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This information is provided by the candidate
EXPERIENCE:
- Elected Mayor November, 2000, 2002 and 2004
- Six years as Westminster City Councilwoman
- Sixteen years as Director on the Board of Midway City Sanitary District
- Seventeen years as Trustee on the Board of the Westminster School District
- Fifty-five years as PTA volunteer
- Forty years as a Westminster Homeowner
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES (Currently Serving):
- Orange County Housing Community Development Commission
- Orange County Council of Governments
- West Orange County Cities Group
- Alternate, Orange County Library Advisory Commission
- Director, Public Cable Television Authority
- Liaison, Westminster Chamber of Commerce
- O.C. League of Cities, Executive Steering Committee
West Orange County Cities Group
CURRENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
- Huntington Beach Intercommunity Hospital Board
- Westminster Boys & Girls Club Board
- Westminster Kiwanis Club, served 2 years as President, current Interclub Chair
- Westminster Collaborative Board
- Westminster Foundation for Educational Excellence Board
- Westminster Advisory Committee, Coastline Community College
- Trustee, Springdale Baptist Church of Westminster
- Westminster Rose Center, Board of Directors
PREVIOUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
- West Orange County Water Board
- Orange County Fire Authority
- Westminster Historical Society
- Westminster Hospital Guild
- Foundation for the Arts Board of Directors
- Served with Westminster Little League for 15 years
- Served with Long Beach Cub Scouts for 10 years
SERVICE WITH WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ON FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:
- Eight years on the Special Education Consortium Board
- Textbook Studies
- Mainstreaming Arts in the Curriculum
- Budget
- Career Education
- Early Childhood Education
- Enrollment
- Ethnic Study
- Site Improvement
- Citizen's Advisory Committee for School Closure
- Board Advisory Committee Alternate
STATE SERVICE:
- Juvenile Task Force, appointed by State Assemblyman Chet Wray
- State Education Advisory Committee, appointed by Assemblyman Richard Robins
AFFILIATIONS:
- Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) Advisory Board
- League of Cities
- U.S. Conference of Mayors
- League of California Cities Orange County Division Executive Steering Committee
- League of California Cities Orange County Division Waste Management Commission
HONORS:
- "Woman of the Year" for the 68th Assembly District, Assemblyman Ken Maddox
- 2001 recipient of Kiwanis International Hixon Award
- Nominated Chamber of Commerce 2001 Citizen of the Year
- Westminster School District PTA Council Service Awards and three Continuous Service Award from different PTA's
- Numerous community volunteer awards
PERSONAL:
- Widowed, mother of four children; grandmother of 17; great-grandmother of 18
- Forty years as a Westminster Homeowner
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