Candidate for
Mayor; City of Hayward

Hayward City Council Member, 2004 + present Mayor Pro Tem, 2011-2012; 2006-2007 Resident of Hayward since 1986

Current Council Committees

• Chair, Council Airport Committee
• Council Sustainability Committee
• Council Appointed Officers Committee

• Alameda County Waste Management Authority (StopWaste)
• Vice Chair, Alameda County Energy Council
• Hayward Community Services Commission (formerly Citizens Advisory Commission and Human Services Commission)
• Alameda County Transit Policy Advisory Committee
• Trustee and current President, Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District
• Oakland Airport Noise Forum Member
• Alternate for Supervisor Richard Valle to Alameda County Transportation Commission Advocacy for California Cities
• Member and current Vice Chair of League of California Cities Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee (2010-present)
• Hayward Alternate Representative to East Bay Division of League of California Cities

• City of Hayward Planning Commissioner, 1996-2004; Chair 2001-2002
• Citizens Advisory Commission, 1990-1996
• 880/92 Interchange Citizens Advisory Committee, 1991-2002
• Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Libraries
• Committee on Public Art for the B Street Parking Garage
• Growth Management Task force
• Family Emergency Shelter Coalition (FESCO), former Board President
• Southgate Homeowners Association, former President and Board Member
• Southgate Swim Club, former President and Board Member
• Currently volunteering as a tutor at the Hayward Library Homework Support Center

• Medical liability claims professional, Norcal Mutual Insurance Company, 1979-2008 -- My responsibilities as a Claims Supervisor included supervising a staff of Claims Investigators and overseeing the handling of the company's lawsuits and claims in northern California, from Sonoma and Napa counties east and north to the state border. My responsibilities included representing the company at major settlement conferences and mediations and using authority, sometimes into the seven-figure range, to settle cases. I also served on the editorial board of the company's risk management publication Claims Rx.
• Journalist and Public Affairs Writer, 1972-1979, working as a writer and editor for local newspapers in Maryland and Virginia (Cecil Whig and Alexandria Journal) and as a staff writer for AMTRAK in Washington, D.C.

• B.A., American Studies, Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia
• Graduate work in journalism and urban studies, University of Maryland
• Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter, Insurance Institute of America