Candidate for
Board Member; Palo Alto Unified School District

Professional Experience

• High-Tech Executive.
• 23 years of experience in high technology companies of the Bay Area such as Intel, Adobe and start-ups, mostly at the Director and Vice President level.
• Strong financial expertise: Financial Analyst and Budget & Planning Manager.
• Other functional experiences: Engineering, Marketing, Organization Development, Strategy and Business Development.
• Led many cross-functional teams with a wide variety of individuals and personalities.

• BS in Math and Physics, MSEE.
• MBA from Harvard Business School.
• Philosophy and Political Science courses at Stanford.

• Member of the Steering Committee for Measure A, the school parcel tax. Organized and led the phone banks with 400 extraordinary volunteers. Measure A won with 74% of the vote!
• Campaigner for Measure I, the school parcel tax on the November 2004 ballot.
• Re-elected Treasurer of the Palo Alto Council of PTAs (2004-Present).
• Active member of the Healthy School Lunch Committee. The Committee convinced the School Board of the need to improve food quality, authored a new Nutrition Policy that was adopted by the Board largely as drafted, and asked the Board to reopen the bidding process for food suppliers. A better supplier was selected and is starting this school year.
• District Board Observer and PTA Council Representative for Duveneck Elementary School.
• Member of PAGE, Palo Altans for Government Effectiveness, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting civil discourse.
• Elected twice by subscribers to the Board of Directors of Cable Co-op, the former local cable TV company (1992-1998). Fought against rate increases.

• Resident of Palo Alto for 14 years and of Silicon Valley for 23 years. Moved to Palo Alto because of the schools, even before having children!
• Married to a pediatrician, three daughters - two in the school district, one at Jordan Middle School and one at Duveneck Elementary School