Candidate for
Board Member; Redwood City School District

1998 to present Private Investor

1986 to 1998 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA

1997 to 1998 Senior Vice President, World Trade Operations

1988 to 1997 Vice President, Corporate Controller

EDUCATION: MBA, Santa Clara University, 1980 BA, Golden Gate University, 1974

PROFESSIONAL: Certified Public Accountant, California

One of my audit clients was a school district.

AFFILIATIONS: Member: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, California Society of Certified Public Accountants Past member and treasurer of Financial Executives Institute

COMMUNITY:

Sequoia Union High School District Measure G Endorsement Committee Chair

Member of Kennedy Middle School, School Site Council for two years. President 2000-2001.
Member of Youth Achievement Program Crime Prevention Advisory Board at Woodside High School
Treasurer of Youth Achievement Program at Woodside High School
Guest speaker on careers at Kennedy Middle School
Member of Roosevelt School Site Council for eight years. President three years. Co-president two years.
Adopted Overfelt High School Accounting class for three years. 95% graduation rate.
Mentor with MenTTiumTM 100, a program to mentor high potential woman
Member of fundraising committee that raised over $15 million for the San Jose Children's Shelter
Treasurer of Little Hands Nursery School, Belmont, CA
Advisor with Junior Achievement and Project Business of Santa Clara County

PERSONAL: I received a quality public education at Terra Nova High School in Pacifica and Skyline College. My wife, Lori, and I have lived in Redwood City since 1978. Our oldest son, Cory, spent five years at Roosevelt School, one year at Orion School and three years at John F. Kennedy Middle School. He's now a sophomore at Woodside High. Our youngest son, Casey, spent six years at Roosevelt School and is now in seventh grade at Kennedy.

With your help I would like to use my past community and business experience to:

Provide every child a quality education for a productive and successful life. If elected I will make all my decisions with the students' best interests in mind.

• To increase the community's confidence in our public schools, we need to:

• Keep all students motivated by providing programs for children of all abilities from gifted to those with special needs. • Develop programs to help English language learners succeed at English as soon as possible in order to improve their learning and achievement. • Provide increased interventions and tutoring to improve skills so all students are at grade level by high school.

• Have a standardized curriculum for the whole district. Invest in the teachers so they are trained to use the curriculum by a combination of district-wide training and mentors.

• Teachers work as teams at each school by grade level to ensure coordination , continuity and communication.

• Provide district and community recognition of teachers and staff efforts and results.

• Do a better job of communicating the successes of the district to the community.

• Develop a close working relationship with the Sequoia Union High School District so our students are prepared for high school.

• Increase community involvement by developing partnerships with businesses, government, and colleges to provide resources to the schools.

• Work with successful districts with similar demographics to understand why they are successful and how to implement their programs in our schools.

• Keep our children off the streets by increasing after school programs at each school by partnering with the City of Redwood City, Sheriff's Department and other organizations.

• Increase parent involvement and education with programs like the Parent Institute.

• Find ways to increase funding of the school district.

• Extend kindergarten from half a day to all day.