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San Francisco County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Fiona Ma

Candidate for
Supervisor; County of San Francisco; District 4

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FIONA MA M.B.A, C.P.A.
Candidate for Supervisor in District 4 # November, 2002 Election

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

  • Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center Community Council Member
  • Sunset Community Festival Fundraising Committee
  • District 4 Parks Council Member
  • Francis Scott Key Playground Build Captain
  • Assistant Volleyball and Basketball Coach, Holy Name School
  • Volunteer Food Bank Coordinator, St. John's Presbyterian
  • Board Member/Treasurer, Chinese American Voter Education Committee
  • Board Member/Secretary, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center
  • Former Board Member/Secretary, Chinatown Economic Development Group
  • Former President of the Asian Business Association, Inc.
  • Former Advisory Board Member, Sunset Parkside Activities Center (SPAC)

PUBLIC SERVICE:
  • District Representative to State Senate President pro Tempore, John L. Burton since 1995: Help constituents in the areas of MediCal, Childcare Licensing, Professional Licensing, Job Training/Development, Secondary Education, Workers' Compensation, and Franchise Tax Board, Unemployment Compensation, Preschool, Childcare, Veterans
  • Assisted thousands of low income seniors and disabled homeowners/renters to claim refunds from CA

POLITICAL ACTION:
  • Founder and President, Westside Chinese Democratic Club
  • Board Member/Newsletter Editor, National Women's Political Caucus (SF Chapter)
  • Delegate to the California State Democratic Party since 1997
  • Elected delegate and N. California Vice Chair to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business
  • Appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Small Business Administration's Awards Committee in 1996
  • Appointed to the San Francisco Assessment Appeals Board (Alternate Member) hearing both residential and commercial property tax appeal cases (1994-1998)

PROFESSIONAL:
  • Licensed Certified Public Accountant in the State of California
  • Practicing Accountant providing tax, accounting and consulting services
  • Columnist/writer for Asian Week

EDUCATION:
  • B.S. in Accounting (High Honors) from the Rochester Institute of Technology (NY)
  • M.S. in Taxation from Golden Gate University (San Francisco)
  • M.B.A. from Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)

PERSONAL:
  • Born in New York to immigrant parents: father is an engineer and mother was a former high school teacher
  • Moved to the Sunset District of San Francisco in 1987 to be closer to her grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. Doo
  • Married to Philippe Anav, management consultant

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