Grassroots Ambassador Mike Williams visits office of California Representative Pete Aguilar

Topics of discussion included WOTUS, H-2B visas, BMPs, and the economic impact of golf in California

GCSAA Grassroots Ambassador Mike Williams and I made a visit to the office of Representative Pete Aguilar (CA-31) in San Bernardino, Calif., on September 13.

Mike serves as the Class A superintendent at Shandin Hills Golf Club in San Bernardino and has been a GCSAA Grassroots Ambassador since the inception of the program previously serving in CA-27 before relocating to San Bernardino. Mike is also a board member of the GCSA of Southern California and serves as the chapter’s national delegate.

Visit with Representative Pete Aguilar's office

Mike worked for months to secure a meeting with the staff of Representative Aguilar and his persistence was rewarded through a meeting with Aguilar’s community outreach director Enrique Armenta. 

Topics that were covered in the meeting included WOTUS, H-2B visas, the GCSAA BMP template and its implementation in California, and golf's $13.1 billion dollars in economic impact in California. 

We also discussed Representative Aguilar using Shandin Hills as a stop on his “Job for a Day” tour of the Inland Empire.  The “Job for a Day” program gives him the opportunity to spend time with working people in the community and to bring their voices with him back to Washington.

Mike will continue working with Enrique to set-up an in-person visit with Representative Aguilar when he returns to California in October.

We thank Mike for his dedication to the GCSAA Grassroots Ambassador Program. He is a shining example of representing the golf industry at the federal and state level.

Numerous opening for Grassroots Ambassadors are available in California and other states.  Please contact Michael Lee, manager of government affairs at mlee@gcsaa.org for a list of available openings and more information.