Candidate for
Board Member; Menlo Park Fire Protection District

I have over 30 years of governmental service, primarily as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration. I have experience as a manager and supervisor and was often asked to serve as acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge and Special Agent in Charge of a field division with a total of 300 employees and a budget of over 165 million dollars. I worked closely with the Clandestine Lab group and I have experience working in hazardous conditions. My first years with DEA included stints as a helicopter pilot observer in dangerous overseas locations. As group supervisor of more than one regional Task Force, I gained valuable experience co-coordinating efforts between federal, state and local officials. I have developed critical grant writing skills which have brought millions of dollars to local law enforcement agencies in need of additional funds. I can put to good use my 2,000 hours in police, security and emergency management. I hold a B.S degree in Criminal Justice, and a Masters Degree in Education. I was selected to be among the elite instructors of the FBI National Academy and I am a graduate of Class 158.

Presently, I am Chief of Threat Intelligence at the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center in San Francisco assigned there as a representative of the governor's office of Emergency Management for the last 3 years. In this position, I deal constantly with issues involving police, fire, public health and private sector security as it relates to terrorism, criminal and disaster intelligence. With a summer residence in Shigawake, Canada, I am a member of their volunteer fire department.