Candidate for
Council Member; City of Milpitas

Experience:

• Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education for 19 years
  - President, 8 years; Vice President, 6 years
  - Accountable for a $69 million dollar budget and 870 employees
  - Managed a $64.7 million dollar capital school improvement project on schedule and within budget
  - Leveraged another $33 million dollars in improvements for all schools in Milpitas
  - Utilizing $3 million dollars in interest money to renovate the athletic fields and outdoor classrooms at Milpitas High School (unused interest money must be returned)

• Metropolitan Education District Board of Education for 6 years
  - Past President, Currently Vice President
  - MetroED is the largest career-oriented educational organization in Santa Clara County, comprised of high school and adult occupational, academic and community programs.
  - MetroED annually provides 70,000 diverse students with the skills to help them be productive, income-earning and tax-paying contributors to Silicon Valley.

• Milpitas Community Advisory Commissioner from 1997 to present
  - Co-Chair Tree Planting Task Force drafting a "Heritage Tree Ordinance" to be presented to the Milpitas City Council
• Milpitas Child Safety Committee from 1998 to present
• Milpitas City/School District Monthly Communication *Committee, 1990-2001
  - Reinstated a Police Science Class at Milpitas High School in 2002
  - Obtained the funding to provide Milpitas Police Resource Officers at Russell and Ranch Middle School
  - Implemented the DARE Program for all Milpitas 5th graders in 1987
• Milpitas Child Care Task Force from 1999-2001
  - Co-Chair with Marsha Grilli, President MUSD
  - Developed a Child Care Master Plan adoped by the Milpitas City Council
• Vice Chair of an appointed City Council committee to forge a special dedicated developer fee to assist our schools for additional needs, i.e. school buses

• 1994 Milpitas Citizen of the Year
• Milpitas Foundation for Education, Founder/Treasurer from 1990 to present
  - Sponsored a grant for $40,250 to provide Suggested Routes to School maps and bicycle/pedestrian safety programs for children
• Milpitas Historical Society, Past President/Founder from 1979 to present
• 2000 Milpitas Relay for Life Chair, American Cancer Society
• Milpitas Chamber of Commerce from 1985 to present
• Friends of the Milpitas Library, Member
• Milpitas Alliance for the Arts, Supporting Member