Candidate for
Member of the State Assembly; District 46

Laurette Healey's state government work experience includes serving as Deputy State Controller to former State Controller Steve Westly and in the Executive Office of State Controller John Chiang. More recently Healey coordinated environmental technologies and job placement programs through California's community colleges. In 2004, Healey was elected by a consortium of South Valley Neighborhood Council's to represent the Valley's priorities during the Mayor's Budget Process, and was elected to the Board of the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council, serving as its Government Affairs Chair for three years.

Before turning to public service, Healey had distinguished herself as a successful businesswoman in the entertainment industry as a founder of her own entertainment firm in partnership with Home Shopping Network Entertainment, JV, Inc. She was also named to the "Who's Who of Women Executives" as one of the youngest female CEOs of a public company in America at that time.

Healey has served on countless community and advocacy boards including the following:

• Board Member, Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley

• Board Member, California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV)

• Member, Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association

• Board Member, LAUSD "Beyond the Bell"

• Member, National Women's Business Owners Organization, LA

• Board Member, Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council, Government Affairs Chair

• Los Angeles Police Department LGBT Valley Advisory Committee

• Los Angeles County Sheriff's LGBT Advisory Council

• Member, Valley Industry & Commerce Assoc. (VICA), Government Affairs Committee

• Member, Sierra Club, State Air Quality committee

• Vice President, Stonewall Democratic Club

• Board Member, Equality California

• Board Member, Women's Democratic Club of the San Fernando Valley

• Healey currently serves on the board of the Valley Economic Alliance. The Valley Economic Alliance was established in 1994 as a consortium of business leaders to rebuild the economy of the San Fernando Valley following the Northridge earthquake of 1994. Founder and Chairman, David Fleming has committed his support and resources to her campaign.

• In 2002 Healey was elected to the first Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council and served for three years as its Chairwoman of Government Affairs.

• In 2008 Healey ran as a Democratic candidate in the primary for the then 40th Assembly District and received 20.8% of the aggregate vote. 26% of the 40th AD is incorporated into the new 46th AD.

• Healey has a long history of social and civil rights advocacy stemming from the 1999 assault on a Jewish daycare center in the San Fernando Valley that killed a Filipino postal worker. In 2000 Healey helped to raise $5 million dollars working with the Human Rights Campaign to enact national hate crimes legislation. Arlene Alpert has endorsed Healey's campaign and was recently honored with the Community Hope Award for her outstanding volunteerism at Haven Hills Children's Crisis Shelter in the Valley, offering her skills as a teacher to this vulnerable population for more than 26 years.

• The identified LGBT voter registration for the new 46th AD is approximately 7%. Healey has proven human rights credentials - currently serving on the board of the National Stonewall Democrats, and current Vice President of the Los Angeles Stonewall Club. Healey is an appointed member of the Sheriff's LGBT advisory board as well as the San Fernando Valley advisory council for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

• Among a long established record of Valley advocacy, Healey led a neighborhood name change in 2009, which resulted in renaming a portion of Van Nuys to Sherman Oaks. The entire renamed area is within the new 46th AD.

• Healey has been engaged with the Democratic Party throughout much of her professional career. Healey was a board member of the Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley (DP/SFV), and currently serves as the Vice President of Stonewall Democratic Club the largest Democratic Club in Los Angeles.