• Born in San Francisco; lived in Palo Alto since 1973.
• Married with four children, all brought up in Palo Alto

Occupation

• I do economic forecasting and strategic planning with businesses and governments.

Education

• B.A. Yale College, Philosophy and History
• PhD Columbia University, Economics and History

Council Service

• Elected to City Council, 2008
• Member, Policy and Services Committee
• Member, Council Appointed Officers Committee
• Liaison, Avenidas
• Liaison, Historical Resources Board
• Liaison, Lytton Gardens 

Community Service

• Palo Alto Unified School District, Board, 1989-1993
• Co-Chair, PAUSD Committee 2000 (worked to build a consensus on longer term demographic and economic projections for the school district)

Professional Experience

• Director, Managing Uncertainty-a consulting group doing economic and demographic forecasting and strategic planning for government and business, 2003-2009.
• Director and Treasurer at the Institute for the Future, Menlo Park CA, 1973-2003.
• Head of a research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1967-1973.