Candidate for
Governing Board Member; Beverly Hills Unified School District

Briefly:

Craig is a third generation resident of Beverly Hills, born and raised here. He attended and graduated Horace Mann School and Beverly High('63). Soon after high school, he and his family moved to Barcelona, Spain where Craig attended the University of Barcelona. Upon receiving a teaching position at Hawthorne School, he returned to Beverly Hills in 1982. Craig was married to Lisa Ealy in 1989.

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Education:

• Masters of Science : Educational Technology: Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA - 1988.
• Teaching Credentials, Elementary & Secondary-Mathematics : USC, Los Angeles, CA - 1971.
• Bachelor of Arts : Major: Psychology; Minor: Mathematics : California State University, Northridge 1969 - Experimental Sciences - Education & Business
• Santa Monica City - 1965-1967 - Sciences and Mathematics.
• University of Barcelona, Spain 1964-65.

Occupations:

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Education:

Teacher for 31 years (classroom & adult education), Technology Coordinator/Mentor teacher and Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine.
Beverly Hills USD ('82 - 2008) (Mathematics, Computer & Technology Education and PE).
Simi Valley USD (`72-'77) Mathematics, Consumer Education, GATE(MGM) & PE.
Retired 2008: Hawthorne School (BHUSD) after more than 26 years of service in Beverly Hills.

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Business:

Real Estate development, investment and management.

I have worked with:

• Construction and Commercial lenders.
• City Planning and Building Departments.
• Geologists, Architects and Engineers.
• Contractors of all trades.
• Sales and Marketing of properties.

• Acquisitions: land, rehab properties, commercial and residential income
• Financing as a direct and participation lender
• Project development/management
• Set up General and Limited partnerships
• Residential income property management (portfolio)

Our family has a long history in Beverly Hills: My Grandfather lived and worked in Beverly Hills in the 1920's & 1930's and was as a pharmacist at Gunther's Drug Store on Canon Dr. My Mother attended Horace Mann School soon after it was built and my Dad came to California during WWII going to work for Disney as a artist. He later formed his own advertising agency. They married and moved to Beverly Hills in 1944.

Lisa Davis, my wife, was born and raised in Beverly Hills. She attended Hawthorne and graduated from BHHS. Her two sons attended Beverly Hills schools. Lisa's mother, Elizabeth, attended Beverly Vista, El Rodeo & Beverly High during the 1920's & '30's ! Chester Ealy, Lisa's father, moved to Beverly Hills in the 1930's.

We have 2 granddaughters (6 & 2) and a grandson(7 weeks old).