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City Council Appoints CCDC Board Members

ROBERT MCNEELY, GINA CHAMPION-CAIN AND FREDRIC MAAS APPOINTED TO CCDC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SAN DIEGO, CA—Robert McNeely, Gina Champion-Cain and Fredric Maas were appointed to the Centre City Development Corporation’s (CCDC) Board of Directors by Mayor Murphy and the San Diego City Council to three-year terms. The appointment is the first for Champion-Cain and Maas. McNeely will serve his second consecutive term.

“We are extremely pleased with the level of experience and expertise each of these individuals brings to the board,” said CCDC Board Chair Hal Sadler. “Their community involvement is as impressive as their professional accomplishments.”

First appointed to the board in October 2003, McNeely is a senior vice president and manager of the Corporate Community Development Division of the Union Bank of California (UBOC). He is Chairman & CEO of the UBOC Foundation, Chairman of the board for the New Covenant Trust Company and President of the board of trustees for the California Historical Society. He has been involved in the Urban Financial Services Coalition, Presbyterian Church USA Foundation, and the President’s Diversity and Equity Community Advisory Council at San Diego State University. McNeely chaired the United Negro College Fund of San Diego County and the National Conference for Community and Justice in San Diego. He is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington, Seattle, and of the School of Bank Marketing at the University of Colorado, Boulder. 

Champion-Cain is President and CEO of American National Investments, a local real estate services company. Currently, she sits on the University of San Diego’s Policy Advisory Board and the Downtown San Diego Partnership Board of Directors. She chairs the City of San Diego’s Housing Advisory and Appeals Board and serves on the San Diego Advisory Council for Best Buddies, the San Diego Brain Tumor Foundation Board of Directors, and the San Diego Repertory Theatre’s Board of Trustees as Chair of the Development Committee. Champion-Cain received a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy/Political Science from The University of Michigan. She attended California Western School of Law and received her Master’s Degree in Business Administration, with concentrations in International Business and Real Estate Finance from The University of San Diego. 

Maas is the President and CEO of Black Mountain Ranch LLC, a new urban community located off the I-5 and State Route 56.  With over 20 years of development experience, Maas was a principal in a firm which developed several Tournament Player Club communities with the PGA TOUR, Inc. In addition, he has served in a variety of capacities in national, state and local politics, including senior positions at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Presidential campaign of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole. An attorney and graduate of Hobart College and Syracuse University College of Law, Maas is a founding director of the San Diego Coalition for Transportation Choices, was chairman of the board of Americans for Job Security, and has served in board positions at the Washington Legal Foundation and B’nai B’rith International.

About CCDC
Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) is a public, nonprofit corporation established in 1975 by the City of San Diego to plan and facilitate the redevelopment of downtown’s 1,500 acres. To learn more, visit: www.ccdc.com

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