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Bob
Foster Biography
A lifetime of leadership and community service
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Bob Foster
A
lifetime of leadership
and community service
Bob Foster is a widely-respected business leader, community
activist and devoted family man who has lived in Long Beach for
many years. Bob and his wife Nancy have been married for 37
years and have two grown sons and three grandchildren.
Bob has worked at Southern California Edison since 1984, first
heading a local office and eventually becoming president of the
company in 2002. Under Bob's leadership, Edison developed the
largest renewable, clean energy programs (solar, geothermal,
biomass and wind) in the country.
Before his work with Southern California Edison, Bob worked for
the California State Senate and the California Energy Commission where he helped
develop legislation that established statewide energy efficiency
standards. A graduate of San Jose State University, Bob has an
undergraduate degree in Public Administration and PhD level
coursework in political theory. Always an active supporter of
kid's sports, Bob coached his son's Little League teams for 10
years taking one of the teams to the Little League World Series
in 1983.
Bob has worked hard to support many local community groups like
the Public Corporation for the Arts and International City
Theatre. Bob served as a trustee of the California State
University System. He also is a member of the Long Beach Public Library Foundation and Friends of
the Long Beach Library, and is active on the board of the Long
Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and the Advisory Board of Long
Beach Memorial Miller Children's Hospital.
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