Michael DiGiorgio

Michael DiGiorgio (born (1940-04-12)April 12, 1940) is an American politician. He is the former mayor of Novato, California and director of the Novato Sanitary Board. He was on the Novato city council from 1997 to 2003 and the sanitary board since 2005.

Life before politics

Born in New York, DiGiorgio's family moved to California in 1942. DiGiorgio attended Menlo High School and the University of Arizona before a three-year stint in the United States Army. After returning, he completed his undergraduate degree in international trade at San Francisco State University and went on to get his MBA at Pepperdine University.

DiGiorgio has held a myriad of careers before entering politics. He worked on BART with Kaiser Sand & Gravel, spent time as a stockbroker, worked for the family business at DiGiorgio Corp., managed Sun Aire commuter airliner out of Palm Springs, California, worked for aircraft speculators out of London, UK before finally moving to Novato in 1989 and purchasing a video store.