Candidate for
Board Member; Fullerton School District

I worked in the Fullerton School District for 41 years teaching elementary and junior high for eight years. I was vice-principal at Nicolas Junior High for one and a half years, principal at Pacific Drive Elementary School for five years, principal at Rollings Hills Elementary School for ten years and principal at Richman Elementary School for sixteen years. I moved from Anaheim to Fullerton in January of 1998 and retired at the end of June that same year. After retirement, I remained on some Fullerton School District committees and went to work part-time at California State University, Fullerton in the Education Department until I was elected to the Fullerton School District Board of Trustees in 2002. I have been connected with the Fullerton School District for a total of forty-nine years.

I have B.A. and M.A. degrees and an Administrative Credential from California State College, Long Beach. CSUF was not completed when I went to college.

My volunteer activities include the following:

Boys and Girls Club of Fullerton, Board Member
Fullerton Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
Fullerton Collaborative Steering Committee
Fullerton Interfaith Emergency Service, Board/Executive Board Member
Fullerton School District Science Advocacy Council Member
Phi Delta Kappa, CUSF Chapter Vice-President
Rotary Club of Fullerton, Vocational Education Director
PTA member
Association of California School Administrators, Retirement Committee
California Retired Teachers Association, Legislative Chairperson

Recognition:

Received the Principal's Exemplary In Working With Small Busines Award at the First Annual Business/Educators Conference.
Five time recipient of the PTA Honorary and Continuing Service Award
Fullerton Chamber of Commerce "1998 Educator of the Year "
Received the Robert E. Kelly Award in 2001 from the California School Administrators Association, Orange County Region for Significant and Continuing Volunteer Work in the Community.

I have two wonderful children in their mid forties - Phil and Denise. I have three grand-children and two great-grand-children.

My hobbies are reading, golf, camping and fishing.