My Qualifications
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE
14 years experience as aide to Marin County Supervisors Charles McGlashan and Annette Rose
Mill Valley Planning Commission, 2003-present; Chairperson, 2005-2006
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Member, Safe Routes to School, Mill Valley, 2006-present
Member, Richardson-Bay Safe Neighborhoods Team, 2006- present
Member, Tamalpais High School Traffic Committee, 2006 – present
OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE
Member, Mill Valley Municipal Services Tax Campaign Committee, 1995
Board Member, Health Council of Marin, 1988-1991 (Access to Care Committee)
Trustee, Marin Primary and Middle School, Board of Trustees, 2000-present
Trustees Committee, Chairperson, 2003-2006
Diversity Committee, Co-Chair and Member, 2001-2003
Development Committee, 2001-2005
President, Parent Association, Marin Primary and Middle School, 1998-2000
Chairperson, Parent Association Speaker Series, 1997-1998
Religious Education Teacher for Preschool Age Children, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Volunteer, Marin Aids Support Network, 1985-1989
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, Georgetown University, 1979
Juris Doctor, University of San Francisco School of Law, 1984
Judicial Extern for Justice Allen E. Broussard, California Supreme Court
Postgraduate Fellowship in Public Affairs, Coro Foundation in San Francisco, 1988-1989
Trainee, Environmental Forum of Marin, XXIII, 1995
PROFESSIONAL
Member, State Bar of California, 1984-present (Inactive, 1993-Present)
Associate, Gordon & Rees, 1984-1987
California Medical Association, 1987-1988
PERSONAL
Married to Jim Parton, 22 years
Daughter, Jane (17) and son, Nate (14)
A resident of Mill Valley since 1985