Biography

By Bill Withrow

Personal background and civic leadership positions over the past 20 years

CANDIDATE FOR TRUSTEE OF PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Background Profile

PERSONAL:

Married, the father of five and the grandfather of two

Twenty Six year resident of the City of Alameda

EDUCATION:

B.S. (Business) University of Colorado

MBA Harvard University (Finance)

PROFESSIONAL:

Served for twenty four years on active duty in the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain, Supply Corps

Financial professional for the past twenty years, retiring recently from Wells Fargo and Company

COMMUNITY INVOVEMENT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS:

Mayor of Alameda

Alameda Councilmember.

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Chair of the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency .

President, Alameda County Conference of Mayors

Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, Alameda Unified School District

Chair, City of Alameda Strategic Planning Task Force (approximately 100 citizens)

President, Community of Harbor Bay Isle Owner's Association

President, Bayview Harbor Homeowner's Association

Vice-President, Alameda Boy Scouts

Chairperson of the Explorer and Sea Scouts

President of the Alameda County Aquatics competitive swim team

Member of Vestry and Treasurer of Christ Episcopal Church, Alameda

Member of the Alameda County Waste Management Authority

Member of the Alameda Boy's and Girl's Club Board

Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Robert Lippert Foundation, providing college scholarships to Alameda students and funds to Meals on Wheels, the Alameda Civic Light Opera, and other Alameda charities,

Featured speaker on "Strategic Planning" at the U.S. Congress of Cities, Atlanta

U.S. representative to the International Conference of Mayors and featured speaker on "Municipal Financial Planning".

Member of Rotary International (Alameda and Lafayette)

Member of Lake Merritt Breakfast Club