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San Diego County, CA November 7, 2006 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Teresa "Terry" Thomas

Candidate for
Director; South Bay Irrigation District; Division 4

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South Bay Irrigation District (SBID), Division 4 / Sweetwater Authority November 7, 2006 Election

Short Version - Recent Curriculum Vita

  • MS in Microbiology and United States Public Health Service Fellow - University of Southern California.
  • MS Biology and National Science Foundation Teaching Fellow, American University of Beirut.
  • Numerous graduate studies UCSD, UCSF, UCSB, UCD, SDSU and Humboldt State. San Diego High Tech Industry Fellow.
  • BS Biology cum laude minor Chemistry, College Misericordia, Dallas, Pennsylvania.
  • Former Research Lab Associate, University of California Medical Center in San Francisco (Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology).
  • Homeowner/Residentin Chula Vista for over 25 years.
  • Professor Emeritus, Microbiology, Environmental Biology, Human Heredity, School of Math, Science, and Engineering, Southwestern College. Past President, SWC Academic Senate.
  • Chula Vista Resource Conservation Commission (two terms).
  • Vision 2020 Environment, Open Space, and Sustainable Development, Committee.
  • Chula Vista Environmentalist of the Year awarded at the Annual Beautification Awards 2005.
  • Chula Vista General Plan Update Steering Committee.
  • SD-Tijuana International Boundary and Water Commission Citizens Forum Board (two term appointment).
  • San Diego County Solid Waste Hearing Panel (two-terms).
  • Member, CROSSROADS II.
  • LIONS International Melvin Jones Fellow for outstanding Humanitarian Service in District 4-L6.
  • Founder, Southern California Biotechnology Education Consortium (Public-Private Partnerships with Industry and Education at all-levels.(Eventually Developed into our regional Biotech Centers in California and links).
  • Biological Technologies Initiative, Economic Development Network, Calif. Community Colleges.
  • Current Chamber of Commerce Member.
  • Member, South Bay Networking Group.
  • Past Calif. Community College Chancellor's Office Fund for Instructional Improvement Board.
  • California Community Colleges state Academic Senate.
  • Faculty Association of Calif. Community College Policy Committee.
  • Co-founder Southwestern College Academic Senate Project CREATE: Cultural, Research, Educational and Trade Exchange.
  • VECINOS team to develop SWC EcoMundo Biology courses /Baja Studies Certificate program.
  • Live teleconference to the Americas invited by International Training Center: Responsible Management of Environmental Quality in the Workplace, a part of the Excellence with a Global Flair series. Simultaneously translated into Spanish. 2002
  • International Friendship Commission (two terms.
  • President, Chula Vista-Odawara (Japan) Sister Cities Association - celebrating 25th anniversary this year.
  • Currently, re-establishing Chula Vista-Irapuato Sister Cities Association, a successful sister cities partnership with Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Contact me if interested in joining (we had a relationship since 1971
  • Past National Board Member of U.S. Mexico Sister Cities Association.
  • Sister Cities 50th Anniversary Int'l. Circle of Distinguished Volunteers 2006.
  • Member of the Arab American Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • Past President, American Lebanese Association of San Diego, celebrting 50 year anniversary next year.
  • Member, American University of Beirut Alumni Association.
  • Member, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World for years.
  • Born and raised in Pennsylvania.
  • World traveler, Bali art trek, Japan, Mexico, Africa, Iberia, Cuba, Yugoslavia, lived and taught in Luxembourg, Istanbul, and Middle East, Mediterranean, and so on.

Friends to Elect Terry Thomas ID # 1290534. South Bay Irrigation District, Division 4 / Sweetwater Authority. P.O. Box 3635. Chula Vista, CA 91909-3635.

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