Candidate for
Council Member; City of Piedmont

Tim Rood was appointed to Piedmont's first Budget Advisory & Financial Planning Committee in 2012. This committee participates in the preparation of the City's annual budget, prepares an annual report and recommendations to the City Council, and advises the Council regarding major new programs and projects.

Tim has been a Piedmont resident since 2002 and has been an active local volunteer throughout that time. He and his wife Muffy have two children who attended Wildwood from kindergarten and are now at Piedmont Middle School and Piedmont High School. His local community service includes six years on the board of the Piedmont Swim Club, volunteering with the League of Women Voters of Piedmont to register voters at the Piedmont Harvest Festival, and founding and leading the Green Transportation interest group as a co-chair of Piedmont Connect, a local volunteer environmental organization. He is a proud member of the League of Women Voters of Piedmont. He also volunteers as the treasurer of Human Impact Partners, an Oakland-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

Tim's been involved in Piedmont schools by serving as a precinct captain in the 2013 Measure A school parcel tax campaign, participating in the Curriculum Council and the Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Committee, and chaperoning field trips and overnights and helping with Walk to School Day.

A certified city planner and licensed architect, Tim has led multi-disciplinary consulting teams and public outreach processes for numerous cities, including Oakland, Martinez, San Rafael and Healdsburg, and holds a LEED accreditation in green neighborhood design. He holds a bachelor's degree cum laude from Columbia University and masters' degrees in architecture and city planning from U.C. Berkeley. Tim bicycles to his office in Downtown Oakland on a daily basis. He is a partner in an award-winning urban design and planning firm, Community Design + Architecture, which specializes in the design and implementation of walkable, bicycle-friendly streets and communities.