Candidate for
Member, Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of San Mateo; Supervisorial District 5

Ray Buenaventura is an Attorney licensed to practice law in California and Washington D.C. He is currently in private practice focusing on criminal defense and immigration. He is a Certified Criminal Law Specialist and has been practicing law for nearly 15 years. Mr. Buenaventura is a member of the San Mateo County Bar Association, Filipino Bar Association of Northern California, Asian American Bar Association and Alameda County Bar Association. Mr. Buenaventura serves as Commissioner and Vice President on the Library Board of Daly City. He also serves on the Board of the Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center, a non-profit organization devoted to helping the local community on issues of immigration, education, healthcare, legal services, and charities. He further serves as a Director on the Board of the Pin@y Educational Partnerships a group dedicated to the advancement of education among Filipino American youths. In addition, Mr. Buenaventura serves on the Board of Directors to the Knights of Columbus Foundation for Developmentally Disabled Children. Mr. Buenaventura is currently the President of the Filipino American Democratic Club of San Mateo County. He also serves as an Associate and Alternate Member of the Democratic Central Committee of San Mateo County and is a member of the Filipino American Democratic Caucus and the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of the California Democratic Party. He was a Delegate to the California Democratic Convention in April 2007 and March 2008. In April 2008, he was also elected to represent California as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver (August 2008). Mr. Buenaventura has also contributed his legal services pro-bono to those in need.  He has volunteered his legal services to the United States Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children.  He has voluntarily represented children who are facing deportation and removal from the United States.  He is also a regular volunteer to Community Law Night, a service provided by the San Mateo County Bar Association.  Further, he has volunteered for the San Francisco Voluntary Legal Service Program, helping pro-bono on family law related matters.