Candidate for
Council Member; City of Orinda

I have served three and one-half years as an Orinda City Council member and a term as Mayor. I previously served on the Park and Recreation Commission. Additionally I have Chaired or taken on senior responsibility on community committees working to expand the Library hours, provide stable funding for our schools and expand paramedic services to all fire stations. In my professional life, I am a strategic and communications consultant retained by companies, organizations and governments to solve difficult public policy problems. This background has provided me with the experience and skills to work with our Orinda citizens in maintaining our excellent quality of life in a fiscally responsible manner.

My local experiences provided the basis for my Council work these past few years to make city government more open and accessible to residents, promote improvements to our planning and design review process, increase public safety and emergency preparedness activities, and direct city resources toward fixing the most traveled roads, such as Moraga Way, Glorietta, Lombardy and Camino Pablo. It is also these experiences that have made building stronger relations with the Orinda Union School District an important city goal.