Education

• Undergraduate, University of California Berkeley
• Elementary/Secondary Credentials, San Francisco State
• Masters-School Administration, Fresno State
• Doctorate-Curriculum and Instruction, University of Southern California

Pre-Teaching Work Experience

• Railroad fireman
• Truck driver/freight loader
• Home construction
• Manufacturing production and quality control officer for private/government contracts including:
  off-shore drilling, San Francisco Kabuki Theater’s rotating stage, San Francisco BART tunneling device, Titan Missile silo gates, Polaris Missile guidance system
• Casualty/life insurance representative

Instruction 

• City schools (San Francisco)
• Rural schools (Tulare County)
• Suburban schools (Santa Cruz County)
• International schools (Tibetan Children’s Village, Dharamsala, India)
• College (College of the Sequoias, Fresno Pacific University)

Administration  

• School Principal
• District/County Project Director
  Categorical Programs
  GATE, Vocational Education
  Court Schools
• County Education Supervisor
  Math, Science, & Technology
• California Department of Education Consultant
  Distinguished and Effective School Validations
  School Improvement Plan Reviewer
  Program Quality Review Team Leader

Community Service

• Volunteer, Pacific Beach Middle School-Peace Garden Project
• President, Mission Bay Rotary Club
• Member, Pacific Beach Business Improvement District Discover PB
• President, La Jolla Democratic Club
• President, California Democratic Council
  Statewide organization of more than 400 local clubs in 57 counties
• Small business owner
  Property management
• Rotary District 5340 Peace Committee
  Strategic Planning Team
• Summer Music Camp Logistics and Driver
  San Diego Youth Symphony

Family

• 2 daughters with Master Degrees
  UC-Santa Cruz, UC-Santa Barbara
• 1 son
  West Point with deployments to Korea, Germany, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq
• 5 grandchildren

Currently

• Board Trustee/Past President, San Diego Unified School District
• Director, Pacific Beach Town Council (6 terms)
• Board Chair, San Diego International Sister City Association
  16 Sister Cities in 15 different countries
• International Service and Youth Service Committees, La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club