Background & Qualifications

Public Service Experience

  • Mayor, City of Cupertino (2006 - 2007)
  • Member of Cupertino City Council (2003 - Present)
  • Santa Clara County Cities Association
  • Vice President & Member of Executive Board (2006 - Present)
  • Member of League of California Cities, State Revenue & Taxation Committee (2006 - Present)
  • Member of League of California Cities, State Environmental Quality Committee (2005-2006)
  • Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation Commissioner (2004 - Present)
  • Cupertino Parks & Recreation Commissioner (1999 - 2003)
  • Board Member, Friends of Children with Special Needs, Lunar New Year Unity Parade
  • Fremont Union High School District School Community Committee
  • Monta Vista High School Modernization Committee and School Site Council

Business Experience
....20 years in software engineering including experience in senior management

  • Portal Software (acq. by Oracle)
  • Visa
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • IBM

Education

  • Graduate Studies in Computer Science
  • MBA in Business Management
  • BS in Statistics

Personal

  • My husband, Gene, and I have lived in the 22nd Assembly District of California for nearly 30 years
  • Our two sons graduated from Faria Elementary, Kennedy Middle School, and Monta Vista High School