Councilmember, Represents District 1

Accomplishments

• Seven-term Mayor, have served on the Duarte City Council for 34 years

• Married to Brad for 48 years, with 5 children all having graduated from Duarte High School. One son, James, has returned to do his Veterinary residency in Lab Animal Medicine and PhD at City of Hope. Another son, Ian, lives in Duarte with his family. All of the grandchildren are proud to attend Duarte schools.

• Executive Committee of the California Contract Cities 14 years, President in 2004-2005

• New soundwall on the south side of the freeway, protecting Duarte High School, California School of the Arts - San Gabriel Valley, and Westminster Gardens from aggravating freeway noise

• Chairperson for the successful 1998 Measure B School Bond Campaign that continue to improve aging Duarte Schools

• Expanded Senior Citizen transportation and more warm meals delivered to household Seniors

• Duarte was named as a Finalist in the Duarte All-America City Competition in 200

• A partnership with the Feds for an enlarged post office parking lot

• A new city website that provides a comprehensive list of city information and services

• Cablecasting the City Council meetings for better communication

• Crime statistics that have continually dropped in her tenure on the City Council

Education

• B.B.A. in Marketing, 1975, St. Mary’s College , Notre Dame, Indiana

• Master’s in Public Administration, 2000, Cal State Long Beach

• Doctoral work at Claremont Graduate University

• Harvard University - Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program, 2004

Professorships/Speaker

• Adjunct Professor - Policy Analysis Courses in MPA program at CSU, Long Beach

• International Speaker on Municipal Government in Melbourne, Australia, June 2005

• In 2017, speaker in Korea and Japan at different universities

• Speaker at different colleges at Azusa Pacific and Fullerton College

Experience

• Los Angeles County LAFCO Commissioner, Elected 2005

• Community Redevelopment Agency (a housing and community development agency) 15 years, Chairperson for 4 years

• Seven-term Mayor of Duarte

• League of California Cities, State Board of Directors, 4years

• National League of Cities, Board of Directors, 2 years

• Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Largest metropolitan planning organization in the United States, representing 19 million people, 6 counties, and 191 cities in Southern California. President, 2017-2018

• National League of Cities, Small Cities Council Steering Committee, Chairperson (2000-2001)

• National League of Cities Program Chair, Congress of Cities, December 2005

• Institute for Local Government (research in government), League of California Cities Board Liaison

• California Contract Cities Association, President (2004-2005)

• California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, Executive Committee, 26 years, Current President of the Executive Committee since 2020

• San Gabriel Valley Vector Control District, 30 years, President (2 years)

• Los Angeles County Sanitation District, Board of Directors & Personnel Committee, 25 years

• 8 years L.A. County Library Commission, Legislative Chair, 8 years

• L.A. County Sheriff’s Liability Trust Fund Board, 22 years

• State Committee on Ethics in Government

• Planning Commissioner, City of Duarte

• Traffic and Safety Commissioner, City of Duarte

• Duarte Education Foundation (serving the community education needs for low-to-moderate income students) President, 30 years

• Royal Oaks PTA (President), 2 years

• Volunteer Guide for Tournament of Roses Floats

• Church Youth Leader

Associations/Awards

• Pi Alpha Alpha (National Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration)

• Phi Kappa Phi (National Honor Society)

• 4.0 GPA Graduation Award in the MPA Program at CSULB, 2000

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