Candidate for
Director; Monterey Peninsula Water Management District; Division 4

Robert Pacelli and his wife Clemencia are sixteen-year homeowners in Pacific Grove.

Robert Pacelli wants to continue the Water Board's protection of the environment.

Robert Pacelli will work to keep the public's right to vote on water issues.

Robert Pacelli opposes to water profiteering.

Robert Pacelli believes that water is a community asset and should not be sold to the highest bidder.

Committed to Community Involvement:

· Served in the committee for Affordable Housing.

· Created training tape for the Monarch Docents, and for sea mammals* rescue.

· Produced video tape "Monarchs of Pacific Grove."

· Volunteer, SHARP Program. (Severely Handicapped After School Recreation Program).

· Bilingual volunteer mediator, Community Mediation Center.

· Participated in the Migrant Education Program.

· Started the first daily news cast in Spanish on the central coast.

· Helped provide publicity and awareness for Hospice of Monterey County and the first Aids Walk.

· Project Artaud, San Francisco. President of Non-profit housing collective. Managed millions of dollars worth of assets. Helped established zoning criteria for live-work environments.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:

Public Information Video Production Officer,

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva

Publicized the plight of the refugees worldwide through the use of the television media. Created programs for internal and external use. In the field:

· The International Meeting of Humanitarian Aid for Victims of the Conflict in the former Yugoslavia.

· Rio Earth Summit

· World Bank- African Presentation

· Removing Land Mines in Northwest Somalia

· Deforestation in Malawi

· Repatriation of South African Exiles

· Afghanistan Repatriation

· Yugoslavia: Refugee Crisis

Producer, writer and principal photographer,

"New Dawn of Democracy," a PBS special on the history of Yugoslavia from Tito to today, filmed in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzgovina.

Director, photographer and editor,

PBS programs filmed in Latin America

"Backstage at the Bolshoi Ballet," filmed in Moscow, Russia

"Malaysia" and "Macau China"

News Photographer and Producer of network news feeds for CBS & CNN.

Produced video tape "Monarchs of Pacific Grove."

IN THE PAST...:

Senior Editor, Orange County News Channel OCN, Santa Ana, CA

Managed ongoing news programming editing.

Produce/Director, America Canta, Los Angeles, CA

Produced, directed and negotiated broadcast rights for series of Spanish television programs including 13 half-hour shows for Los Angeles market.

Director of Photography, Heritage Festivals, Inc., Mill Valley, CA

Filmed "Magic in the Andes," a series of programs in the high mountains of Peru and Bolivia, for the Discovery Channel.

Producer/Director KSMS TV Ch. 67, Monterey, CA

Filmed commercial productions and special programs. Established the first daily newscast in Spanish on the central coast.

PROFESSIONAL HONOURS:

Recognized for achievements by the Barcelona International Film Festival (First Prize, 1983), the Cine Eagle (USA), Lilles International Film Festival (France), San Francisco Chronicle, and Art Weekly. Work featured at museums and festivals throughout the world, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Hiroshima Film Festival.