The Real OC
Michael M. Ruane
Michael Ruane serves as Executive Director of the Children and Families Commission of Orange County. The Commission is responsible for the allocation of tobacco tax revenue to health and education programs for young children and their families, established by the Proposition 10 voter initiative. He served as President of the First 5 Association of California for two years, is an officer of the California Children and Families Foundation, and Chair of the Orange County Health Needs Assessment and the Health Funders Partnership. Mr. Ruane held the position of Assistant County Executive Officer for Strategic and Intergovernmental Affairs between 1996 and 2000. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Ruane was Director of the Orange County Environmental Management Agency for the County of Orange since 1989. Mr. Ruane received his Masters Degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from UCLA, and is also an Adjunct Lecturer in the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning at UC Irvine.
