Candidate for
Council Member; City of Santa Clara; Seat 7

http://www.jamiemcleod.org

Jamie McLeod was elected to the Santa Clara City Council in 2004 and served as Vice-Mayor in 2005. Jamie brings public, private and non-profit sector experience to her role as Councilwoman and has worked to protect our City's quality of life by:

• Promoting environmental sustainability
• Championing fiscal responsibility
• Ensuring transparency and open government for all Santa Clarans

As a Councilwoman, Jamie has taken a lifelong commitment to sustainability. She co-founded the Santa Clara County Green Building Coalition, which developed regional green building standards that have been adopted by most cities in Santa Clara County. In her current employment as an Environmental Planner with the Santa Clara Valley Water District, Jamie focuses on the County's groundwater recharge system.

She has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a Masters in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University, and is a certified Planner (American Institute of Certified Planners). In 2006, Jamie attended the Harvard University Senior Executives in State and Local Government leadership program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Jamie and her partner, Vanessa Cooper, are homeowners close to Santa Clara University. Along with their neighbors, they founded the Lower Camino Drive Neighborhood Group, which has successfully addressed neighborhood land use, noise and traffic issues. Jamie and Vanessa are members of the San Jose Friends (Quaker) Meeting.

Jamie represents the City of Santa Clara on numerous city and regional boards, including:

City Committees

General Plan Update Steering Committee (Co-chair) Housing Rehabilitation Loan (Chair) Council Officers & Elected Full Time Employees Performance/Salary Review (Chair) Ethics Committee Mission City 21 Committee/Economic Development Santa Clara University Liaison/Neighborhood-University Relations Committee Council Goal Setting Committee Audit Committee Police Activities League (Alternate)

Regional Committees

Santa Clara County Green Building Coalition (founding member) Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission of Santa Clara County (Chair) Santa Clara County Comprehensive Expressway Planning Study Policy Advisory Board (Vice Chair) City of Santa Clara/Santa Clara Unified School District Liaison Committee San Jose/Santa Clara Treatment Plant Advisory Committee (Alternate) Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee (Alternate)

Jamie is a member of several community-building organizations, including:

Memberships

Sierra Club Santa Clara Women's League American Planning Association (certified planner) Santa Clara County Democratic Club Friends of Santa Clara Arts & Historical Consortium Billy DeFrank Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Santa Clara County Dispute Resolution Program (volunteer mediator) International Rescue Committee Advisory Board Friends of Guadalupe River Park Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Triton Museum League of Women Voters African Refugee Women Rebuilders Soroptimist international of Santa Clara

Awards

Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission Special Merit Award OutNow Leadership Award Heart of the Valley Award Outstanding Young Women of America

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