Mary Aileen Matheis - Director - Irvine Ranch Water District

Ms. Matheis was born in Troy, New York and completed her Juris Doctorate at Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California. She also earned a Masters in Speech Communication at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies at Russell Sage College, Troy, New York. Ms. Matheis' law practice emphasizes real estate, wills, trusts, and business litigation.

She is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States and the United States Tax Court, the California Supreme Court, the United States Court for the Central District of California, the United States Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Court for the Central District of California.

A past member of the American Bar Association, she is active in the Orange County Bar Association, serving as a member of the Real Estate and Estate Planning sections. Ms. Matheis is a past president of the Real Estate section of the Orange County Bar, and a member of its Executive Committee. She also serves on the arbitration and Pro Tem panels of the Orange County Superior Court.

Ms. Matheis has served as a director of the National Association of Realtors since 1982, and was designated as an Honorary Director for Life of the California Association in 1986 and as a member of the Orange County Association of Realtors, she was recipient of the California Distinguished Realtor of the Year Award in 1998. She has also been honored as Realtor of the Year for the Orange County Association of Realtors, and the Huntington Beach Fountain Valley Association of Realtors. She is a past Chairman of the NAR Legal Acton committee and serves as a Trustee of the CAR's IMPAC Committee.

She is an elected public official as a Director of the Irvine Ranch Water District and serves as Vice President. An active member of the Association of California Water Agencies, she serves on the Legal Acton committee and she is Vice President of the Independent Special Districts of Orange County and the IRWD representative on the Southern California Water Committee.

As Chairman of Board II of the Orange County Assessment Appeals Panel she hears both residential and commercial tax appeals for the entire county of Orange, as well as Personal Property tax appeals for corporations and individuals.

She is an member of the board of the Irvine Chapter of the American Cancer Society and has served as Chairman or co chairman of the Daffodil Days program for the last several years. Ms. Matheis is one of the founding members of the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, a restored wetlands facility within the City of Irvine. She serves on its Board as a Vice President. She is a member of the Lincoln Club of Orange County, the Republican Lawyers of Orange County and the Huntington Harbor Republican Women, Federated.

In recognition of her service to the community, she was honored by Senator Ross Johnson on March 27th in a special ceremony in the California Senate Chambers, as the Women of the Year for the 38th Senate District.

Ms. Matheis is married to Charles W. Matheis, an aeronautical engineer with the Federal Aviation Administration. They have seven grown children.