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FIONA MA M.B.A, C.P.A.
Candidate for Supervisor in District 4 # November, 2002 Election
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
- Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center Community Council Member
- Sunset Community Festival Fundraising Committee
- District 4 Parks Council Member
- Francis Scott Key Playground Build Captain
- Assistant Volleyball and Basketball Coach, Holy Name School
- Volunteer Food Bank Coordinator, St. John's Presbyterian
- Board Member/Treasurer, Chinese American Voter Education Committee
- Board Member/Secretary, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
- Former Board Member/Secretary, Chinatown Economic Development Group
- Former President of the Asian Business Association, Inc.
- Former Advisory Board Member, Sunset Parkside Activities Center (SPAC)
PUBLIC SERVICE:
- District Representative to State Senate President pro Tempore, John L. Burton since 1995: Help constituents in the areas of MediCal, Childcare Licensing, Professional Licensing, Job Training/Development, Secondary Education, Workers' Compensation, and Franchise Tax Board, Unemployment Compensation, Preschool, Childcare, Veterans
- Assisted thousands of low income seniors and disabled homeowners/renters to claim refunds from CA
POLITICAL ACTION:
- Founder and President, Westside Chinese Democratic Club
- Board Member/Newsletter Editor, National Women's Political Caucus (SF Chapter)
- Delegate to the California State Democratic Party since 1997
- Elected delegate and N. California Vice Chair to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business
- Appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Awards Committee in 1996
- Appointed to the San Francisco Assessment Appeals Board (Alternate Member) hearing both residential and commercial property tax appeal cases (1994-1998)
PROFESSIONAL:
- Licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of California
- Practicing Accountant providing tax, accounting and consulting services
- Columnist/writer for Asian Week
EDUCATION:
- B.S. in Accounting (High Honors) from the Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
- M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University (San Francisco)
- M.B.A. from Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
PERSONAL:
- Born in New York to immigrant parents: father is an engineer and mother was a former high school teacher
- Moved to the Sunset District of San Francisco in 1987 to be closer to her grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. Doo
- Married to Philippe Anav, management consultant
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