Candidate for
Council Member; City of Redwood City

Rosanne Foust 2015 Curriculum Vitae

• President & CEO, San Mateo County Economic Development Association (SAMCEDA), a 501 c4 non-profit association.

• Vice Mayor, City of Redwood City (Elected 2003, 2007, 2011; Served as Vice Mayor 2005-2007 and Mayor 2007-2009).

• Twenty year career with Alsace Development International USA, Inc. in multiple positions including Regional Manager, Director U.S. Operations, Executive Vice President North America & Treasurer of the Corporation. Directed and Managed U.S. offices in Boston, Los Angeles and Redwood City and international office in Sydney, Australia for economic development authorities of Alsace, France.

• Past Chair, San Mateo County Transportation Authority (Elected by the Council of Mayors in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014).

• Deputy Chair of the Redwood City-San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce; Past Chair of the Board. (Elected to the Board in 2000, Chair in 2003, Deputy Chair since 2006).

• Trustee, Bay Area Council Economic Institute.

• Board Member, San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (Appointed by the Association of Bay Area Governments in 2009 and again in 2013-one of only two remaining original Board members).

• Chair, Peninsula Television (PenTV).

• Treasurer and Board Member, Casa de Redwood (senior housing complex).

• Advisory Board Member United American Bank.

• Member, Redwood City Rotary (Joined in 2001).

• Past Chair, Redwood City Planning Commission (Appointed in 2000, Chair in 2002 and 2003 until elected to City Council).

• MA Public Administration; BA International Studies and Economics; Completed Executive Management Programs at Stanford University and UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management. Member of the inaugural class of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business Entrepreneurial Boot Camp for Redwood City (2014-2015).

• Honored by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the "Most Influential Women in Business in the Bay Area" in 2009, 2010 and a member of the Forever Influential Honor Roll for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

• Honored as the first Alumna of Distinction, Notre Dame de Namur University (2013).

• Honored by the Redwood City San Mateo County Chamber of Commerce in 2009 and 2013 as Person of the Year and in 2002 as Athena Businesswoman of the Year.