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Alameda County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Priscilla Myrick

Candidate for
Board Member; Berkeley Unified School District

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School Activist, Board Leader, Former CFO and CPA

Berkeley Schools Advocate

  • Berkeley High School Governance Council and School Site Council (2005-2008)
  • Berkeley High School Site Plan Sub-Committee (2004)
  • Superintendent's Advisory Committee for Small Schools (2003). Drafted "Berkeley High School Small Schools' Guiding Principles"
  • Berkeley Schools Volunteers--WriterCoach Connection literacy volunteer at Berkeley High, King MS, and Longfellow MS. Math tutor King MS. (1994-present)
  • Berkeley Unified School District Citizens' Budget Oversight Committee (1989-1991)

Leadership and Community Investment

  • Founding Board Member and Treasurer, Community Alliance for Learning, sponsor of the WriterCoach Connection (2001-05)Received "Outstanding Volunteer Award" in April 2008.
  • Board Member and Treasurer, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)(1999-2003). Received BOSS "Turning Lives Around" Award in October 2007.

Professional Experience

  • Chief Financial Officer, Oclassen Pharmaceuticals
  • Controller, Genentech, Inc.
  • Founding Committee Member, Association of Bioscience Financial Officers
  • Auditor and CPA, Coopers & Lybrand
  • Lecturer in Business Administration, Northeastern University

Education

  • MBA Finance & Accounting, Columbia University, New York
  • BA Religious Studies, UC Berkeley

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