Phillips 66 - Future Plant Closing

Jim Anderson is the Superintendent of Maintenance at the Phillips 66 Santa Maria Refinery on the Nipomo Mesa, where he has worked for the past 31 years, in addition to being a part time lecturer at Cal Poly and Cuesta College.  He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California Davis.

He retired from the US Army Reserve, Corps of Engineers in 2011.  

Jim has served as Chair of the Arroyo Grande Chamber of Commerce, Chair of the Central Coast Economic Forecast, is a member of the Cuesta College Foundation Board, and is Past President of the Rotary Club of Nipomo.

He has four grown children, a young son, and two granddaughters.  He and his wife and son live in Atascadero.