Occupation

• Community Volunteer. Elected Official

• Former Research Psychologist, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, UCSF

 

Public Service

• Council Member: Town of Tiburon, 2001-present

• Former Mayor: Town of Tiburon, 2003-2004, 2008-2009, 2013-2014, 2019-2020, 2023-2024

• Former Vice Mayor: Town of Tiburon, 2002-2003, 2007-2008, 2012-2013, 2018-2019,2022-2023

• Member: Tiburon Safe Routes to School, 2016 to present

• Member: County wide Cross Jurisdictional Sea Level Rise Planning Committee – 2024-present

• Member: Countywide Equity Collaborative 2025-present

• Commissioner: Transportation Authority of Marin, Chair, 2011-2015. Commissioner, 2001-present; 

• Chair: Legislative Committee, Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers, 2006-present 

• Former President:  Marin County Council of Mayors & Councilmembers, 2006-2007

• Former Board Member; Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District 2012-2017

Former Committee Memberships:  

Chair, Labor Relations Committee

Vice Chair, Finance-Auditing Committee

Vice Chair, (OPEB) Retirement Investment Trust Board

Member, Building and Operating Committee

Member, Transportation Committee

 

• League of California Cities

Member: North Bay Division League of California Cities
Former Member: League of California Cities Board of Directors
Former Member: Transportation, Communication, Public Works Policy Committee, 2004-2018
Former Member: Executive Committee: North Bay Division, 2008-2016
Former Member: Board of Directors, League of California Cities, 2009-2013
Former Member: Board of Directors, Institute for Local Government, 2009-2011
Former President: League of California Cities: North Bay Division, 2005-2006

• Regional Airport Planning Committee: 2004-2010

Former Metropolitan Transportation Commission–Appointed Marin Representative

 

Community Service

• Supporter: Reed Union School District Measure O

• Supporter: Our Kids, Our Future: Put Measure P on the Ballot, 2026

• Member, Belvedere Tiburon Library Agency Board of Directors – term 2026-2030

• Former Member, Belvedere Tiburon Library Foundation, 1998-2009

• Member: Strong Start Initiative Steering Committee, 2016

• Member: Reed Union School District Strategic Planning Committees: 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

• Member: School Bond Steering Committees, 2005, 2007

• Member: Marin Forum, 2009-present, Board Member 2022-present

• Member: Tiburon Chamber of Commerce, 2000-present

• Co-Chair: Town of Tiburon 40th and 50th Anniversary Celebrations Committees

• Member: Tiburon Open Space and its predecessor -Last Chance Committee – acquiring the Harroman and Martha properties for open space.

 

Education

• J.D. Honors, University of San Francisco School of Law, 1984

• Post Doctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1972-1974

• Ph.D. Behavioral Medicine, University of Miami, 1972

• B.A. 1967; M.A. 1968: Psychology, California State University, Sacramento