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Ron Christensen Chairman, Gila County Board of Supervisors |
Ronald A. Christensen is currently serving as Chairman of the Gila County Board of Supervisors located in Arizona. Mr. Christensen is serving his 4th term as a Gila County Supervisor. He is the immediate past Chair for the National Association of Counties (NACo) Public Lands Steering Committee (PLSC). He served as the PLSC chair for 3 consecutive years and remains an active member on the PLSC and the Western Interstate Region for NACo. Mr. Christensen has worked on public land issues throughout his career as a supervisor. He has been involved in all facets of land management strategies, environmental concerns, endangered species, forest and watershed health and private and public property rights.
Mr. Christensen puts his knowledge to work on numerous boards and commissions at the state and regional level also. He is the Chairman for the Eastern Counties Organization and the Eastern Environmental Counties Organization for Arizona both of which work closely with the Governor's office and the State Land Department. He also chairs the State Water Alliance. In 2003 he was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Governor's Forest Health Oversight Council and the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission.
Supervisor Christensen has always taken his appointments seriously by being an active participant. Starting with his first year in office, Mr. Christensen has been a primary member of the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Fly-In. Every year in April he has joined supervisors from across the United States in Washington DC to request Congress' support in regard to increasing funding for the PILT payments, which have been steadily increased each year.
Gila
County is comprised of 4,748 square miles of which only 4% is privately
owned. It is a resource county whose resources have been shut down. Historically
the timber, ranching and mining industries were very successful; however
they are currently almost nonexistent.
Ron and his wife Clarice have lived in the Mogollon Rim area for over
20 years. They have two children and four amazing grandchildren.
