Meet Ron Nehring

Ron Nehring is working to make our community safer from catastrophic wildfire.

In November 2020, Ron Nehring was elected to the Crest Dehesa Harbison Canyon Granite Hills Planning Group and today serves as Vice Chairman where he has made reducing wildfire risk and improving evacuation capacity his top priorities.

With deep roots in the community, Ron Nehring previously served as a Trustee for our local Grossmont Union High School District where he chaired the Audit Committee.  In 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Ron to the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection to serve as a voice for the victims of wildfire.

As a strong proponent of individual liberty and freedom, Ron Nehring has taught the skills related to democratic governance in some of the most challenging regions on Earth including in Iraq, North Africa, the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and South America.  He has served as an international elections observer in Honduras and Kenya and can be frequently seen providing analysis to news media outlets around the world.

Active in public life for more than 30 years, Ron Nehring previously served as Chairman of the Republican Party in the state of California and San Diego County.  He was the Republican nominee for Lt. Governor of California in 2014, receiving over 3.1 million votes.

Ron Nehring was born on Long Island and is the son of German immigrants who came to America in the 1960's in search of liberty and freedom.  He holds a BA from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and took graduate studies at the American University in Washington, DC.  

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