Candidate for
Council Member; City of Albany

• Occupation: Software Marketing Manager, IBM
• Married with two children in Albany schools, one in college
• Albany Homeowner for 2 years
• 48 years old
• 1991 Democrat of the Year, Humboldt County
• Cornell PTA volunteer coordinator (Silly Olympics)
• MBA, UC Davis Grad. School of Management; 06/00
• BS, Environmental Planning & Management, UC Davis; 06/78
• Previous career - City Planner (20 years)
• Past member, American Institute of Certified Planners
• Eagle Scout
• Member- Sierra Club, Greenbelt Alliance, Cornell PTA
• Born in Idaho, lived most of my life in Northern California

• 2001- 2004 Marketing Manager, IBM Software Group, Silicon Valley Laboratory

• 1991-2001 Senior Planner, Solano Co. Department of Environmental Management
  -Project manager for major land use planning projects.
  -Organized high profile multi-jurisdictional projects to plan for conservation and development around Travis Air Force Base and along Putah Creek.

• 1989-1991 Political Organizer
  -Worked for California Democratic Party (Jerry Brown, Chair) & Barry Keene for State Senate; Registered 23,000 Democrats on CA Northcoast,Field Director for Mattingly for State Senate special election, GOTV Director Lucy Killea for State Senate.

• 1980-1989 Planner, Humboldt County Planning Department, Eureka, CA

• 1999-2000 Organizer, Coastal Clean-Up Day
• 1991-1998 Member, Solano County Orderly Growth Committee
• 1997-2000 Working Professional Student, UCD Graduate School of Management
• 1991-1998 Treasurer, SEIU Local 1280, Solano Association of Government Employees
• 1990's School volunteer for local school bonds, United Way Campaign Volunteer, Foodbank volunteer
• 1988-89 President, AFSCME Local 1684, Humboldt County Public Employees
• 1982-1989 Board member, AFSCME Local 1684, Humboldt County Public Employees
• 1987-1988 President, Humboldt Access Project, independent living support for persons with disabilities
• 1982-89 Delegate, California State Democratic Central Committee
• 1982-89 Member, Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee

• 2002-2004 Sierra Club volunteer activities including: East Bay Public Lands Subcommittee, Campaign to Stop the SFO Runway Expansion, Great Coastal Places Campaign, Donna Gerber for Assembly, Wilderness campaigns
• 1997-2000 Campaign organizer for a series of ballot measures that insured long term protection of areas around Fairfield from 15,000 units of sprawl housing (protected Green Valley and areas under Travis AFB runways).
• 1994 Campaign leader in successful effort to renew the Solano County Orderly Growth Initiative for 20 years
• 1992-96 Leader, Solano County Get Out the Vote (GOTV) for a variety of candidates
• 1988 Lead Organizer, Dukakis for President (Humboldt County)
• 1986 Candidate for Humboldt County Supervisor (Eureka), lost 52%-48% in runoff. Opponent was heavily supported by the timber industry.
• 1982 Environmental representative on Congressman Bosco's advisory committee on the California Wilderness Act, which created substantial wilderness additions in this moderate Congressman's district
• 1980-1991 Organized major voter registration and Get out the Vote Drives on the California Northcoast
• 1975-1976 First political involvement as the Sacramento campus coordinator for Yes on 15 (Nuclear Safeguards Initiative)