Candidate for
Director; South Bay Irrigation District; Division 4

South Bay Irrigation District (SBID), Division 4 / Sweetwater Authority November 2, 2010 Election

Short Version - Recent Curriculum Vita

• MS in Microbiology and United States Public Health Service Fellow - University of Southern California.
• MS Biology and National Science Foundation Teaching Fellow, American University of Beirut.
• Numerous graduate studies UCSD, UCSF, UCSB, UCD, SDSU and Humboldt State. San Diego High Tech Industry Fellow.
• BS Biology cum laude minor Chemistry, College Misericordia, Dallas, Pennsylvania.
• Former Research Lab Associate, University of California Medical Center in San Francisco (Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology).
• Homeowner/Residentin Chula Vista for over 25 years.
• Professor Emeritus, Microbiology, Environmental Biology, Human Heredity, School of Math, Science, and Engineering, Southwestern College. Past President, SWC Academic Senate.
• Chula Vista Resource Conservation Commission (two terms).
• Vision 2020 Environment, Open Space, and Sustainable Development, Committee.
• Chula Vista Environmentalist of the Year awarded at the Annual Beautification Awards 2005.
• Chula Vista General Plan Update Steering Committee.
• SD-Tijuana International Boundary and Water Commission Citizens Forum Board (two term appointment).
• San Diego County Solid Waste Hearing Panel (two-terms).
• Member, CROSSROADS II.
• LIONS International Melvin Jones Fellow for outstanding Humanitarian Service in District 4-L6.
• Founder, Southern California Biotechnology Education Consortium (Public-Private Partnerships with Industry and Education at all-levels.(Eventually Developed into our regional Biotech Centers in California and links).
• Biological Technologies Initiative, Economic Development Network, Calif. Community Colleges.
• Current Chamber of Commerce Member.
• Founding Member, Governing Board, Chula Vista Charitable Foundation 2009
• Past Calif. Community College Chancellor's Office Fund for Instructional Improvement Board.
• California Community Colleges state Academic Senate.
• Faculty Association of Calif. Community College Policy Committee.
• Co-founder Southwestern College Academic Senate Project CREATE: Cultural, Research, Educational and Trade Exchange.
• VECINOS team to develop SWC EcoMundo Biology courses /Baja Studies Certificate program.
• Live teleconference to the Americas invited by International Training Center: Responsible Management of Environmental Quality in the Workplace, a part of the Excellence with a Global Flair series. Simultaneously translated into Spanish. 2002
• International Friendship Commission (two terms.
• President, Chula Vista-Odawara (Japan) Sister Cities Association - celebrating 30th anniversary next year (2011).
• Past high involvement with Chula Vista-Irapuato Sister Cities Association, a successful sister cities partnership with Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.
• Past National Board Member of U.S. Mexico Sister Cities Association.
• Sister Cities 50th Anniversary Int'l. Circle of Distinguished Volunteers 2006.
• Member of the Arab American Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Past President, American Lebanese Association of San Diego, celebrting 50 year anniversary next year.
• Member, American University of Beirut Alumni Association.
• Member, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World for years.
• Born and raised in Pennsylvania.
• World traveler, Bali art trek, Japan, Mexico, Africa, Iberia, Cuba, Yugoslavia, lived and taught in Luxembourg, Istanbul, and Middle East, Mediterranean, and so on.