Richard T. Dixon

Mayor Pro Tem, City of Lake Forest

Director Richard Dixon joined the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors in January 2005. Richard Dixon was elected to the inaugural Lake Forest City Council in March 1991. During his tenure as Council Member, he has served as the Mayor Pro Tem in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2005 and as the Mayor during the years of 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2007.

As a member of the OCTA Board of Directors, Director Dixon serves as a member of the following committees: Highways, Transit, Riverside Orange Corridor Authority (ROCA), Transportation 2020, Metrolink and the Security Working Group.

Director Dixon serves the citizens of Lake Forest in many other capacities. He is past Chairman and current Board Member of the El Toro Reuse Planning Authority, Representative to the Orange County Fire Authority and alternate representative to the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency. Director Dixon is past President and current Board Member of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and former President of the Orange County Division of the League of California Cities where he currently serves as State League Director, Orange County Division Representative to the Regional Board of LOCAL (Leave our Community Assets Local), Fifth District Waste Management Commission Representative, Grass Roots Advisory Board Member and a Member of the Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee. He is past Chairman and current Board Member of the Orange County Council of Governments.

Since 1975, Director Dixon has been in the insurance business and started his own health insurance business in 1987. He is a recipient of the Small Business of the Year Award. He is a Member of the Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce and the South Orange County Chambers of Commerce. He is also a board Member of both the Crisis Assistance Program and Partners in Caring.