Candidate for
Director; Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District; Ward 2

Biography of Greg Harper. 1420 45th Street, Suite 27, Emeryville, CA 94608 Phone: 510-420-8455 Fax: 510-601-4970 E-mail: gharper@sonic.net

Currently Elected Political Position

Director of Alameda-Contra Costa County Transit District for Ward 2: Since 2000, representing approximately 300,000 citizens of Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland and Piedmont California. Appointed by that Agency to represent it on the Joint Transbay Powers Authority, a state chartered agency with the authority to develop a new multimodal transit terminal for the City of San Francisco. Currently serving as Vice-Chairman of that agency.

Past Elected Political Position:

Councilmember, City of Emeryville, California: 1987-1999; Mayor 1990-1991

Past Appointed and Representative Political Positions

Bay Area Air Quality Management District: Director 1991-2000; Chairman and ex-officio member of all committees; 1994-1997 Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee; 1996-1997 Chairman of the Sub-Committee to Oversee Computer System Upgrading; Member of Personnel and Legislative Committees 1995-1997; Appointed by the Mayors of the Cities of Alameda County

Blue Ribbon Task Force for Water Transit in the Bay Area: Appointed by Bay Area Council; Chartered in 1997 by State Senate Resolution for the purpose of determining the feasibility of and comprehensive ferry transit on San Francisco Bay; Delivered findings to the Senate in January, 2000.

Association of Bay Area Governments - Regional Planning and Administrative Committees: Member 1993-1999; representing the Air Quality District on Regional Planning Committee and the City of Emeryville on the Administrative Committee.

Alameda County Congestion Management Agency: Member 1991-1999; representing the City of Emeryville

Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development - Regional Sub-Commission of the Presidential Commission for Sustainable Development: Member 1997 (inception) + 2000; Member of Jobs, Housing, and Access Work Committee; representing the Air Quality District

Alameda County Housing Authority: Director representing the City of Emeryville, 1987-1999. Past Chair; Chair Budget and Finance and Personnel Committees; This agency operates the federal housing programs for the County of Alameda and its cities of Albany, Emeryville, San Leandro, Hayward, Fremont, Newark, Dublin, and Pleasanton. It has won numerous H.U.D. awards and is recognized as one of the best-managed agencies in the nation.

Emeryville Planning Commissioner, 1984-1987, chairman 1986-1987.

Private Employment History

1985 to Present: Principal, Harper & Associates, a law firm specializing in contract, environmental, and land use law.

1982-1985: General Legal Counsel to Softyme, Inc., a start-up company for the development of a distribution system for microcomputer software via telephone technology.

1975-1979: Managing Partner of Community Camera Repair in San Francisco; became the largest photo equipment repair facility in Northern California.

1973-1974: Cost and Planning Engineer for the mining and metals division of Bechtel Corporation of San Francisco

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Illinois, 1973
B.A. in Economics, University of Illinois, 1973
Graduate work in Artificial Intelligence, San Jose State University, 1978
J.D. University of California at Hastings, 1982

Professional Affiliations

California State Bar: Member since 1982

Military Service

United States Air Force, Honorable Discharge, 1969