George Skol was appointed to the Children and Families Commission in June of 2002. He served as Vice Chair of the Commission from 2002-2004 and chair 2004-2005.

George is a Senior Counsel at the Law Firm of Curtis and Arata. In September of 2007, he retired as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the E.& J. Gallo Winery. His areas of responsibility included Employment/Labor and International Trade law as well as legal department management duties. Prior to joining Gallo in 1986, George worked in the legal departments of Crown Zellerbach Corporation and General Electric Company. His first job as a lawyer was in the Foreign Commerce Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice. George graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1967. He is a member of the bars of California and the District of Columbia.

Since l995, George has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Children’s Crisis Center of Stanislaus County. From 2000 to 2002, George was Chairman of the Board. During that time period, the Children’s Crisis Center went from one to three facilities, tripling its ability to protect abused and neglected children.

George’s other civic and professional activities have included service as Chair of the State Bar of California’s Antitrust and Trade Regulation Section, member of the City of Modesto’s Community Quality Forum, member of the board of the California International Relations Foundation and as a member of the Group of Experts on Regulation and Law of the O.I.V. which is an International Organization of wine producing and consuming nations. He has been a speaker at conferences sponsored by the U.S. Government, the European Union and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

George and Gloria have four children.