Joseph Tavaglione is President of Tavaglione Construction & Development Inc., a family owned business, started in 1960 located in the City of Riverside. Joe has more than 50 years of experience in the construction field.

Joe and his son Jay comprise Tavaglione Construction & Development Inc. This Company holds licenses in California, Nevada, and Arizona. In October 2002 Joseph Tavaglione was appointed to the California Transportation Commission by Governor Davis, he was reappointed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2005 and 2009 and by Governor Brown in 2013 and 2017. Joe is the past Chairman of the California Transportation Commission, as well as the past Chairman of the California State Contractors License Board, where he served two terms. Joe also serves as past President of the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies and served two terms on the Riverside Board of Public Utilities.

Joe is very active in the community personally and professionally. He is a Founding Member of the Board of Directors for the Security Bank of California. He is the past President of The Valley Group in the Inland Empire. Joe holds positions as a member of the City of Riverside Planning Commission, a Board Member of the Riverside Humane Society Pet Adoption Center, the Riverside County Regional Medical Center Foundation, the Children’s Spine Foundation, and is a member of the UC Riverside Foundation Board of Trustees and the La Sierra University Foundation Board.

The Tavaglione Family has been in the Riverside area since 1927.