Candidate for
City Clerk; City of Glendale

I grew up in Detroit Michigan and attended Catholic School. After graduation from Holy Redeemer High School in Detroit, in 1977, I attended one year of community college in Dearborn, Michigan and then I moved to California.

I worked at the phone company for a short time (training in Glendale) and then started as a clerk at Lorimar Productions in the production estimating and budgeting department at the old MGM Studios in Culver City.

I attended West Los Angeles Community College at night and finished my Associates Degree in 1981, graduating with honors. I transferred to UCLA and majored in Psychology. Although I went to school full time, I continued to work at Lorimar Productions and worked other jobs as well to pay for school myself.

After graduating, magna cum laude, with a degree in Psychology from UCLA in 1983, I returned to work at Lorimar Productions on a full time basis and I was promoted to Audit Supervisor, handling network and insurance audits of productions. This was very detailed work that required thorough reviews of contracts, accounts and pulling back up, as well as working with outside auditors and internal staff.

After a few years, I decided to attend Law School at night to pursue my goal of attaining my Law Degree. I chose Loyola Law School because they rotated their full professors in the Evening program making it more demanding. I received a scholarship which helped with the tuition and I continued to work full time at Lorimar Productions. Attending Law School at night is very demanding, but I completed my law degree, graduating in 1989 and passed the bar exam on my first attempt in the fall of 1989. [Think of a test on which all of the multiple choice answers are correct and you have to choose the best correct answer.]

My position at Lorimar Productions was phased out when Lorimar Productions and Warner Brothers merged and I joined the Glendale Law Firm of Irsfeld, Irsfeld & Younger LLP in April of 1990. I do not like to commute, so I moved to Glendale shortly thereafter.

The following year, my sister Adrienne and her two children, Marisa and Adam moved in with me. At first we lived on Glenwood, then we moved into a condo on Riverdale. I became active on our homeowner's association board and was the president for two years.

Finally we moved into our home on Grandview (and got a dog, now that we had a big back yard for her to play in). Over the years, I have been very active in the community as set forth below on my resume. My niece, Marisa graduated last year from Hoover High School and attended one semester at Glendale Community College and my nephew, Adam is a freshman at Hoover High School. My sister Adrienne currently works as a school secretary at Muir Elementary in Glendale.

Our family has put down stong roots in this community--Glendale is home.

Here is my current resume:

Current Occupation:

IRSFELD, IRSFELD & YOUNGER LLP

Partner 1996-Present, Associate 1990-1995. Practice areas include general civil and business litigation, family law, probate, estate planning, collections and bankruptcy (creditor rights). Our firm is full service law firm handling both plaintiff and defense matters and so my practice has been wide and varied. I also supervise our collection department. Member of California Bar Association, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and California Women Lawyers Association.

ACADEMIC HISTORY

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California September, 1986 to June, 1989, Juris Doctor, Dean's List Fall, 1987.

University of California, Los Angeles, California September, 1981 to June, 1983, Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude. Major, Psychology, Honors' Thesis, 1983 "Competency of Children to Consent" (unpublished), Fernald School.

West Los Angeles College, Culver City, California September, 1979 to June, 1981, Associates' Degree, with honors.

Pierce Community College, Woodland Hills, California Spring, 1979

Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, Michigan 1977-1978

Holy Redeemer High School, Detroit, Michigan, graduated 1977.

PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE

Lorimar Productions, Culver City, California 1979 to 1990.

Audit Supervisor, Estimating Department, handling outside insurance and network audits of television and feature productions. Assistant to Vice President, Estimating Department, handling special projects, budgeting, production cost control and accounting. Clerk, Estimating Department

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Los Angeles County Bar Association Aids/Hospice Project: volunteer attorney handling mostly guardianships, wills, family law inquiries; Kiwanis: Current President Elect, 1998-99 Kiwanian of the Year for West Glendale Gateway Club, past Secretary/Treasurer; Girl Scouts: past leader, past Service Unit Manager, current Glendale Cookie Chair and council trainer; American Business Women's Association: Past President, current Treasurer, national Top Ten Business Woman for 2000; YWCA of Glendale, Past President, Past Board Member; Glendale News-press 2000 Woman of Achievement for Exemplary Volunteer Service to the Community.

American Business Women's Association

Chapter Offices and Chairmanships Held:

1991-92 Recording Secretary (filled end of term) 1991-92 Membership Chairman (filled end of term) 1992-93 Recording Secretary 1993 Chair of Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser 1993-94 Vice-President, President Elect 1993-94 Ways & Means Co-Chairman 1994 Woman of the Year 1994-95 Chapter President 1994-95 Program Co-Chair 1994-97 Bulletin Co-Chair 1995-96 Chapter President 1997 Spring Enrollment Chair 1997 Chair for Associate's Night 1996-98 Boutique Chairman 1997-99 Treasurer 2001-02 Los Angeles Area Council Vice President of Programs 2002-03 Corresponding Secretary 2002-03 Los Angeles Area Council Audit Committee 2003 Co-Chair Candidate's Forum V 2003-05 Treasurer 2003-05 Co-Chair Fashion Show 2003-05 Los Angeles Area Council Vice President of Finance

Girl Scouts

1991-93 Brownie Scout Leader 1993-2001 Junior Scout Leader 2001-2004 Cadette/Senior Scout Leader 1993-95 Mall Faire Glendale Chairman 1993-94 Nominating Chair 1993-96 Delegate 1995-Present Co-Service Unit Manager 1996-Present Leader Trainer 1997-98 Property Management Committee 1997-98 Strategic Planning Committee 1997 Day Camp Chair "Fun In Outer Space" 1998 Day Camp Co-Chair "The Play is the Thing" 1999/2001 World Thinking Day Co-Chair 1999-Present Glendale Cookie Chair

Kiwanis

1994-95 Member of Board (Galleria Club) 1994-95 Chair of Grand-Pal Program 1995-96 Vice President (Galleria Club) 1996-97 President (Galleria Club) 1996 Delegate International Conv. 1997-98 Member of Board (W.G.G. Club) 1997-98 Two Month Chair Bulletin 1997-2004 Major Fundraising Committee 1998-99 Secretary (W.G.G. Club) 2001-02 Secretary/Treasurer 1998-2002 Youth Services Committee 2004-05 Youth Services Chair 2001-Present Builder's Club Liaison 2004-05 President Elect

YWCA of Glendale

1997-02 Member of Board of Directors 1997-98 Finance Committee 2001-02 Finance Committee 2001-02 President 2002-03 Immediate Past President

Glendale Heathy Kids

1997-98 First Grade Instructor Dental Heath

Glendale Beautiful

2002 Arbor Day Chair 2003 Auditor

LACB Association Aids/Hospice Project

1991-2004 Pro-bono Legal Services

Mark Keppel 6th Grade Committee

2001-02 Treasurer

Hoover High School PTA

2001-02 Chair Ways & Means/Chair Tour of Homes 2003-04 Ticket Design Chair Tour of Homes/Special Event 2004-05 Newsletter Distribution 2004-05 House Chair Tour of Homes 2004-05 Nominating Committee Member