- Occupation: Incumbent
 - First member of his family to go to college, and earned dual bachelors degrees, a masters degree and his docterate from California universities
 - As a teacher, worked with under-represented youth, incarcerated youth and adults, and secondary and college students
 - He has served as a principal and assistant before being elected County Superintendentsuperintendent
 - He was named Outstanding County Superintendent in 1995, and was honored by Hartnell College & San Jose State University as Distinguished Alumni
 - Presented the Outstanding Public Service Award by the Farm Bureau.
 - President of the California County Superintendents Association in 2001, and has been on the Boards of the Steinbeck Center & Panetta Institute
  
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