Candidate for
Council Member; City of Santa Clara; Seat 6

I am a Santa Clara resident and homeowner, married to Terri (Silva)Kolstad with two grown daughters and one granddaughter. I graduated from San Jose State University and joined the Santa Clara Police Department where I served for over 31 years. After my retirement as a Police Sergeant, I was elected to the Santa Clara City Council.

In addition to serving on the City Council, I also serve as:

• Member of the Redevelopment Agency of the City
• Authority Member of the Sports & Open Space Authority of the City
• Authority Member of the Industrial Development Authority of the City
• Authority Member of the Joint Financing Authority of the City

• Audit Committee
• Convention Center Liaison Committee
• Council Officers and Elected Full Time Employees Performance/Salary Review Committee
• Golf Course Committee (Chair)
• Neighborhood-University Relations Committee
• Santa Clara Downtown Revitalization Committee

• Central California Power Agency (CCPA)
• Modesto-Santa Clara-Redding Public Power Agency (MSR)
• Northern California Power Agency (NCPA)

• Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mission City Community Fund, 2000
• Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club of Santa Clara
• Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Clarans for Political Integrity and Ethics
• Member of the Portuguese American Club of Santa Clara County
• Member of Santa Clara Masonic Lodge #299
• President of the Santa Clara Police Officers Association, 1977
• President of the California Burglary and Theft Investigators Association, 1983
• Former Director and Board Member of the Santa Clara Police Activities League
• President of the California Crime Prevention Officers' Association, 1990
• Chairman of the Western States Safe and Burglary Investigators Association's Training Seminar on "High Technology and Computer Crime Investigation" (the first of its kind in the United States), 1984

• Received the California Congress of P.T.A.'s "Honorary Service Award" in 1990 for over fifteen years of service to the Santa Clara Unified School District
• California Crime Prevention Officers Association:  Received "Crime Prevention Officer of the Year Award, 1989  Awarded the Board of Directors "Life Achievement Award"
• While Secretary for the "California Stop Crime Coalition", was producer for the state-wide "Vehicle Theft Prevention" program for the California Highway Patrol, and was Project Coordinator for the Governor's "Prenatal Substance Abuse Prevention" project.
• Produced, directed and hosted the public access cable television series, "Mission City Blues", a community relations and crime prevention news magazine program + the first of its kind in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was cablecast to over 170,000 cable subscribers in eight cities in Santa Clara County.

• Agnew Community Volunteer Services
• Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival
• Santa Clara Police Activities League
• Santa Clara Woman's Club
• Santa Clara Women's League
• Santa Clara Y.M.I.
• Soroptimist International of Santa Clara
• Triton Museum of Art