- Occupation: Incumbent
 - Director of Finance & Operations, Children Now
 - Wharton School of Business, Univ. of Pennsylvania  Class of '86
 - Father of 3 yr. old son
 - Chair, Curriculum & Technology Committee
 - Member, Facilities Committee
 - Memeber, Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
  
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Top Priorities if Elected |   
- Hiring and retaining the best qualified teachers and principals
 - Helping children to be ready to learn by ensuring basic skills such as reading are acquired
 - Safe, secure and clean learning environments
  
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- State Senator Don Perata
 - Dennis Chaconas, Oakland Superintendent of Schools
 - City Council Member Danny Wan
  
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- Bruce Kariya, A Father... For A Change
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Bruce's platform
  
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