Candidate for
Director; Rio Linda-Elverta Recreation and Park District

I was appointed to the Board of Directors in the summer of 2000 following successful advocacy for the creation of the first dog park in the Rio Linda & Elverta Recreation and Park District. I was elected to office in the fall of 2000 and am seeking re-election.

I bring to the Board of Directors more than 14 years of government service as a personnel analyst with the County of Yolo. Prior to this I served as a business agent for six years for a local independent labor union. I have lived in the Sacramento area for over 20 years and during the last 12 years have resided in Rio Linda. Prior to moving to the Sacramento area I served as a newspaper reporter for two years and completed two years of Peace Corps Service.

I am the current Chair of the Board of Directors and served as Vice Chair in 2001. For the last two years I have been active with the Board's Personnel Committee and Finance Committee serving as chair for both last year and as chair for the Personnel Committee this year. I am also one of the Board's designee's to sit on the ad hoc committee to identify a methodology to review the Community Service District issue.