

Executive Management Nightclubs, World Wide

San Su San, Mineola, NY 1957 – 1961

Maitre d'

US Army, Korean Veteran

SFC, 187th Regimental Combat Team 1951 - 1956

BOARD OF DIRECTORS (PAST)

Director, TMAC, Inc. Transportation Management & Publication

7060 Miramar Rd. Ste 201B San Diego, CA 92121

Director, TPAC, Taxicab Paratransit Association of California

1730 "I" St. Ste. 240 Sacramento, CA 95814

Director, TMA, North City Transportation Management Association

6540 Lusk Blvd. Ste. C-277 San Diego, CA 92121

Director, CTSA (PCC), Co-Ordinated Transportation Service Agency

3650 Fifth Ave. San Diego, CA 92103

Director, Gaslamp Quarter Association

614 Fifth Ave. Ste. E San Diego, CA 92101

ELECTED MEMBER (3 TERMS)

CCDC PAC Center City Development Corporation

225 Broadway Ste. 1100 San Diego, CA 92101

George A. Bates: Contributions to the Community

Center City Development Corporation: from 1996 – 1999

Active member of the PAC (CCAC), voting on important decisions for the re-development of Downtown San Diego.

GASLAMP QUARTER ASSOCIATION: from 1992 - 2016

Active member of GLQA Board of Directors and The following Committees:

I help develop, make decisions, and actively participate in;

Special Events Committee

Policy on street closures

Amelioration of negative impacts

Super Bowl 1998 Super Fest XXXII

Annual Taste of the Gaslamp

Holiday Bowl Street Party

KIFM Jazz Festival

October-fest

Annual Mardi-Gras Celebration

Annual Easter Bonnet Parade & Hat Contest

Annual Gaslamp Quarter Golf Tournament

Annual Lamplighter Awards Dinner & Auction

Marketing Committee

Marketing strategies for Gaslamp Businesses

Create brochures for worldwide distribution

Obtain Media coverage for the Gaslamp Quarter

Created the Banner Program for the Gaslamp Quarter

Spearhead Advertising for the Gaslamp Quarter

Retail Committee

Get businesses to exchange ideas

Encourage group brainstorming

Create events that enhance business in the Quarter

Urban Market Program

Holiday Lighting Ceremony in the Quarter

Shop Outside The Box Ad Campaign

GASLAMP QUARTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: from 1997 - 2016

Volunteer at Annual Shamrock St. Patrick’s Day Event

CITY OF SAN DIEGO: from 1990 – 2016

Mayor's Homeless Solution Task Force

America's Cup Task Force

Super Bowl Task Force

Downtown San Diego Ballpark Task Force

GLQA Liaison Officer, Metropolitan Transit Development

Board

Center City Development Corporation: from 1996 - 1999

Active member of the PAC, voting on important decisions for the re-development of

Downtown San Diego.

GASLAMP QUARTER ASSOCIATION: from 1992 - 2016

Active member of GLQA Board of Directors and The following Committees:

I helped develop, make decisions, and actively participate in;

Special Events Committee

Policy on street closures

Amelioration of negative impacts

Super Bowl 1998 Super Fest XXXII

Annual Taste of the Gaslamp

Holiday Bowl Street Party

KIFM Jazz Festival

October-fest

Annual Mardi Gras Celebration

Annual Easter Bonnet Parade & Hat Contest (Co-Founder)

Annual Gaslamp Quarter Golf Tournament

Annual Lamplighter Awards Dinner & Auction

Marketing Committee

Marketing strategies for Gaslamp Businesses

Create brochures for world wide distribution

Obtain Media coverage for the Gaslamp Quarter

Created the Banner Program for the Gaslamp Quarter

Spearhead Advertising for the Gaslamp Quarter

Retail Committee

Get businesses to exchange ideas

Encourage group brainstorming

Create events that enhance business in the Quarter

Urban Market Program

Holiday Lighting Ceremony in the Quarter

Shop Outside The Box Ad Campaign

GASLAMP QUARTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: from 1997 – 2016

Volunteer at Annual Shamrock St. Patrick’s Day Event

CITY OF SAN DIEGO: from 1980 - 2016

Mayor's Homeless Solution Task Force

America's Cup Task Force

Super Bowl Task Force

Downtown San Diego Ballpark Task Force

GLQA Liaison Officer, Metropolitan Transit Development Board

PERSONAL:

Health: Excellent

Public Speaker: Non Profit & Support Groups

Sports: Golf & Tennis

Relaxation: Music, Theater, Reading, Computer (Multi Media)

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