Gina M Austin

Ms. Austin is an executive with over 18 years experience building successful businesses through strategy development, funding roadmaps and operations in start-up and rapid growth companies. Ms. Austin started Austin Legal Group in January of 2009. In June of 2009 she was recruited by California Vision, Inc. due to her legal expertise in land use and environmental regulatory issues, broad business success, and significant start-up operations expertise.

Prior to joining California Vision, Ms. Austin spent six years in the legal profession representing private citizens, businesses, military and government entities on land use, zoning and planning, litigation, environmental regulation and permitting as a private attorney and at the specialty law firm Worely Schwartz Garfield and Prairie.  As an attorney, Ms. Austin’s clients have included several large materials construction companies with revenues in excess of $3 billion, master planned communities with 1,500 to 3,000 private homes, and the City of San Diego. Her noted experience with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) will ensure that California Vision is able to obtain the necessary regulatory permits in the most expeditious manner possible