- Party: Democratic
 - Occupation: World Wide Knowledge Engineering Manager
 - Ph.D. and M.A., Stanford University
 - B.A. with Distinction, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Boston University
 - At the state level served as President of the Peninsula Division of the League of California Cities.
 - Served on State Controller Gray Davis's Santa Clara County Child Support Advisory Task Force.
 - At the national level served as Vice-Chair, then Chair of the Community and Economic Development Committee of the National League of Cities.
 - Honors:Phi Beta Kappa, Ford Foundation Fellowship Award for African-Americans, Child Development Fellow, Office of Child Development, DHEW, Region IX
  
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