Hattoy, of Long Beach, is a gay leader in Los Angeles, and a consultant and motivational speaker with a wide range of experience in political, governmental and communications issues.
He has worked for the Sierra Club from 1981 to 1992, where he was a Regional Director for California and Nevada working on various environmental justice issues. Mr. Hattoy serves as an independent consultant and spokesperson, dividing his time between Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles.
HIV-positive environmentalist Bob Hattoy, whose speech moved the 1992 Democratic convention, brought a new perspective to the White House. But when Hattoy slammed the president for abandoning his pledge to end the ban on gays in the military, Clinton's staff bristled and Hattoy was exiled to a sinecure in the Interior Department.
Hattoy said he supports Democrats because they have been the ones working to end discrimination, fund development of drugs that treat HIV and access to health care, "so for me, politics is a lifesaving activity."
Bob Hattoy has retired in December 1999 from the Department of the Interior. He is working on a book deal for his memoirs, tentatively titled Below the Beltway. Hattoy never followed through on threats to resign from the President's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council a few years ago after the Clinton administration refused to lift the federal funding ban for needle exchange programs.
Bob Hattoy was appointed to the Fish and Game Commission on August 27, 2002, to complete the term of the positition vacated by former Commissioner Frank Boren. Mr. Hattoy was reappointed on March 14, 2003, to a six year term. His term on the Commission expires on January 15, 2009.
