League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	San Francisco County, CA November 4, 2014 Election
	Member, Board of Education; County of San Francisco Voter Information 4 Year Term.

Candidates (Vote for 3) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Emily M. "EMILY" Murase 80,877 votes 18.74% Occupation: Incumbent Public School Parent, SFUSD Graduate First Term Committee Chairmanships: Rules, Curriculum, Building & Grounds, Student Assignment Past Chair, SFUSD Parent Advisory Council; Former Member Lowell Alumni Association Board Current Executive Director, SF Dept on Status of Women PhD in Communication, Stanford; MPIA in International Management, UC San Diego; AB in History, Bryn Mawr College 2013 UCSD IR/PS Alumni of the Year Priorities: Academic Achievement Bullying College & Career Ready Graduates Shamann Walton 71,629 votes 16.6% Occupation: Education Nonprofit Director Executive Director of Young Community Developers, providing high-quality tutoring and job training to hundreds of SFUSD students. Former teacher with Vallejo City Unified School District and Solano County Office of Education. Board Member of San Francisco Parents for Public Schools. SFUSD Quality Teacher Education Act Oversight Committee Member. Former Director of Potrero Hill Family Resource Center. B.A. in Political Science from Morris Brown College and Masters in Public Administration from San Francisco State University. Priorities: Develop real solutions to close the achievement gap and increase access to higher education and career opportunities. Secure resources to ensure educators and students can succeed. Expand parent, teacher, student and community involvement in decision-making. Hydra Mendoza 52,998 votes 12.28% Occupation: School Board Member/Mayor's Senior Advisor on Education Chair, SFUSD Buildings and Grounds Committee SFUSD Budget Committee Board Member, SPUR Member, UWBA Women's Leadership Council 100 Most Influential Filipina's Policymaker Award College Track Hero Award Priorities: Build public-private partnerships throughout the City to invest in public education Increase technology and innovation at our schools Promote equity and access so that every graduate of SFUSD is college or career ready Trevor McNeil 50,642 votes 11.73% Occupation: Public School Teacher SF Pedestrian Safety Advisory Committee member Inner Sunset Park Neighborhood Association board member San Francisco Democratic Party vice chair BA Carleton College political science, MA The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, teaching credential San Francisco State Priorities: Equity Innovation Transparency Stevon Cook 50,559 votes 11.71% Occupation: Senior Education Coordinator, San Francisco Education Fund Bachelor of Arts, American Studies, Williams College Graduate of SFUSD's Thurgood Marshall High School Former Co-Chair, Community Advisory Committee for the Public Education and Enrichment Fund Member, San Francisco Achievers Board of Directors Bayview Hunters Point YMCA Community Leadership Award Priorities: Retaining educators Prioritizing student support services Dedicating more resources to pre-K and elementary reading and math programs Dennis Yang 36,535 votes 8.46% Occupation: San Francisco Teacher Native San Franciscan and proud product of the SFUSD Lowell High School graduate and teacher Former teacher at the Urban School of San Francisco Currently teaching at the Bay School of San Francisco BA - UC Berkeley MA - San Francisco State University Priorities: Having Neighborhood Schools Closing the achievement gap Student and Teacher retention Lee Hsu 34,442 votes 7.98% Occupation: Manager/Parent Jamie Rafaela Wolfe 27,727 votes 6.42% Occupation: School Administrator/Behaviorist Mark Murphy 25,050 votes 5.8% Occupation: Communications Consultant Co-Chair Public Education Enrichment Fund Advisory Committee San Francisco "Our Children. Our City." Stakeholder Committee San Francisco Unified School District Vision 2025 Tutor: Back on Track Priorities: Supporting Students-Supporting Teachers Making San Francisco School Assignment System Work Better Supporting A Diverse Student Body Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

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