Vic Gainer
Treasurer
Raised in Newton, Massachusetts. Graduate: U. S. C. BA. Professional career in communications included:
Account Supervisor with Chiat/Day Advertising Agency
Co-founder: Motivational Media, Documentary Film Company
Award Winning Films included:
"The Prejudice Film" Starring David Hartman
"We Are Woman" Starring Helen Reddy
"Hassels & Hangups" Starring Michael Douglass
"The Marijuana Film" Starring Sonny Bono
"Tobacco: Idiot's Delight"
...and many other award winning films on urgent social issues.
Community Service:
Appointed to the Los Angeles County Beaches and Harbors Commission
Elected to the Malibu Township Council
Chairman of the Committee to Incorporate Malibu as a City Vice-President, Malibu-Santa Monica Pony/Colt Baseball League.
Coach, AIDS National Marathon Training Program
Trained more than 1000 runners to complete their first marathon, raising more than $10,000,000 to fight AIDS.
Ran 27 marathons in 23 years, including eight Boston Marathons. More than 100 first place divisional finishes in marathons, 5k`s, or 10k races over that span.
I have been coming to Palm Springs since I was a boy back in the 1950`s to my uncle's Deep Well Guest Ranch. I have lived most my adult life on a beach in Malibu, but during the 1970`s and 1980`s I left that little strip of paradise once a month to escape to Palm Springs where the air was clear, dry, and balmy and stress didn't exist.
Chairman, Save Our Mountains Nov. 2004-March 2005.
Leadership role in Measure B. Mountain Preservation Initiative and Measure C, Palm Hills Referendum
Co-chair with Councilman Steve Pougnet, Citizen's Task Force for Mountain and Foothill Preservation and Planning 2005
Found common ground, bring former opponents together to forge recommendations for the adoption of a Mountain Area, Chino Canyon and Entryway Ordinance
Chairman, Save Our Vote, 2005-2007
Obtain Governor's veto of legislation that would have permitted the City to sell the publicly owned Wastewater Treatment Plan.
Chairman, Palm Springs Chino Canyon Coalition 2006
Working with City to adopt measures to protect mountain Areas and the Chino Canyon Alluvial Fan
President/Treasurer Los Pueblos Homeowners Association 2006-07
Treasurer, The Well In the Desert 2006; Feed and care for the poor and homeless
Co-chairman, KCET Desert Cities Development Committee |
