Biography
Dated: December 6, 2006
EXPERIENCE:
• Elected Mayor November, 2000, November 2002, November 2004
• Seven years as Westminster City Councilwoman
• Sixteen years as Director on the Board of Midway City Sanitary
District
• Seventeen years as Trustee on the Board of the Westminster
School District
• Fifty-eight years as PTA volunteer
• Fifty years, Westminster homeowner
COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES:
• Orange County Housing Community Development Commission
• Orange County Council of Governments
• Director, Public Cable Television Authority
• Friends of the Abbey Centre, Inc. dba Rose Center Foundation
Board of Directors
CURRENT
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
• Board, Huntington Beach Intercommunity Hospital
• Board, Westminster Boys & Girls Club
• Officer, Westminster Kiwanis, served 2 years as President, current
InterClub Chair
• Westminster Advisory Committee, Coastline Community College
• Liaison, Westminster Chamber of Commerce
• Trustee of Calvary Baptist Church of Westminster
PREVIOUS
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
• West Orange County Water Board
• West Orange County Cities Group
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
• Alternate, Orange County Fire Authority
• Alternate, Orange County Library Advisory Commission
• Westminster Historical Society
• Westminster Collaborative Board
• Westminster Hospital Guild
• Foundation for the Arts Board of Directors
• Served with Westminster Little League for 15 years
• Served with Long Beach Cub Scouts for 10 years
• Board, Westminster Foundation for Educational Excellence
SERVICE ON WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ON THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:
• Eight years on the Special Education Consortium Board, Textbook
Studies, Mainstreaming Arts in the Curriculum, Budget, Career Education,
Early Childhood Education, Enrollment, Ethnic Study, Site Improvement,
Citizen's
Advisory
Committee for School Closure and Board Advisory Committee Alternate.
State Service
• Juvenile Task Force, appointed by State Assemblyman Chet Wray
• State Education Advisory Committee, appointed by Assemblyman
Richard Robins
AFFILIATIONS:
• League of Cities
• League of California Cities Orange County Division Executive
Steering Committee
HONORS:
• “Woman of the Year” for the 68th Assembly District
, Assemblyman Ken Maddox
• 2001 recipient of Kiwanis International Hixon Award
• Nominated Chamber of Commerce 2001 Citizen of the Year
• Westminster School District PTA Council Service Award and Continuous
Service Award
• Numerous community volunteer awards
PERSONAL:
• Mother of four children, grandmother of 17, great-grandmother
of 18 |
