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San Diego County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Elisa Williamson

Candidate for
Board Member; Carlsbad Unified School District

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Community and Carlsbad Unified School District (CUSD) Activities:

  • School Board member for 12 years, including Board President and member of the Budget Taskforce, City/School District Committee, North Coastal Consortium for Special Education, and Audit Committee; received "Masters in Governance" through the California School Boards Association
  • PTA President at Valley Middle and Hope Elementary Schools; actively involved in PTA for 13 years; helped start "Parents on Campus" at Valley Middle School
  • Classroom Volunteer for 13 years, teaching music, PE, Jr. Great Books, and Great Works of Art
  • Carlsbad High School volunteer for 8 years with Mock Trial, Swim Meets and the Choral, Orchestra, and Band programs
  • Trained more than 100 CUSD administrators and teachers in "7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
  • Cub Scout and Boy Scout leader; soccer coach
  • Served as Chair of the CUSD Instrumental Music Task Force, the Prop B Oversight Committee, and the Parent/Superintendent Advisory Council; participated on the GATE Committee, the Language Arts Vertical Alignment Task Force, and the Math Curriculum Committee

Professional Experience and Education:
  • Director of Marketing and Operations for an Investment Advisor
  • Worked in various positions in Marketing and Communications in education, energy, property management, and the specialty chemical industries
  • Taught part-time at Grossmont College
  • Master's Degree in Business Education with minors in Organizational Behavior and Guidance & Counseling

Family and Interests:
  • Family - our older son teaches Language Arts and Debate at a middle school and coaches a USA swim team and his wife is a therapist with a wilderness therapy program; our younger son is a college student majoring in Asian Studies; both sons attended Carlsbad schools kindergarten through graduation
  • Gardening - to relax, I spend time in our "mini-orchard" and vegetable garden and make lots of home-grown salsa and jam

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