Tim Fisher

Tim Fisher is the energy program manager for the Great Valley Center. At the center, he is responsible for PG&E’s Clean Energy Outreach programs and assisting in the Governor’s California Partnership Energy Work Group.
 
He grew up in Modesto, graduating from Modesto High School and Modesto Junior College. After completing his zoology degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara he served in the U.S. Air Force. Upon his return to civilian life, he acquired his architectural degree from the University of Arizona.

He met and married Judy and has lived in Modesto, where they raised their four children, since 1979. Tim founded his architectural firm, Architecture Plus, in 1982 and retired as CEO in 2006. Fisher focused on affordable housing projects and energy efficiency in buildings. Fisher served on the Modesto City Council from 1995 to 2003 after many years of service on the Modesto Board of Zoning Adjustment and Modesto Planning Commission.

Fisher remains bullish on clean energy. “We have more resources for alternate, renewable energy sources than most areas of California and will eventually utilize these,” he said. “Current costs are tough for an economically depressed area but that will change with improving technology.”

He said the sector is important because it would lead to “less pollution in a closed Valley and eventually more jobs in a secure venue.”