Candidate for
Councilmember; City of Berkeley; District 2

Darryl graduated with honors from UC Santa Cruz with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology in 1984. He later earned his Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago in 1986.

After graduating from Chicago, Darryl moved to the District of Columbia, working as an Urban Fellow in the Mayor's Budget Office as a Budget Analyst. Later, he went on to work as a Senior Budget Analyst for the University of the District of Columbia.

Darryl moved to Berkeley in 1996, when he started working for Councilmember Kriss Worthington as a legislative aide and later moved on to work for the City of Berkeley as the Senior Management Analyst for the Department of Public Works, in the areas of budget, capital projects, and fiscal planning.

In November 2000, Darryl was elected to the Peralta Community College Board of Trustees representing the cities of Albany, Emeryville, and Berkeley, becoming the first openly gay African-American elected to office in the East Bay.

In November 2004, Darryl was elected to the Berkeley City Council for a four-year term representing District 2, South-West Berkeley, and represents the Council on the Berkeley Public Library Board of Trustees.

Besides being on the Berkeley City Council, Darryl also works at the Oakland Housing Authority as a management analyst, serves as a Board Member of the West Berkeley Foundation and the East Bay Community Scholarship Foundation, and is also the Treasurer and Board Member for the National Black Justice Coalition, America's only nationwide civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The Coalition works towards social justice, equality, and an end to racism and homophobia.