EARLY BACKGROUND: Born in Oak Park, Illinois 1940 and childhood spent in small town, Northlake, Illinois. High School National Honor Society and athlete in baseball, basketball, football, wrestling, track and tennis. First Chair percussionist in high school band and Community Orchestras. EDUCATION: • Beloit College, Beloit, WI. 1958-1963. B.A. degree in Government/Political Science. Full academic/need scholarship (room, board and tuition). Porter Scholar (top 5% entering students). Studied International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland on Johnson Foundation Scholarship. Varsity Wrestling, Treasurer of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. • Washburn University, Topeka, KA. 1967 Post-graduate courses in Business Law and Investments. • LaVerne University Law School, LaVerne, CA. 1975-1978. 60 semester hours of law school completed in top quartile of class. MILITARY EXPERIENCE: USAF, Captain, Aircraft Maintenance Officer. Active duty; 1963 – 1969, Active Reserves; 1969 -1971. Duties as Flightline Maintenance Officer and Commander of 2 Field Training Detachments. Received Air Force Commendation Medal for action as Squadron Maintenance Officer in Cam Ranh Bay and Nha Trang, Vietnam. WORK EXPERIENCE: Delger Corporation, 1969-1971; Registered Representative, National Association of Security Dealers, Charter Member, International Association of Financial Counselors. Held both securities licenses and life and health insurance licenses. Ormco Corp., 1971 – 1996, Marketing Executive. Positions held in chronological order were: Advertising and Sales Promotion Manager, Account Services Manager Product Manager Senior Product Manager Sybron President’s Achievement Award 1983. (One of 7 out of 6,000). Director, Product Development Director, Professional Liaison. Corporate Executive Team Member 1988-1994 Established the “Lingual Task Force” and traveled to Europe and Asia, teaching a new orthodontic treatment modality. Created the prestigeous “Insiders Club” (Marketing and R&D interface). Established the “Gorman Institute for Practice Enhancement”, an educational institute which draws close to 1000 orthodontists and staff annually. Retired at age 56 in 1996. SEDONA EXPERIENCE: Purchased property - 1992, frequent visitor until move to Sedona in 1997. Since the year 2000, Ernie became active in community affairs and has held membership and participation in the following organizations: Westerners Hiking Club Sedona Art Center Vice-president, Voice of Choice for State Route 179 Board of Trustees, Sedona Public Library Board Member, Keep Sedona Beautiful Founding Board Member, Sustainable Arizona Founder and Board Member, Vision Sedona Member, Sedona Public Transit Advisory Committee Member, Chamber of Commerce Tourism Bureau Member, Verde Valley Transportation Planning Organization Exec. Team, ADOT’s Hwy 179 Needs-Based Implementation Plan Councilman, Sedona City Council, 2002-06 Vice-Mayor, City of Sedona, 2005-2006 Invited speaker at the Center for Environmental Excellence by AASHTO (Thursday, Sept 7, 2006 - Small Urban Projects) Invited speaker at the American Society of Civil Engineers - Transportation Division on “Context Sensitive Solutions” 11/15/06 Commentator on city affairs 2007-2010 Chairman & Website Creator, Sedona Reusable Bag Initiative, 2009 Member, Inter-Community Dialogue Group, 2009 Sedona City Council Liaison to Coconino County Sustainable Economic Development Initiative, 2010. Board Member, 2011-13 Appointed Vice-Chair, Sedona Sustainability Commission, 2010-13 Board Member, Sustainable Arizona 2011-15 Appointed to Coconino County Transportation Citizens Advisory Committee - Oct., 2013 Invited as Career Councilor to Humanities Students, Northern Arizona University, 2013 Appointed to Sedona Community Plan Advisory Group, 2014 Keep Sedona Beautiful Board of Trustees Executive Committee 2014-15 Chair, Sedona Verde Valley Red Rock National Monument Coalition Executive Committee 2014-15 Keep Sedona Beautiful Community Service Award - 2015  PERSONAL: Married 53 years to Karen Lee Strauch, active in many local groups. One married daughter, Cinda Michelle Strauch, in Bend Oregon. INTERESTS: Avid golfer, horseman and downhill skier. Enjoy hiking when not riding, love music and art. A “preservationist”, I want to be remembered as having earned the title, “Steward of one of the Earth’s Great Treasures”. Red_Rock_News_Candidate_Profile.htmlhttp://environment.transportation.org/center/products_programs/css_peer_exchange.aspx#thursdayhttp://www.sedona.biz/ernie-strauch0108.htmhttp://www.sedonareusablebags.com/http://www.sedinaz.org/http://www.sedinaz.org/http://www.sedonaaz.gov/Sedonacms/index.aspx?page=712shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3shapeimage_1_link_4shapeimage_1_link_5shapeimage_1_link_6
CURRICULUM VITAE – ERNIE STRAUCH