Tom Huening

Family

Education

• Bachelor of Arts degree in 1965 from DePaul University, Chicago, in Speech, Public Speaking, and Persuasion.
• Bachelor of Laws, La Salle Extension University, Chicago, subsequently passing the California Bar exam.
• MBA, Pepperdine University.
• passed California's Certified Public Accountant exam in 2003.

  Early career experience

• 1965-1970: jet fighter pilot in the US Navy, serving in Vietnam, and flying the F-8 Crusader, UC-45J Navigator, S-2 Tracker, A-7 Corsair, and A-4 Skyhawk.
• 1970-1987: commercial pilot for TWA, for which he flew as pilot/flight engineer the Convair 880, Boeing 707, and Boeing 727.
• 1970-1976: vice-president, Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate in San Jose, Sacramento, and San Francisco, California.

  San Mateo County public service

• elected trustee of San Mateo County Community College District in 1981, serving until 1986.
• elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, serving 1987 through 1998.
• elected in 1998 as the San Mateo County Controller; reelected in 2002, 2006, and 2010; retired mid-term from public service in 2012.

  Other public service

• in 1992 Huening was the Republican candidate for US Congress in California's 14th District. As part of his campaign, he organized the Omaha Summit, a post-election gathering of reform-minded freshman Representatives to the US House. Despite losing to Democrat Anna Eshoo, who still holds this seat, he attended the event held in Omaha, Nebraska, on November 30, 1992.
• created and served on Board of Directors of Garfield Charter School.

  Business experience

• 1977 to the present: runs Huening Investment Corp., a commercial real estate development firm in the Bay Area

  Author

• Spiritual Choices, a nonfiction work examining what the world's major religions have to offer to the spiritually minded.
• editor of and contributor to "Unicorn: A Contemporary Journal", published by the College of San Mateo.
• regular contributor of political op-ed articles.