Personal

• Born:  1951, San Luis Obispo, CA.
• Palo Alto resident for 28 years.
• Married to Sally Bemus and has two children, Carolyn and Riley.

• President, Acteron Corporation

• Homestead High School
• DeAnza College
• UC Santa Barbara

• Elected 2007
• Member, Finance Committee
• Chair, City/School Liaison Committee
• Alternate, San Franisquito Creek Joint Power Authority (JPA)
• Liaison, Emergency Preparedness Committee
• Liaison, CAADA
• Liaison, Friends of the Children’s Museum and Zoo
• Liaison, Stanford University

• Member and Chair, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission
• President, University South Neighborhoods Group
• Founder, Community Center Neighborhood Association
• Member, Sofa Area Plan Working Group
• Member, Palo Alto Airport Advisory Group
• Member, Palo Alto Rotary

• California Environmental Protection Agency Pollution Prevention Task Force
• California Environmental Protection Agency Comparative Risk Project
• California Environmental Technology Partnership
• Santa Clara County Pollution Prevention Committee
• Vice Chair, Sustainable San Mateo County