Candidate for
Governing Board Member; Northern Humboldt Union High School District

2001-Present Athletic Director, Humboldt State University.

• Leading 12-sport NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics program with 35 faculty and staff members and 450 student athletes, managing a $3.5 million budget and implementing multiple fund-raising campaigns.
• Quadrupled sponsorship participation.
• Expedited facility upgrades, including crew boathouse, softball field and scoreboards.
• Resolved Title IX compliance, assuring equity in athletic programs regardless of gender.

• Overall responsibility for the organization and staff, risk management and long-term planning.
• Developed and implemented new aquatic and outdoor activity courses in canoeing, sailing, windsurfing and water skiing.
• Coordinated fund-raising campaigns for a Youth at Risk program and aquatic grants.
• Secured a $4.9 million facility grant to build the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center in Eureka, opened September 2007.

• Accepted leadership during a financially turbulent period, balancing the budget while improving service.
• Coordinated fund-raising campaigns, securing $350,000 for youth programs and facility improvements, then implemented those improvements.

• Coached the first, second and third most successful years in HSU Volleyball history.

1981-1985 Recreation Intramural Director, Center Activities.

1981 Head Coach, Women's Volleyball, College of the Redwoods.

1979-1980 Student Teacher, Arcata High School.

• Head Coach for boys' tennis and girls' volleyball, assistant coach for girls' basketball.

• A continuation of the family business I learned while in high school.
• Paid my way through college, and then some.

• Recruitment Outreach Representative, visiting high schools to talk to students about HSU's excellence.
• Humboldt First / Partnership Campaign (campus-wide fund-raising) team leader.

• Business Leader of the Year for 2001, Arcata Chamber of Commerce.
• Arcata Kiwanian of the Year, 1994.
• Rookie of the Year (for fund-raising), HSU Advancement.

• Member, Mini-Grant Youth Committee (Summer Youth Program), Humboldt Area Foundation.
• Member, Arcata Sunrise Rotary.

• Consultant, Boys and Girls Club of Humboldt County.
• President, Arcata Chamber of Commerce.
• President, Arcata Kiwanis.
• Board Member, Arcata Economic Development Corporation.
• Board Member, Humboldt County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
• Board Member, United Way of Humboldt County.
• Member, Youth Steering Committee, City of Arcata.
• Member, Budget Task Force, City of Arcata.
• North Coast Representative, California Department of Boating and Waterways.
• Boating Safety Consultant, California State University Monterey Bay.
• Facility Consultant, California Department of Boating and Waterways Aquatic Center.

• 1979 Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education, Humboldt State University.
• 1979 California Secondary Teaching Credential, Humboldt State University.
• 1980 California Community College Teaching Credential, Humboldt State University.