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Energy Experience
- Consultant to California Energy Commission
- SMUD Rate Advisory Committee Member 1999-2001
Business Experience
- Twenty years of experience in large and small business management
- Current Vice-President for Aspen Environmental Group Sacramento Operations
- First Woman Vice-President at Aerojet
- Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce Past Board Member (served 6 years)
- UC Davis Executive Program Graduate
- 1993 Woman of Achievement Award - Downtown Capitol Business & Professional Women
- Who's Who of American Women, 18th Edition
Environmental Experience
- Doctorate in Environmental Science & Engineering
UCLA - 1981
- Over 20 years of experience in the field
Key Appointments
- City/County Toxic Substances Commission
- Sacramento Environmental Commission
- Representative to the Water Forum: 1995-2000
- Steering Committee Chair - Cleaner Air Partnership (joint project of Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce and the American Lung Association)
- Advisory Committee for AB3777 (Risk Management Prevention Programs)
Awards
- American Lung Association - Individual Award for Outstanding Contribution in Air Quality, 1995
- Sacramento Safety Center Incorporated - Eagle Award for Safety, 1998
Community Service
- Past President, League of Women Voters of Sacramento (LWVS)
- Past President, American Lung Association # Emmigrant Trails
- Trustee, St. Michael's Episcopal Day School
- Vestry Member & Junior Warden, St. Michael's Episcopal Church
- Facilitator, Carmichael Community Action Plan
Personal Highlights:
- Carmichael resident since 1984
- Married 28 years to husband Paul Phinney MD, a local pediatrician
- Two daughters - Robin, graduate student at the University of Michigan, and Karen, a sophomore at UC Santa Barbara
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