Candidate for
Board Member; Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District; Division 6

I help resolve community issues:

I have extensive experience in working with diverse groups to achieve constructive solutions to pressing community problems. Over the past 15 years, I have worked with numerous community organizations and with representatives of all levels of government. I have been involved in a variety of issues, including economic, land use, environmental, social services, solid waste, child care, recreation, flood control, farming, water, health, education, housing and telecommunications.

I helped create the following community assets and programs:

Cuyama Paramedic Services; Central Coast Winegrowers Association - Wine Industry Task Force; Dunes Center; Peace Week; Habitat for Humanity # Northern Santa Barbara County; Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden; YMCA Air Park (skate park; WOOF! PAC PARK (off-leash recreational area); North Santa Barbara County Women's Political Committee; Santa Maria River Levee Bikeway; Crossroads bikeway; Callboxes on Highway 166 from Santa Maria to Cuyama; Santa Maria River-to-Sea instructional materials; Lost City of DeMille fund-raising committee; Livable Communities Consensus Group; Santa Maria Valley Telenet; County Telecommunications team; Supervisor's Roundtables on Agriculture, Business, Seniors and Latino issues. Expanded transit services Santa Maria to Cuyama.

I have served on the following boards:

Dunes Center (founding treasurer); Winners Of Off-leash Freedom (founding president); Santa Maria Valley Beautiful (past president); Habitat for Humanity - Northern Santa Barbara County (founding vice president); American Association of University Women (past vice president); North Santa Barbara County Women's Political Committee (founding board member); Santa Maria Valley Jaycees (first woman president); Nina Toastmasters Club 80 (past vice president); Santa Maria Women's Network; Healthy Cities and Community Partners; North Broadway Business Improvement Group; People for Non-violence; Natural History Museum; Santa Maria Valley YMCA; Santa Maria Valley Sustainable Garden; FoodBank of Santa Barbara County - North County Advisory Board; Santa Maria Child Care Advisory Committee; Community Network Committee; Healthy Communities Committee; Community Partnership Project; Employers Advisory Group.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Southern California, 1982. Graduate of Righetti High School, Santa Maria, California 1977.

Awards

Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; California Park & Recreation Society Award; Santa Maria Women's Network Women of Excellence Award; Habitat for Humanity # Northern Santa Barbara County Award; The Nature Conservancy Service Award; U.S. Jaycees President's Cup; California Jaycees Presidential Medallion.

Languages

Fluent in Spanish and English.