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San Mateo County, CA November 5, 2013 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Peter F. Carpenter

Candidate for
Board Member; Menlo Park Fire Protection District

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PETER F. CARPENTER

(650) 323-1162 [office] (650) 326-6419 [fax] (650) 323-7433 [home] Peterfcarpenter@gmail.com
1 Larch Drive, Atherton California 94027-2125 _____________________________________________________________

Current: Mission and Values Institute

  • Founder (1991-Present)

Annual Reviews, Inc.
  • Board of Directors (1994 - Present)
  • Business Advisory Committee (1991-Present)
Chairman (1993-Present)
  • Ethics and Standards Committee, Chairman (1992-Present

Previous:

1976-1992: ALZA Corporation, Palo Alto, California

  • Advisor on Mission and Values (1991-1992)
  • President, ALZA Development Corporation (1982-1990) (Retired)
  • Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee, ALZA Corporation (1987-1990)
  • Executive Vice President, ALZA Corporation (1985-1987)
  • Vice President, Corporate Strategy, ALZA Corporation (1978-1985)
  • Vice President, ALZA Corporation (1976-1978)

2001-2011 Menlo Park Fire Protection District
  • Director (2001 - 2009)
  • President (2002 - 2003)
  • Director (2010 - 2011)

2010 -2012 San Francisco Opera
  • Director (2010- 2012)

2007-2013 Bahati Foundation + US and Tanzania
  • Director (2007- 2013)

2008-2011 Atherton Civic Interest League
  • Director (2008 - 2011)
  • President (Dec 2009 - 2010)

2006-2010 InSTEDD (Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases and Disasters)
  • Director (2006- 2010)
  • President (2006- 2007)
  • Chairman (2009 - 2010)

1991-2002 Stanford University
  • National Advisory Board, Haas Center for Public Service
(1991-2001), Chairman (1994-1999)
  • Ethics Committee, Stanford University Hospital (2001-2002)
  • Visiting Scholar, Center for Biomedical Ethics (1991-1994)
  • Stanford University Hospital, Committee on External Review
(1992-1994)
  • Advisory Board, Stanford in Government (1998-2002)

1992-2003 Alliant University
  • Board of Trustees (1992-2003)
  • Vice Chair (2000-2003)
  • Finance Committee (1998-2003), Chair (2000-2003)
  • Strategic Planning and Evaluation Committee,
Chair (1993 - 1999)

2001-2006 United States International University + Kenya

  • Board of Trustees (2001-2006)
  • Chair (2002-2003)

1997-2009 Village Enterprise Fund
  • Board of Directors (1997-2009)

1993-2009 University of California at Berkeley
  • School of Public Health -
    Dean's Policy Advisory Council (1993-1998, 2003 - 2009),
  • Co-Chair (1995-1998)

2002-2009 Project Baobab
  • Director (2002- 2009)

1995-2006 Population Resource Center
  • Board of Directors

2006-2007 CLL Topics
  • Director

1998-2004 CoEvolution Foundation
  • Board of Directors

1998-2004 Public Health Policy Advisory Board
  • Board of Trustees

1994-1997 National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine
  • Presidents' Circle

1992-1997 Technology Assessment Collaborative
  • Founding Director

1989-1997 Student Pugwash U.S.A
  • Board of Directors (1989-1997)
  • Chairman, Executive Committee (1990-1997)

1989-1996: Institute of Medicine
  • Committee on Contraceptive Research and Development
(1994-1996)
  • Committee on Medication Development and Research at the
National Institute on Drug Abuse (1993-1994)
  • Committee to Study Decision-making on Biomedical Innovations (1989-1991)
  • Working Group on Social and Ethical Impact of Advances in Biomedicine (1991)

1988-1995 McGill University, Montreal, Canada
  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (1991-1995)
  • Co-Chairman, Policy Advisory Board, McGill Collaborative Programme in Pharmaco - Epidemiology (1988-1993)

1989-1995 AFFYMAX NV, Palo Alto, California
  • Advisor on Mission and Values

1989-1995 CIBA-GEIGY Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
  • Advisor on Mission and Values

1991-1995 Glaxo, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
  • Advisor on Mission and Values

1992-1995 Alan Guttmacher Institute
  • Board of Directors

1988-1994 California AIDS Leadership Committee
  • Executive Committee (1988-1994)
  • Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Health Care Financing and Services Issues (1988-1989)

1990-1994 International Medical Benefits/Risk Foundation
  • Advisor (1990-1994)
  • Committee on Public Understanding of Medicine (1991-1994)

1989-1994: California Leadership
  • Board of Directors
  • Program Committee

1989-1993: Leadership Palo Alto
  • Board (1989-1993)
  • Executive Committee (1990-1992)
  • Chair, Curriculum Committee (1990-1992)

1985-1991: American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR)
  • Director (1985-1991)
  • Public Policy Committee (1988-1991)
  • Chairman, Board of Directors (1987-1988)
  • Chairman, Executive Committee (1987-1988)

1988-1991 Pharmaceutical Dialogue Group

1975-1976: Executive Director, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California

1973-1976: Assistant Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford University, Stanford, California

1971-1973: Deputy Executive Director, U.S. Price Commission, Washington, D.C.

1971: Director, Federal Assistance Review, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Washington, D.C.

1970-1971: Vice President and Secretary, E.G. Fubini Consultants, Arlington, Virginia

1970-1971: Consultant, Executive Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology, Washington, D.C.

1969-1971: Consultant, HEW, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D.C.

1968-1971: Consultant, Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D.C.

1968-1970: Assistant Director, Center for Materials Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California

1966-1968: Program Manager, Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), Office of the Secretary of Defense

1965-1966: Administrative Officer, Logistics Planner, and Parachute Qualification Coordinator, HQ 19th Air Force (AFSTRIKE)

1962-1964: Plans and Programs Office, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Test Parachutist; Liaison, USMC 5th Force Recon

1959-1961: Smokejumper, U.S. Forest Service, Redding, California

1954-1958: Firefighter/Driver, Ponte Vedra Beach Florida Volunteer Fire Department

Education: AB Harvard (Chemistry), 1962

MBA University of Chicago, 1965

Ph.D. Student (Organizational Behavior), Graduate School of Business, Stanford University 1968 - 1970 (Degree not completed)

Honors: John R. Hogness Lectureship (AAHC) - 1990

Presidential Service Badge - 1968
Legion of Merit USAF - 1968
Harvard National Scholar - 1958
Eagle Scout - 1955

Patents: 4,318,400; 4,386,929; 4,692,144

Ratings: Master Parachutist (USAF), Parachutist (USMC), Smokejumper (USFS), Private Pilot (single engine-land, instrument and glider)

HAM radio licence KJ6ABS

Other Activities:

Bio-Electro Systems, Inc.
President and Chairman of the Board (Nov. 1988-Mar 1989)

Families in Transition
Chair, Friends Committee (1991-1992)

Center for Citizen Initiative, Economic Development Program
Advisory Committee (1992-1995)

SRI International, Business Intelligence Program
Client Advisory Board (1985-1987)

Family Development Center
Board of Directors (1981-1984)

Palo Alto Planning Commission
Commissioner (1974-1978)

Santa Clara County Planned Parenthood, Inc.
Board of Directors (1973-1978)

Santa Clara County Health Systems Agency
Board of Directors (1976-1977)

Palo Alto Airport Joint Community Relations Committee (1991-2009)

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