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Governor Schwarzenegger Announces Appointments to San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority
Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced the appointments of Charlene Haught
Johnson as chair, Anthony Intintoli Jr. as vice chair and Gerald Bellows as a
member of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation
Authority.
"We
all know how quickly ground transportation can break down in an earthquake or
serious disaster making water transit so vital," said Governor Schwarzenegger.
"The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority is a
critical part of making the Bay area better prepared for such an emergency. I am
confident the people appointed today will work to ensure that the people of the
Bay area are safer by expanding the region's emergency preparedness
capability."
Johnson,
62, of Colma, served as president of the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit
Authority from 2000 to December 2007. In this capacity, she was actively
involved with Interferry, an international trade organization of ferry service
providers, and the Passenger Vessel Association, which represents domestic ferry
operators. Johnson has served as partner and attorney for the San Francisco based law
firm, Hallisey and Johnson, formerly O'Brien and Hallisey, since 1974. She is a
graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law. Johnson is
a Democrat.
Intintoli,
69, of Vallejo,
served on the San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority from 2000 to
December 2007. He served as mayor of
Vallejo from
1987 to 1995 and 1999 to 2007. Intintoli also served on the Vallejo City Council
from 1977 to 1985. From 1996 to 2002, he
was a GED teacher at the Vallejo
Adult School and, from 1981 to 1995, was a teacher of
English, Spanish and history at Hogan High
School. From
1977 to 1981, Intintoli was a teacher at St. Patrick
St. Vincent High
School. Prior to that, for two years, he taught business
law and Hispanic civilization as an adjunct instructor at Napa Valley
College and Solano Community College. Intintoli served as a
legal officer in the Judge Advocate General's Department of the U.S. Air Force
Reserve from 1965 to his retirement as a lieutenant colonel in 1998 and served
as an attorney in private practice from 1968 to 1977. He served as chair of the Solano
Transportation Authority in 2007 and is a past member of the California Defense
Conversion Council, Solano County Mayors' Committee and Solano County Board of
Education. Intintoli is also past president of the League of California Cities
North Bay Division and past chair of the Vallejo Redevelopment Agency and the
Base Reuse Committee of the Defense Conversion Council. He currently is a member of the board of
directors of the Solano County Children's Network and the St. Patrick St.
Vincent High School Advisory Board. Intintoli is a
Democrat.
Bellows,
58, of Berkeley,
has served as logistics management officer for the U.S. Maritime Administration
since 2007. From 2004 to 2007, he was a consultant for Smooth Sailing
Incorporated and, from 1996 to 2007, served as chief engineer and assistant
engineer for Patriot Contract Services, Mormac Company and Marine Transport
Lines. Previously, Bellows was an assistant engineer for American President
Lines from 1985 to 1996 and an associate professor of engineering at the
California
Maritime Academy from 1982 to 1985. Prior to that,
he was an assistant engineer on various container ships including the SS Spirit
of Liberty, SS
President Roosevelt and SS Santa Mercedes throughout the Pacific and Indian
oceans from 1980 to 1982 and worked for the U.S. Department of Defense from 1976
to 1980 as a port and facility engineer. He is a vice president of the Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers and a member of the board of directors for the Society of
Port Engineers of San Francisco. Bellows is a Republican.
These
positions require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per
diem.
In
2007, the Governor signed SB
976 by Senator Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) which consolidated ferry services
in the San
Francisco Bay area through the new San Francisco Bay
Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA). WETA plans, manages,
operates and coordinates the emergency activities of all water transportation
and related facilities within the Bay area region except those owned and
operated by the Golden
Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation
District. During a state of emergency or a local emergency, the authority will
coordinate the emergency activities for all water transportation services in the
Bay area region in cooperation with the State Office of Emergency Services, the
U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission.
