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Council Members

Gordon Moller, Mayor

Gordon R. Moller has been a California resident since the early 1960s. He relocated to Rancho Mirage in 1996 from Pasadena, California, with his partner of 37 years, Charles Townsend. For many years, Moller has co-owned and operated the Charles Townsend Collection, a retail furniture and accessory store in the heart of Rancho Mirage.

Moller was born in St Paul, Minnesota, and graduated from Stillwater High in 1957. He enlisted in the United States Navy where he served four years active duty and two years inactive duty. For much of his business career, Moller has served in key leadership positions, including 25 years with International Aluminum Corporation.

Moller currently serves on the Board for the Mission Pointe Homeowners Association. Prior to being elected to the City Council, he served on the Board of Directors for the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce where he had been elected Chairman in 2003 for two consecutive terms. In April of 2008, he was re-elected for a 4-year term on the City Council.

Additional community involvement includes supporting many worthy causes and local charities such as the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert, Desert Arc, The United Way, and American Cancer Society just to name a few.

Ron Meepos, Councilmember

Ron Meepos was elected to the Rancho Mirage City Council on April 9, 2002. He is a retired Certified Public Accountant concentrating in real estate and taxation, and served as a consultant to various businesses, including real estate development, investment and management companies. In 2003, Ron was named a 40-year honorary member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a national professional association of CPAs in public, business, industry, government and education.

Ron and his wife, Lucy, have four children and 13 grandchildren. They retired to Rancho Mirage in 1996. Since "retiring," however, Ron has been active in many community affairs. He is a past president of the Mission Hills Homeowners' Committee, was a board member and treasurer of SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), served on the boards of the College of the Desert Foundation, the Palm Springs Art Museum, the Institute of Critical Care Medicine and Gilda’s Club, and is a member of Rotary International.

In addition to his role as Mayor of Rancho Mirage, Ron currently represents the City as a member of the CVAG Executive Committee. He has also served for four years on the Cove Communities Service Commission and was the Commission's chair for one year. He has served as a member of the Riverside County Transportation Commission, and on the Transportation and Energy and Environmental committees of the Coachella Valley Association of Governments.

Richard W. Kite, Councilmember

Richard Kite has been a desert resident for over 50 years. He graduated from Palm Springs High School in the early 1960s and then went on to the University of California at Berkley where he

graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. Upon returning to the desert, he entered the investment business and was later the Manager and Vice President of PaineWebber in Palm Desert for 22 years. In 2005, he joined the investment firm of UBS Financial where he is currently a Senior Vice President and Investment Advisor.

Richard has served as President of the Board of Directors for both the Cove Communities Joslyn Senior Center and the Family YMCA of the Desert. He was also elected as the Director of the Coachella Valley Parks and Recreation District. Because of his service to the community, the Palm Desert Post selected him as “Citizen of the Year.”

In April of 2000, Richard was elected to the Rancho Mirage City Council where he served as Mayor from April 2001 to April 2002. In April 2004, he was re-elected for another 4-year term on the City Council, running unopposed. He served again as Mayor for the City from April 2006 to April 2007. In April of 2008, he was re-elected again for another 4-year term on the City Council.

As a representative of the City Council, Richard serves as Chairman of the Executive Committee for Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) and as

Chairman of the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission (CVCC). He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Cove Communities/Anita B. Richmond Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert and the Board of Trustees for the McCallum Theatre.

Richard has also served on the Board of Trustees for the Palm Desert Presbyterian Community Church. He has been married for 30 years. He and his wife, Sharon, have raised two daughters, Ashley and Kristina.

G. Dana Hobart, Councilmember

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Dana and his wife, Vicki, have lived in Rancho Mirage since 1993. They have four children and three dogs. After serving in the US Air Force from 1950 to 1954, Dana attended local colleges, graduating from California State University in 1959, and received his Juris Doctorate from USC School of Law in 1963. As an attorney Dana achieved a variety of honors and achievements. He was President of the Consumers Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, he has been identified annually in "Best Lawyers In America" from 1987 to 2007, and was conferred the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell since the mid-1970s. Dana also taught civil trial law at a Los Angeles law school. He has pleaded and won precedent-setting cases, including one before the United States Supreme Court.

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