League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Los Angeles County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Member, Board of Education; Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Voter Information

Results as of Nov 25 1:07pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (75/75)

Candidates (Vote for 4) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Laurie Lieberman 15,247 votes 20.75% Occupation: School Board Member laurie.lieberman1@gmail.com Richard Amir "TJ" Tahvildaran-Jesswein 12,277 votes 16.71% Occupation: Community College Professor Ph.D. Political Science, Northern Arizona University Full Tenured Professor at Santa Monica College Associate Director, SMC Public Policy Institute Steering Committee Member, Community for Excellent Public Schools V.P. Education, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District PTA President, Westside Ballet of Santa Monica Guild RTJforSchoolBoard2014@gmail.com Priorities: Close the Achievement Gap Expand Pathways to College Fully Implement the District's Vision for Student Success, VSS Craig Foster 12,126 votes 16.50% Occupation: Certified Teacher SMMUSD Parent SMMUSD Financial Oversight Committee Member PTA Service Award - Point Dume and Webster Elementary Schools Former PTA President Webster Elementary Masters Degree in Education Former Member Superintendent's Advisory Committee craig@foster4smmusd.com Priorities: Prepare Students for 21st Century Increase School Site Input Promote Collaborative Practices Between Students, Parents, Teachers, Administrators, and Community Oscar De La Torre 11,990 votes 16.32% Occupation: Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District Board Member oscar4schoolboard@gmail.com Ralph Mechur 11,522 votes 15.68% Occupation: Incumbent Owner, Ralph Mechur Architects Artists for the Arts Foundation Boardmember ralphmechur4schoolboard@gmail.com Priorities: Ensure parity of program and learning opportunities for all our students Work collaboratively to develop a strong and responsive curriculum approach Develop a long-term strategy to increase revenue Dhun May 5,169 votes 7.03% Occupation: Teacher 50 year resident of Santa Monica & Malibu Programmer Analyst for Management Sciences Dept. of RAND (1969-1971) Master's degree in Mathematics Participant in Volunteers In Service To America program (1994 -- 1995) Practicing Zoroastrian Parent of Dr. Armaiti Khorshed May & the late, great champion of compassion, Daniel Byram May mazdayasnie@netzero.net Priorities: Advocating for testing caulking for PCBs, removing unhealthy caulking, & using green portables Limiting children's exposure to radiation from wireless devices Questioning The Double Tree Hotel's claim that no percentage rent is due to the district. Patty Finer 5,148 votes 7.01% Occupation: College Admissions Consultant President & CEO of The College Admissions Consultant, Inc. Graduate of USC (BA) , UCLA ( Law, College Admissions Counseling) and Widener University (M. Ed - Educational Technology) Member of HECA, NACAC, OCACA, & WASAC Past Board Member of the Brentwood-Palisades Cotillion & Participant in SMPD Citizen's Academy Author of Award Winning Book, The Applica-Phobia of College Admissions Prior Employment as a Workers' Compensation Litigator counselor@thecollegeadmissionsconsultant.com Priorities: The On-Going Malibu Crisis The Privatizing and Outsourcing in SMMUSD The Paradigm Shift - Common Core & Technology Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

General Links Links to all candidate campaign websites for this race: Laurie Liberman Dhun May Ralph Mechur Oscar De La Torre Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein Craig Foster Patty Finer This election is archived. Any links to sources outside of Smart Voter may no longer be active. No further links will be added to this page. Links to sources outside of Smart Voter are provided for information only and do not imply endorsement.

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