Bio
School Activist, Board Leader,
Former CFO and CPA
Berkeley Schools Advocate
- Berkeley High School Governance Council and School Site Council (2005-2008)
- Berkeley High School Site Plan Sub-Committee (2004)
- Superintendent’s Advisory Committee for Small Schools (2003). Drafted “BHS Small Schools’ Guiding Principles”
- Berkeley Schools Volunteers-WriterCoach Connection literacy volunteer at Berkeley High, King MS, and Longfellow MS. Math tutor King MS. (1994- present)
- Berkeley Unified School District Citizens’ Budget Oversight Committee (1989- 1991)
Leadership and Community Investment
- Founding Board Member and Treasurer, Community Alliance for Learning, sponsor of the WriterCoach Connection (2001-05) Received “Outstanding Volunteer Award” in April 2008
- Board Member and Treasurer, Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) (1999-2003). Received BOSS “Turning Lives Around” Award in October 2007
Professional Experience
- Chief Financial Officer, Oclassen Pharmaceuticals
- Controller, Genentech, Inc.
- Founding Committee Member, Association of Bioscience Financial Officers
- Auditor and CPA, Coopers & Lybrand
- Lecturer in Business Administration, Northeastern University
Education
- MBA Finance & Accounting, Columbia University, New York
- BA Religious Studies, UC Berkeley
