[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E57-E58]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING JACK GIBSON

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 26, 2023

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in celebration of Jack 
Gibson's 28 years of service as Marin Municipal Water District's (Marin 
Water) Division I Director.

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  A longtime resident of Sleepy Hollow, Mr. Gibson is a proud graduate 
of the University of San Francisco School of Law and has worked as an 
attorney since 1971. In this capacity, he has spent countless hours 
sharing his professional expertise with his community, providing pro 
bona legal services to several local nonprofit organizations and 
serving on their boards of directors. He owns his own practice in Marin 
County, where he specializes in business, estate planning, and real 
estate law. In 1994, Mr. Gibson was elected to serve as a Marin 
Municipal Water District director.
  Throughout his tenure on Marin Water, Director Gibson distinguished 
himself as a stalwart advocate for the communities of Marin Water 
Division I, including Gallinas Valley, Sleepy Hollow, Marinwood, and 
the coast north of McNears Beach to John F. Mcinnis Park. He worked 
productively on many district committees, including Watershed, Finance, 
Communications & Water Efficiency, and others. He was known for his 
open-minded approach toward problem solving and never shying away from 
developing and considering innovative solutions.
  In addition to his service as a director, Mr. Gibson developed a 
renowned legacy for building alliances with other resource agencies and 
government partners. During his extensive tenure on the Marin Water 
Board of Directors, he was a key advocate for cooperative efforts and 
coordination between water managers and staff in the North Bay. Toward 
this end, he faithfully represented Marin Municipal Water District on 
multiple regional committees, including the North Bay Watershed 
Association, the North Bay Water Reuse Authority, the Mayors and City 
Councils of Marin Group, the Sonoma County Water Association 
Contractor's Water Advisory Committee, the Community Choice 
Aggregation, and OneTam.
  Mr. Gibson is both a teacher and student of history. Prior to his law 
and water district careers, he taught history in San Francisco. Later, 
drawing on his extensive knowledge and research skills, he went on to 
author Mount Tamalpais and the Marin Municipal Water District, a 
comprehensive history of Mount Tamalpais and its adjacent watersheds, 
and of the water district formed to preserve natural sites and 
resources for community use.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Gibson exemplifies what it means to be a community-
minded public servant and environmental steward. His dedicated service 
to the Marin Water and to the people of Division I has played a 
significant role in resource conservation and land management in Marin 
County. Therefore, please join us in congratulating him for decades of 
inspiring work.

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