Former Employee, State Assemblyman Jack O’Connell’s Re-election Campaign

Mayor, City of Santa Barbara, 2009-2018

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 24, 2016

Member, Santa Barbara City Council, 2004-2010

Member, Air Pollution Control District, present

Member, Central Coast Collaborative on Homelessness, present

Member, Multi-Jurisdictional Solid Waste Task Force, present

Member, Partners in Education, present

Member, Santa Barbara County Association of Governments, present

Member, South Coast Task Force on Youth Gangs, present

Former President, League of California Cities Channel Counties Division.

Former Co-Chair, United States Conference of Mayors Housing & Homelessness Task Force

Human Resources Consultant/ Trainer, HRxpress, 2004-present

Director of Human Resources, Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties, 1992-2004

Member, Board of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund for Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo, present

Former Advisory Member, United Nations Association- Santa Barbara Chapter, present

Former Advisory Member, Casa Pacifica

Former Advisory Member, Coalition for Sustainable Transportation

Former Advisory Member, JUST Communities

Former Member, Santa Barbara Foundation’s Human Services Committee

Priority Issues:

My priorities are simple. I plan to pursue an agenda that focuses on helping Californians reach their full potential by creating more good paying jobs, growing the middle class, advancing more progressive environmental protection policies, investing in our infrastructure and education, defending Medicare and Social Security, and ensuring equal pay for equal work for all Americans.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I am running for Congress to get things done in Washington. We need more common sense and fewer political stalemates. During my tenure as Mayor of the City of Santa Barbara, I have focused on working with a politically diverse City Council to find common ground on policies affecting our entire community, while steadfastly defending my core values of economic opportunity, environmental protection and prudent financial stewardship. As Santa Barbara's Mayor and an active member of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, I have worked in a non-partisan capacity on local and national issues with Mayors from every corner of the country. This experience and ability to work with others of different backgrounds gives me the tools necessary to be a coalition-builder in Washington in order to tackle some of our nation's most pressing challenges.