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Biographical Highlights
Current Community Service
- Millbrae Lion
- Boardmember, Chair, Fundraising Committee, Millbrae Community Television
- Millbrae CERT Member
- Advisor, Sierra Student Coalition at Mills High School
- Chair, Millbrae Cool Cities
- Member & Volunteer, Millbrae Historical Society
- Member & Volunteer, Friends of Millbrae Library
- Member & Volunteer, Millbrae Chamber of Commerce
Regional Community Service Experience
- American Red Cross Disaster Volunteer - spent 6 weeks assisting our neighbors recover from San Bruno gas explosion and fire disaster
- Platelet donor, Stanford Blood Bank, on my 92 donation
- Election Precinct Inspector for many years, Millbrae Library
- Member League of Women Voters
- Member American Association of University Women
- Activist & Trainer, Sierra Club
- Member San Mateo County Recycling Task Force to create curbside recycling in San Mateo County
- Boardmember, California Resource Recovery Association
- Founding Member and Chair, Repair, Resale and Reuse Technical Council & Business Recycling
- Boardmember, Construction Materials Recycling Association
- Chaperone, Girl Scouts - International Trip, overnight camping trips, environmental badges
- Golden Gate Aquatic Club - Swim Instructor & Coach
Employment
- University of California, Santa Cruz - Director, Reuse & Recycling Market Development Program - Business Environmental Assistance Center
- UCSC - Coordinator and Instructor, Integrated Waste Management Certificate Program under Environmental Science Program
- San Jose State University - Coordinator and Instructor, Integrated Waste Management Certificate Program
- City of San Jose, Environmental Services Department, Managed Commercial Recycling and Solid Waste Programs
- Hewlett Packard Company
Recycling Coodinator and Governmental Affairs Representative to the Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group (now Silicon Valley Leadership Group); Chair of the Solid Waste and Recycling Committee of the SCC Manufacturing Group
Customer Service Representative Computer Products
Manager, Coach and Athlete for several Corporate Sports Teams and World Corporate Game Teams - one World Title, one National Title (and appeared on ESPN) and three regional titles
- GTE Sprint, Health & Safety and Affirmative Action Department Assistant
- Lifeguard - City of Daly City, San Mateo, Foster City; Green Hills Country in Millbrae and clubs in Los Angeles
Education
- Emerge California - Graduate Class of 2015
- University of San Francisco - M.S. Environmental Management, pending thesis
- University of California, Los Angeles - B.A. Analysis of Ecosystems/Geography, Women's Swim Team Member
- Experiment in International Living/World Living, Brattleboro, VT - Semester Abroad - Italy
- Emergency Medical Technician I - Skyline College
- San Mateo Adult School - Upholstery Courses for extending life of furniture - Fighting for funding for San Mateo County Adult School
- Integrated Pest Management Program - Certified IPM Trainer
- Santa Clara County Home Composting Program - Certified Master Composter
- Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program - Graduate
- Capuchino High School, San Bruno, CA, First young woman to earn boys Block "C", Varsity Swimming after Title 9 became effective in 1973
- Taylor Intermediate School, Millbrae, CA
- Meadows Elementary School, Millbrae, CA
Little Known Facts
- Swam the length of the Golden Gate Bridge
- Trekked in Nepal, Annapurna Circle - toured India, Kashmir, Thailand, Hong Kong
- Guest of Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan- Sensei Guest Lecturer, Recycling Market Development & Commercial Recycling Services
- Visited the Galapagos Islands and played fetch with sea lions
- US Olympic Torch Bearer, 1984 Olympics, Ran in front of the Conservatory of Flowers, chosen for community service
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