Candidate for
Director; Novato Sanitary District

Jerry Peters is a former Novato Planning Commission member and a long time civic volunteer who is running for one of two open seats in the five person race for the Novato Sanitary District Board of Directors. A 35-year Novato resident, Jerry recently retired from a 20 years plus stint in facilities and property management. He previously spent 26 years in the airline industry of which 21 years were in management or executive positions.

Jerry works to make Novato a great place to live. He is a co-founder and the current chairman of the Novato 4th of July Parade Committee, now in its 20th year. He also founded the Novato Save-the-Depot Task Force in 1995. He is a Past-President of the Novato Chamber of Commerce, and has been a Chamber Board Member for 13 of the past 14 years. Among his other chamber projects and committees are the Art & Wine Festival, and Leadership Novato. Jerry has worked tirelessly with many local government groups as a part of the Chamber Government Affairs Committee since 2005. He has been co-chair of Government Affairs since 2010. He has also been involved in the Downtown Novato Revitalization Committee, Downtown Novato Specific Plan, the City Birthday Party ("Paint the Town Red"), and Novato Park & Rec Girls Basketball, and other committees and community events.

Jerry was honored as Citizen of the Year in 2007 by fellow citizens and City, County and State representatives for his many community contributions. He is now a member of the Novato Citizens of the Committee.

His education includes a BA in Business and an MBA from San Francisco State University. He is a gradutate of the Leadership Novato program. He and his wife Donna have two grown children who both now work and live in Novato.