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Cynthia Mathews has been actively engaged in the Santa Cruz Community for over 4 decades. Her husband is a retired professor at UCSC; their two grown children attended local public schools, and three generations of the extended family now live in Santa Cruz. Cynthia has been a leader in building partnerships between the public, private and non-profit sectors to create a thriving community.
CYNTHIA MATHEWS: Commitment to Community, Effective Leadership
- Elected to Santa Cruz City Council, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2006
- Mayor, 1997, 2003, 2005
- Appointed member, City Planning Commission and Zoning Board,1976-1992
- Co-chaired Measure C&D Campaign for Santa Cruz City Schools, 2002; school volunteer; member Santa Cruz High School Centennial Committee for theater and gymnasium renovation
- Chair, Mission Street Task Force
- Member Depot Park Task Force
- City-County Library governing authority, and chair of Measure C&D to sustain local libraries.
- Member Monterey Bay Sanctuary Interagency Task Force; Monterey Bay Sanctuary Advisory Committee; leadership committee, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center
- Member Vision Santa Cruz, guiding downtown earthquake recovery efforts
- Co-founder, Planned Parenthood of Santa Cruz County; Director of Public Affairs for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, 1979 - 2004
- Founding organizer, Downtown Neighbors
- Santa Cruz Arbor Day Committee
- Board member, Museum of Art and History; Past president, Santa Cruz Historical Society
- Founding member, Friends of Wilder Ranch
- 15 year member, Conference and Visitors Council
- Board member,Downtown Management Corporation (Host Program)
- Honored by Santa Cruz County Women's Commission, 1985 for contributions on behalf of women
- Downtown Association 1998 "Friend of Downtown"
- Santa Cruz Chamber 2000 "Woman of the Year"
- Democratic Women's Club 1997 "Woman of the Year"
- Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year, 2006
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