Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority:

The seven-member Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority, a public agency and public corporation of the State of California, is the governing body of Palm Springs Aerial Tramway.  The Authority was created by the Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority Act Ch.1040 of the Statutes of 1945, as amended by Ch.70 of the Statutes of 1947 and Ch.1004 of the Statutes of 1951, of the State of California.

Two members of the Authority are appointed by the Palm Springs City Council, two by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors and three by the California Governor.  They serve without compensation for a four-year term.

The Authority has had thirteen chairpersons since its inception: O. Earl Coffman (deceased); V.W. Grubbs (deceased); G. David Ackley (deceased); Burton Spivack; John Blatt; Elliot Field; Richard Shalhoub; Bette Myers; John Wessman; Lloyd Maryanov; Nancy Stuart; Kathy Block, Ric Service, Elvin W. Moon and currently Janice Oliphant.

The Authority meets regularly in Palm Springs the third Tuesday of each month.

Current Authority members and their terms of office are:

• KATHY BLOCK, Palm Springs. Businesswoman. Appointed by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Term expires September 2008.

• JANICE OLIPHANT, Indian Wells. Chairwoman.  Businesswoman. Term expires January 2010.

• JERRY OGBURN, Palm Springs. Businessman. Appointed by the Palm Springs City Council. Term expires September 2011.

• JON SHEINBERG, Los Angeles.  Businessman. Appointed by the Governor. Term expires January 2009.

• MICHAEL McCULLOCH, Palm Springs. Businessman. Appointed by the Governor.  Term expires January 2010.

• NANCY J. STUART, Palm Springs. Businesswoman. Appointed by the Palm Springs City Council. Term expires September 2011.

• JOHN WESSMAN,  Palm Springs.  Businessman. Appointed by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Term expires September 2007.