Bob White

After leaving the U.S. Coast Guard, Bob White served as Pete Wilson’s chief of staff when Wilson was an Assembly member, mayor, U.S. senator and California gov- ernor. In 1997, he founded public affairs company California Strategies. Historian Kevin Owen Starr called White’s company “the leading planning and political advocacy partnership in the state.” In 2003, White was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign manager during his bid for governor of California. San Diego State University