Raymond A. (Ray) Watson (born 1936) is a former television executive who was a member of the Board of Supervisors in Kern County, California, representing the western part of the county, between November 2002 and November 2012. He was chairman of the board in 2010. Watson was named Broadcaster of the Year by the California Broadcasters Association in 2002. He was on the advisory committee of the Carrizo Plain National Monument and was a director of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. Biography Watson was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1936 and moved to Kern County in 1978. He is married to Marlene Watson, and they have two grown children. Watson graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in accounting. He served in the United States Army Finance Corps, when he was based at Fort Irwin, California. He is a member of St. Paul's Anglican Church. Television experience Watson was a certified public accountant with the firm of Ernst and Ernst in Los Angeles and San Diego from 1962 to 1966. He also worked in finance, administration, and personnel for Time-Life Broadcasting Company and McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company in San Diego for nine years. He was vice president and general manager of television stations in Bakersfield, Fresno, Santa Maria and San Luis Obispo for a total of 27 years. Watson was named Broadcaster of the Year (2002) by the California Broadcasters Association. He was head of KERO TV-10 in Bakersfield from 1975 to 1981, then went to KMGH TV-7 in Denver, Colorado. In 1983 Watson was back in Bakersfield as vice president and general manager of KGET TV-17. He was on the board of directors of the California Broadcasters Association and the Broadcasting Financial Management Association. KGET dedicated its downtown studio building in Watson's name upon his retirement from broadcasting in July 2002. Community service Watson was awarded the John Brock Award by the School of Business and Public Administration at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB), as Community Leader of the Year. Watson has been president of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Business Association, and the Bakersfield Rotary Club. He has been on the Kern Medical Center Blue Ribbon Committee and the CSUB President's Advisory Committee. He has been a board member of both the Bakersfield College and Memorial Hospital foundations, as well as the board of the Bakersfield Convention and Visitors