Candidate for
Member; Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District; Ward 7

Employment

• Financial Services Manager with the San Mateo County Parks Department
• Twenty-five years employment/consulting and volunteerism in the nonprofit sector and public agencies. Positions include City of San Mateo Park Planning and Development Division, San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, and Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society.

• M.B.A. Marketing, Golden Gate University.
• B.S. Renewable Natural Resources, Wildlife Sciences, University of Arizona.

My three terms (nine-years) as a San Carlos Parks and Recreation Commissioner ends this year. I seek an opportunity to continue providing dedicated community service for parks and open spaces

I have extensive hands-on community experience on nonprofit organization boards of directors, City advisory committees and commissions, and regional trail organizations.

• Commissioner, Parks and Recreation, City of San Carlos, 2000 - , Chair, 2002 and 2007.
• Member, Railroad Land Use Citizens Advisory Committee, City of San Carlos, 2002 - 2003.
• Member, Trails Committee, City of San Carlos, 2002 -
• Member, Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, City of San Carlos, 2003 - 2005.
• Member, General Plan Advisory Committee, City of San Carlos, 2007 -
• Member, Bay Conservation and Development Commission's San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail Steering Committee, San Francisco, CA 2006 - 2007.
• Member, Advisory Committee, San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail, 2008 -
• Member, San Carlos Kiwanis, 2008 -
• Board Member, Wildlife Rescue, Palo Alto, CA 1990 - 1991.
• Board Member, San Francisco Bay Trail Project, Oakland, CA 1990 - 1992 and 2008 -
• Board Member, Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center, Morgan Hill, CA 1994 - 1996.
• Board Member, San Francisco Bay Wildlife Society, Newark, CA 1998 - 2000.
• Board Member, CA Assn. of Parks & Recreation Commissioners & Board Members, 2001 - 2003.
• Board Member, Bay Access, (San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail) 2002 -
• Graduate, Leadership Mid-Peninsula, Palo Alto, CA 1995.
• Community Volunteer, Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula, 1984 - 1993.
• Community Volunteer, United Way of Santa Clara County, Allocations & Evaluations, 1997 - 1998.
• Officer (Secretary/Editor) Sierra Club Loma Prieta Ski Touring Section, 2008-