Candidate for
School Board Member; San Carlos School District

An East Coast native, I was born in New York and grew up primarily in New Jersey. I was blessed with a good education, involved parents, and a strong community. Also, our schools had the luxury of greater resources than California schools have today -- we had school buses, teacher's aides in every classroom, and smaller class sizes. As a parent, I of course want to provide every opportunity to my children that my parents provided for me.

I went to Dartmouth College, where I earned my Bachelor's Degree in Economics. Later I attended Harvard Business School for a Masters in Business Administration. I moved to California in 1993 and have been a resident of San Carlos for 10 years.

I am currently the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Optimost, the leading provider of web optimization solutions for online businesses. I also manage the company's West Coast office, based in Foster City. Prior to Optimost, I ran my own consulting business helping technology and media firms in strategic planning, business development, and mergers & acquisitions. Before then, I worked for a number of media companies and also a few technology start-ups, including being the President of Pocket.com and the COO of Bluefish Wireless. Earlier in my career, I was an investment banker with Lehman Brothers as well as a Vice President for Ziff-Davis, a leading technology publishing and media company.

I have been actively involved in the schools since my son started in Kindergarten three years ago. I have been on the Board of Directors for the San Carlos Educational Foundation for the last two years, leading SCEF's efforts to bring in greater business sponsorships. In the two years I have been with the organization, we have increased the amount of money raised for the schools from $400,000 to over $900,000. I have also been a classroom volunteer for two years, a Healthy Cities tutor for two years, and have coached San Carlos Little League and AYSO for a total of six seasons.