John Knight

Prior to being elected as a trustee to the Los Rios Board of Trustees, John was a supervisor for the County of El Dorado. He also served four and a half years on the County Planning Commission and two years as a board member of the El Dorado Hills Fire Department, where he served as a lieutenant for 19 years. While serving as a county supervisor, John participated in at least 15 boards and commissions, including First 5 El Dorado, El Dorado County Transit Board, El Dorado County Transportation Commission, Sacramento Area Council of Government (SACOG), Sacramento Area Trade Organization (SACTO), Joint Powers Authority for the Capital South East Corridor, El Dorado Water & Power Agency, and the oversight committee for the dissolution of South Lake Tahoe and Placerville redevelopment agencies.

John's involvement in El Dorado County covers over 25 years. Some of the organizations include El Dorado Hills Rotary (past president twice), El Dorado Hills Chamber (past president), American Red Cross, Habit for Humanity (past president twice), and Folsom Chamber.

This involvement has given John a broad and deep knowledge and understanding of El Dorado County, Folsom, and Gold River, including the dynamics of population, resources, needs, and issues. It has also given him substantial experience in governance, policy, budgets, personnel negotiations, and operations. This experience comes with time and multiple opportunities that have prepared him to be an effective Los Rios trustee.

John believes Los Rios Community College District is leading the region into the future. He has a strong interest in workforce development, career education, and the transferring of students from Los Rios to one of California's colleges and universities.

He is a graduate of Cal-State Long Beach with a BS in finance and minor in economics. He attended Pasadena City College and post-graduate classes in real estate at UCLA. John has spent over forty years in commercial real estate, which includes working for a mining company, a number of commercial banks in various senior management capacities, and commercial real estate companies.

John is married to Georgianne, who is a board trustee of the El Dorado County Office of Education. They have two adult children: a daughter, Joy, who attended Sacramento City College and graduated from Cal-State Sacramento; and a son, Cliff, who attended Folsom Lake College and graduated from San Diego State.