Supervisor Bill Campbell and his wife Mary have been residents of Villa Park for over 25 years. They have three sons, Patrick, Chris and Brian. The Campbell family has always been very active in their community, including Indian Guides, Boy Scouts, Youth Soccer, and St. Norbert’s Parish in Orange.
As a member of the OCTA Board of Directors, Director Campbell serves as the Chair of Finance of the Executive Committee, Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee, Vice Chair of the Transportation 2020 Committee. Director Campbell also is a member of the following committees: Legislative Governmental Affairs, State Route 91 Advisory, Riverside Orange Corridor Authority (ROCA), Security Working Group, and the South County MIS Committee.
Supervisor Campbell founded BIMA Corporation, a franchisee of Taco Bell. He was a founding member of the Franchise Management Advisory Council with Taco Bell, which helped foster a spirit of working together between franchisees and the Taco Bell Corporation. The Campbell family sold BIMA in 2000. Prior to forming BIMA, Assemblyman Campbell worked for Clabir Corporation, Rockwell International, NATEC and TRW systems.
A native Southern Californian, Supervisor Campbell was born in Los Angeles and raised in Pico Rivera. He received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering at Loyola Marymount University and his master of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Orange Chapter of Legatus and a former member of the Young Presidents’ Organization where he served on the International Board of Directors for four years. Supervisor Campbell is also a member of both the Harvard Business School and the Loyola Marymount Alumni Associations and served on the Loyola Alumni Board.
Supervisor Campbell served in the California State Assembly from 1996 to 2002 representing the Seventy-First Assembly District, which included Orange, Villa Park, Tustin, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Irvine, Rancho Santa Margarita and much of Southern Orange County. As a member of the Assembly, he was the Minority Leader, Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee and was a member of the Education, Banking and Finance, and Utilities and Commerce Committees.
Assemblyman Campbell had 32 bills signed into law, including the Children’s Internet Protection Act, a $400,000 grant for the Trabuco Canyon Bike Trail in Southern Orange County and a Manufacturers Investment Tax Credit. In 1999 he was instrumental in passing legislation to fund the statewide eradication and control of the Red Imported Fire Ant infestation occurring in California.
Supervisor Campbell is a member of the Children’s Services Coordination Committee, In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority, Library Advisory Board, MCAS El Toro Local Redevelopment Authority, Orange County Council of Governments, Orange County Housing Authority Board, Orange County Transportation Authority, South Orange County Public Financing Authority, Southern California Water Committee, Transportation Corridor-Eastern/Foothill, and Transportation Corridor-San Joaquin Hills. He is also an alternate member of the Film Commission and the Orange County Fire Authority.
Supervisor Campbell was elected in 2003 and reelected in 2004 and represents the Third Supervisorial District which includes the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Orange, Villa Park, Yorba Linda, Brea, the unincorporated communities of North Tustin and Orange Park Acres and much of the canyon areas of southeastern Orange County. |