Term Expires: June 2008

Dr. Michael Gomez was born and raised in the Douglas area.  He graduated from Douglas High School and went on to college at St. Louis University Under Graduate School.  After three years in the Arts and Science Pre-Dental Program he applied and was accepted into the school of dentistry at the same school.

Dr. Gomez was selected by Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company to travel with them to help the victims of the earthquake in Guatemala where 30,000 people lost their lives.  He was elected and served three successive terms to the Douglas Unified School District.  Ford Foundation selected him to attend a seminar on how to be an effective school board member in Washington D.C.  He was appointed to serve on the Appellate Court Nomination Committee by the Governor.

After he retired, Dr. Gomez was elected to the City of Douglas Council in March 2004.  In November 2004 he was selected by NALEO, one of fifty-six nation-wide, to attend a seminar in Washington D.C. sponsored by several corporations on how to be an effective councilman.