John Blythe

John Blythe has been serving on the Kern Valley Healthcare District (KVHD) Board of Directors since May 2017 and during this time has also served two years as Chairman of the Board and two years as Board Treasurer. John is a third generation of the Kern River Valley. His grandparents Bo and Margaret Williams started Paradise Cove Lodge in 1955 and is still owned by the family today. John graduated from Kern Valley High School in 2004 and received an AA in Liberal Arts and AS in Business Administration from Cerro Coso College. He later earned a BS in Entertainment Business from UCLA; and also earned certificates in Producing from Vancouver Film School and in International Trade from University of the Pacific. He has worked professionally in the motion picture industry as an independent film producer and is President of the production company, Film Regions International, Inc. John’s work on film productions has taken him throughout the United States and Canada as well as Europe and Asia and he is a member of the Producers Guild of America. John also serves as Regional Vice President on the National Exchange Club Board of Directors. Locally, John is a member of the Kern Valley Exchange Club and has served on the Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and was the last President of the Kern River Valley Revitalization Council. Currently, John is serving the 2025 year on the KVHD Board of Directors as Board Chairman and serves on the Building and Planning, Governance and Compliance Committees.