Candidate for
Council Member; City of Petaluma

~City and County~ Petaluma City Council, elected 2006 Petaluma Planning Commission, nine years Local Agency Formation Commissioner, two years Zone 2A Representative Site Plan and Architectural Review Committee, four years Petaluma Tree Advisory Committee, nine years Music, Park and Recreation Commission, one year Sonoma County Community Development Committee, two years Youth Athletic Fields Assessment Ad Hoc Committee member

~School and Neighborhood~ COTS RentRight Program, one year Superintendent's Lay Advisory Committee Cherry Valley Site Council Petaluma Junior High School PTA Vice President PJHS Director of Holiday Gift Basket Project North Coast Regional Academic Decathlon Coordinator and Sonoma County Office of Education Consultant, two years California State Spelling Bee Judge and Regional Spelling Bee Judge, four years Casa Grande High School Senior Project Judge Coordinated after-school ballroom dance class for Valley Vista and St. Vincent grade schools Coordinated traveling art project for Petaluma School District's elementary schools Master Gardener Rebuilding Together Recipient of "Badger Spirit Award" 2010, Paula Lane Action Network, for support for open space and habitat preservation.

~Affiliations~ Heritage Homes of Petaluma (lifetime member) Petaluma Museum (lifetime member) Petaluma Garden Club Association of American University Women, Petaluma Chapter Sonoma County Historical Society League of Women Voters Sonoma County Conservation Action Amnesty International American Civil Liberties Union Sierra Club Greenpeace

~Personal~ Wife, parent, neighbor, and friend UCLA, MA SFSU, BA