Larry Jackman

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Larry Jackman, now 54, was raised and continues to live in the Mt. Helix area. Growing up in his family's hospitality and property development businesses, Larry Jackman became a recognized authority in the hospitality and property management industry. Attending the University of San Diego and obtaining a Certificate of Professional Hospitality Management from the University of California San Diego, Larry Jackman also achieved the highest accreditation and distinction in the lodging industry from the American Institute of Hospitality. In addition to his prominent years in the lodging industry, property management and property development, Larry Jackman has an extensive collateral background in general business, technology, and governmental affairs. During the late seventies and eighties, he founded a property development and construction company specializing in difficult properties encumbered by various environmental and physical constraints. By the nineteen-nineties, Larry Jackman expanded his business into innovative technology and was at the forefront of providing computer network integration for small business to large institutions. With the advent of the new millennium, consolidation of these entrepreneurial accomplishments brought about the incorporation of Jackman Enterprises.

In addition to Larry Jackman's business acumen, he has cultivated a wealth of experience in governmental affairs spanning over three decades with his participation in numerous community and civic organizations throughout San Diego and Southern California. In 1992 he entered the political arena to be elected to the San Miguel Fire District Board of Directors. Throughout his sixteen years of service to the district, Larry Jackman has demonstrated his ability to overcome the adversity of budgetary constraints to exceed expectations. For ten years he served as the chairman of Heartland Communications Facility Authority, the commission responsible for fire and emergency medical dispatch for the entire East County of San Diego, La Mesa, El Cajon, Santee, Lemon Grove, National City, Coronado and South Bay communities, and continues to serve on the commission. Larry Jackman is also one of the founding board members of the San Diego/Imperial County Regional Communications System. When the naysayers said it could not be done, Larry Jackman's perseverance and political insight is credited as being an instrumental factor in the successful seven year creation of the RCS. As a member of the RCS Enterprise committee, he facilitated the development of a business plan used by the Federal Government as a model across the nation. In 2001, the San Diego County Board of Supervisors recognized Larry Jackman as an accomplished community leader with Supervisor Dianne Jacob appointing him to the San Diego Futures Foundation Board of Directors where he continues to serve. Throughout the past three decades, Larry Jackman has served on a number of Advisory Councils and was just recently elected to the San Diego County LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission) Advisory Council. Larry Jackman also sits on the San Diego County Fire Taskforce advisory committee and is the current President of the California Special Districts Association San Diego Chapter.