Experience
- Mayor of Belmont in 2010
- Belmont City Council Member since 2007
- Planning Commissioner 2004–2007
- Fire Commissioner of Belmont-San Carlos Fire Department 2010–2011
- President, Belmont Fire Protection District, 2010, Director 2007–2011
- Mother of two teenage boys who attended Carlmont, Central, Ralston, Merry Moppet, High Tech High, and NDNU summer camps
- School-Force Board Secretary and Communications Co-chair 2002–2004
- Parent Board member and Communications Chair at High Tech High 2005–2007
- High Tech Professional at CW Productions, Sentilla, AOL, Netscape, Apple, and other innovative high-tech companies in Silicon Valley
- Works well with others: always willing to consider alternative viewpoints and new ideas
- Co-founder of Neighborhood Associations of Belmont (NAB)
- Campaign worker, Measure A, Measure F, and City Council elections
- President, McDougal Neighborhood Association (McDNA) since 2001
Member, Twin Pines Manor House Centennial Committee, author of the Manor House Centenial Book. - Supporter of Belmont Historical Society, Belmont Library Fund, Friends of the Library, School-Force, Sierra Club, and Belmont Open Space Trust (BOST)
- BA English, UC Berkeley

