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About Arkan Somo
EDUCATION
Business Administration
courses at Cuyamaca College.
Business Management courses at Southwestern College.
Completed 2½ years of Agricultural Engineering
EMPLOYMENT
Arkan Somo & Associates
2003 - Present Principal
- Consulting for Business & Non-Profit Organizations
- Government &
Public Relations.
California Independent
Grocers & Convenience Stores
1996-2003 President/CEO
- Performing all assignments and duties as prescribed by the BOD
- Managing and directing all the activities of the Association
- Government relations in support of the industry
Business Ownership/Operation
- A & B Family Investments, Inc. 2000-Present
- A & B Market Plus, Inc. 2000-Present
- AVAD Investments, Inc. 2005-Persent
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- GCCCD Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee Member
- Literacy First Charter School - Founding Board Member
- East County K-16 Collaborative - Member
- Grossmont Union High School District - Bond Executive Committee
- San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce - Board Member
- San Diego County Crime Commission - Executive Board Member
- Heartland Human Relations & Fair Housing Association - Advisory Board
- East County Regionalism Project - Co-Chair Leadership Committee
- El Cajon Rotary Club Member
- El Cajon Elks Lodge Member and five-times Keynote Speaker for the INS Naturalization Ceremony
- Founder of Youth Foundation and Scholarship Fund at St. Peter Cathedral
- California
Independent Grocers & Convenience Stores - Co-Founder & President
for the first seven years
PERSONAL
- Age 45
- Married for 18
years
- Four Children
- Lived in El Cajon
Community for the last 12 years
Campaign
Mailer
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