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Santa Clara County, CA November 2, 2010 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Val Carpenter

Candidate for
Council Member; City of Los Altos

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Community Service

Mayor of Los Altos (2007-2008)

Los Altos City Councilwoman (2005-present)

Los Altos Planning Commissioner and Board of Adjustments Committee Member (2005)

Los Altos Historical Commissioner, Vice Chair, and Chair (2001-2005)

Peninsula Division representative on League of California Cities Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee (2010-present), and Community Services Policy Committee (2008-2009)

Los Altos Village Association Board of Directors (2008-present)

Rotary Club of Los Altos, Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, Los Altos Village Association, the Association of the Los Altos Historical Museum, and Los Altos Community Foundation member

Los Altos History Museum "Los Altos: Celebrating 50 Years of Community" Exhibit Committee Chair (2002)

Non-profit Board of Directors member for AchieveKids/Zonta Services (1988-1996), Marin Child Abuse Prevention Council (1993-1994), Child Abuse Prevention Center (1996-1998), and San Jose Symphony (2001)

The Girls' Middle School Entrepreneurial Coach (2001-2002)

Lifetime Girl Scout and Los Altos Girl Scout Troop 321 Gold Award Advisor (2003-2006); guided 7 high school girls through earning the highest honor in Girl Scouting

Career

Began marketing career in brand management with Procter & Gamble

Personal computer software industry Vice President of Marketing with publicly-held Broderbund, Caere and Apple's Claris subsidiary; venture-funded startups Ashlar and Bellamax (1988-2005)

Part-time instructor at Menlo College and Mission College (2006-present)

YWCA of Santa Clara Valley Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Honoree (2000)

Owned and operated Market Savvy Consulting in Los Altos since 1991

Education

MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business

BS in Business, Indiana University

Personal

Los Altos resident since 1991

Age 56; married; 2 adult daughters who grew up in Los Altos

Managed design and construction of current Los Altos home after completing 50-hour general contracting course

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