Candidate for
Member; Marin County Board of Education; Trustee Area 5

Marilyn Levin Nemzer _____________

"I have known Marilyn since I taught her three children and know her commitment to excellence in education." Jane Birenbaum, Teacher (ret.), Reed Union School District

Marilyn is the Founder and Executive Director of two nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, the California Study (dba The Book Exchange, dba Educators for the Environment, dba The Study, dba School Survival Skills) and the Geothermal Education Office.

The Book Exchange is an all-volunteer project which collects used texts and library books (otherwise destined for landfills) and # with help from local youth, teachers and service clubs # finds second homes for them locally and worldwide; Educators for the Environment publishes educational information about renewable energy; The Study is an in-home private tutoring service; School Survival Skills is Marilyn's educational counseling service for students and their families; the Geothermal Education Office produces and disseminates educational materials about geothermal energy for adults and students, with a focus on outreach efforts.

Marilyn has been directing creative educational programs for more than 20 years. She has conceived and managed projects, administered grants, written and edited public information materials, organized public information workshops, developed websites and produced videos. She has collaborated in educational projects with the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the National Energy Education Development project, and with numerous other local, regional and national agencies and education organizations. She has testified at public hearings before the California Department of Education and the California Energy Commission and is a tireless advocate of practices beneficial to education and the environment.

Prior to her involvement in the world of nonprofits, Marilyn, a San Francisco (Lowell High School) native, worked in San Francisco Bay Area public and private schools. While studying for her Master's Degree, she was a teaching assistant in the French Department at S.F. State University. She then taught French and English at St. John's Ursuline High School in San Francisco for four years. Marilyn left the private school sector to serve for seven years as a counselor with the San Mateo City School District (Bayside Middle School). In 1978 Marilyn moved to Marin County where she became active in education-related projects and founded the nonprofit educational resource organizations which she now directs.

Marilyn lives in Tiburon (Marin County), California, with her husband, attorney Ken Nemzer. The Nemzers have three children, Louis "Lex" (23), Jordan "Joe"(22) and Nicole "Nikki" (21). All three graduated from Marin County public schools.

Professional Affiliations

o Marin County Committee on School District Organization (elected position, since 1984) o Belvedere-Tiburon Rotary Club (of Rotary International) o Wednesday Morning Dialogue (Marin County) o National Women's Political Caucus (Marin chapter) o National Science Teachers Association o Association of California School Administrators, associate member o North American Environmental Educators Association o Renewable Energy Marketing Board: Advisory Committee o Geothermal Resources Council: Board of Directors, since 1993; Public Info Committee o International Geothermal Association: Education and Information committees o Lowell High School Alumni Association

Publications

Web Pages Geothermal Education Office: http://geothermal.marin.org Global Book Exchange: http://bookexchange.marin.org

Selected Multi-Media Introduction to Geothermal Energy. Slide Set: 1999. See on GEO website. Geothermal Energy: A Renewable Option. Video, gr. 6 - adult. Director & script.1998 A Down to Earth Adventure. Video, gr. 3 - 5. Producer, co-author. 1993.

Selected Printed Materials Geothermal Energy. Article for Microsoft Encarta CD-ROM Encyclopedia 2000. Co-author. Activity supplement for Project WET, in collab with The Watercourse (Univ. of Montana)

and the IdahoWater Resources and Research Institute (Univ. of Idaho). Editor. In progress.

Education

BA Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley, 1964 (includes1 year,

University of Bordeaux, France)

Recognition & Awards

For Work in Education and Community Service Marin County Volunteer of the Year, 1988 Marin County Office of Education, Marin County School Boards Ass'n., Golden Bell Award, 1994 Marin County Commission on the Status of Women, commendation, 1996 Tiburon-Belv. Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce, recognition for community service, 1996

For Helping the Environment SOLID WASTE RECYCLING Environmental Protection Agency, Region XIX, commendation, for the Book Exchange, 1993 National Environmental Awards Council (Renew America), for the Book Exchange, 1993 Marin Community Foundation, Earth Day Every Day award, for the Book Exchange, 1996

RENEWABLE ENERGY EDUCATION Geothermal Resources Council Special Achievement Award., for public education efforts, 1993 Nat'l. Science Resources Council (of Smithsonian Inst. and Nat'l. Academy of Science)

Recommendation of geothermal curriculum co-authored by Ms. Nemzer. 1996

Resources Council Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2000

Marilyn Levin Nemzer 664 Hilary Drive Tiburon, CA 94920 415.435.4574