Candidate for
Supervisor; County of Alameda; Supervisorial District 5

Political Experience: Member, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, 1993 to present Chair, Alameda County Personnel, Administration and Legislation Committee (PAL), 1999 to present Chair, Alameda County Economic Development Alliance for Business (EDAB), 1995 to present Chair, Alameda County Budget Committee, April 2001 to present , Alameda County Census 2000 Complete Count Program, 1999 to 2000 Member, Alameda County Health Committee, 1993 to present Member, Alameda County Administrator's Office Finance Committee, 2001 Board Member, Alameda County Employee Retirement Association, 2001 Member, ACERA's Investment Committee, 20001 Member, ACERA's Actuarial Committee, 2001 Member, ACERA's Audit Committee, 2001 Commissioner, Alameda County Children and Families Commission, 2001 Board Member, City of Oakland's Safe Passages, 2001 Board Member, City of Oakland's Oakland Base Reuse Authority (OBRA), 1996 to present

Regional: Board Member, Alameda County Transportation Authority (ACTA), 1993 to present Board Member, Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA), 2000 to present Member, Alameda County Waste Management Authority, 1993 to present Chair, Black Elected Officials of the East Bay, 2000 to present Board Member, Bay Area World Trade Center (BAWTC), 1996 to present Chair, BAWTC's Finance Committee, 1996 to present Vice-Chair, East Bay Conversion and Reinvestment Commission (EBCRC), 1995 to present Board Member, East Bay Public Safety Corridor Partnership, 1999 to present

State/National: Commissioner, Speaker Robert Hertzberg's Commission on Regionalism, 2000 to present Board Member, California State Association of Counties (CSAC), 1994 to present Past Chair, CSAC's Government, Finance and Operations Committee, 1999 Board Member, Urban Counties Caucus (UCC), 1994 to present Member, National Association of Counties (NACo), 1994 to present

Employment: Aide, Congressman Ronald V. Dellums, 1979 to 1993

Education: Masters, Public Administration, California State University, Hayward, CA, 1973 Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 1969 to 1971 Attended, John F. Kennedy School of Law, Orinda CA, 1971 to 1972

Personal: Born, reared, and educated in Berkeley; attend church in Berkeley Lifetime of neighborhood involvement 20+ years of experience in political and community activism