Candidate for
Council Member; City of Pleasant Hill

Ancient History:

• Graduated Pleasant Hill High.
• US Army; Army Commendation Medal.
• Pacific Telephone & Telegraph 1963-1983.
• Pacific Telesis Group, Director; retired 1996.
• CEO, Toward Better Systems, Inc., retired.

• Chief Technology Officer, SASCO, Inc., retired.
• Chairman, New Directions Counseling Center, retired.
• Owner, Change for The Better, consultancy.
• Co-founded Shannon Hills Neighborhood Watch, Pleasant Hill.
• Founder, Pleasant Hill Taxpayers Association.
• Board member, Contra Costa Taxpayers Association.
• Member, Citizens Bond Oversight Committees:
  1. Contra Costa Community College District.
  2. John Swett Unified School District.
  3. Mt. Diablo Unified School District Measure C 2010.
• Member, Pleasant Hill Citizens for Responsible Growth.
• President, Safe Neighborhoods Alliance Program.
• 2009 nominee, Pleasant Hill Citizen of the Year Award.
• Deputy Marriage Commissioner; wedding officiant.

• BS, University of San Francisco; Organizational Behavior.
• MA, John F. Kennedy University; Org'l Transformation.
• Certified Computer Professional,(ICCP).
• Certified Facilitator, Future Search Conference.
• Certified Consultant, The Alternative Board (TAB).

• Married Lelia Smith (now deceased); sons Eric, Kirk, Brook.
• Married Mauna Wagner; daughter Alexis Henderson; son Drew.
• Grandson David; granddaughter Karli.

• Recreational travel; completed tour of all 50 states, 2010.
• Civic participation; efficient, low cost government.
• Letters-to-the-editor; Golden Pen Award, Contra Costa Times