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Biographical Highlights
Current Community Service
- Advisor, Green Youth Alliance, Mills High School
- American Red Cross Disaster Volunteer - spent 6 weeks assisting our neighbors recover from San Bruno Gas Explosion Disaster
- Platelet Donor, Stanford Blood Bank, on my 85 donation - please consider becoming a platelet and bone marrow donor
- Election Precinct Inspector for many years, Millbrae Library
- Member: Millbrae Historical Society
- Activist & Trainer, Sierra Club
Chair, Loma Prieta Chapter Zero Waste Committee
Chair, California/Nevada Zero Waste Committee
Former Chair & Member, National Zero Waste Committee
Co-Chair, Loma Prieta Political Committee
Editor, Loma Prietan Endorsement Newsletter for last 5 years
Member, Sierra Club California Political Committee
Loma Prieta Executive Committee Member, Chair of Communications
Past Community Leadership Service
- Member San Mateo County Recycling Task Force (1980s) - created curbside recycling in San Mateo
- Boardmember, California Resource Recovery Association
- Chair and Founding member Repair, Resale and Reuse Technical Council & Business Recycling & Assistance Link
- Boardmember, Construction Materials Recycling Association
- Chaperone, Girl Scouts - International Trip, overnight camping trips, environmental crafts
- Golden Gate Aquatic Club - Swim Instructor & Coach ages 8 & Unders
Employment
- University of California, Santa Cruz - Director, Reuse & Recycling Market Development Program - Business Environmental Assistance Center
- UCSC - Coordinator and Instructor, Integrated Waste Management Certificate Program under Environmental Science Program
- San Jose State University - Coordinator and Instructor, Integrated Waste Management Certificate Program
- City of San Jose, Environmental Services Department, Managed Commercial Recycling and Solid Waste Programs
- Hewlett Packard Company
Recycling Coodinator and Governmental Affairs Representative to the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group (now Silicon Valley Leadership Group)
Customer Service Representative Computer Products
Manager, Coach and Athlete for several Corporate Sports Battle Teams and World Corporate Games Teams - one World Title, one National Title (and appeared on ESPN) and three regional titles.
- GTE Sprint, Health & Safety and Affirmative Action Department Assistant
- Lifeguard - City of Daly City, San Mateo, Foster City; Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae and Los Angeles
Education
- University of San Francisco - M.S. Environmental Management, pending thesis- Barriers to Reuse of Products
- University of California, Los Angeles - B.A. Analysis of Ecosystems/Geography, Women's Swim Team Member
- Experiment in International Living/World Living, Brattleboro, VT - Semester Abroad - Italy
- Emergency Medical Technician I - Skyline College
- San Mateo Adult School - Upholstery Courses for extending life of furniture - Fighting for funding for Adult School
- Integrated Pest Management Program - Certified IPM Trainer
- Santa Clara County Home Composting Program - Certified Master Composter
- Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program - Graduate
- Capuchino High School, San Bruno, CA - Title 9 went into effect 1973, Lettered Capuchino Co-Ed Swim Team
- Taylor Intermediate School, Millbrae, CA
- Meadows Elementary School, Millbrae, CA
Little Known Facts
- Swam the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
- Trekked in Nepal, Annapurna Circle
- Visited the Galapagos Islands and played fetch with sea lions
- US Olympic Torch Bearer, 1984 Olympics, Ran in front of the Conservatory of Flowers, chosen for community service
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