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LWV League of Women Voters of California
Sacramento County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Suzanne Phinney

Candidate for
Director; Sacramento Municipal Utility District; Ward 7

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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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