Resume - Supervisor Ken Yeager

Education:
Ph.D., Education, Stanford University, January 1991
	Major Field – Policy Analysis
M.A., Sociology, Stanford University, June 1989
	Major Field – Organizational Theory
M.A., Education, Stanford University, June 1986
	Major Field – Gender Studies
B.A., Political Science, San Jose State University, June 1976
	Major Field – Local and State Politics
Ethics in Public Service Program, Josephson Institute of Ethics
	Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley Chapter

Professional Experience:
Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, San Jose State University, 1991-present.
	Classes Taught: American Government, State Politics, Local Politics, Internship Seminar, Interest Groups, Political Campaigns.

Other Professional Experience:
Press Secretary for Congressman Don Edwards,
	Washington D.C. and San Jose, 1983-1985.
Campaign Manager for Congressman Don Edwards, 1982, 1984, 1986
	(Primary and General Elections).
Assistant to Santa Clara County Supervisor Susanne Wilson, 1979-1982.
Assistant to Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon, 1978-1979.

Public Service:
Elected Trustee, San Jose/Evergreen Community College, 1993-2000.
Councilmember, City of San Jose, 2001-2006.
Supervisor, County of Santa Clara, 2007-present.

	•*Board of Supervisors Policy Committees*
		- Finance and Government Operations Committee, Chair
		- Health and Hospital Committee, Vice Chair

	*• Current Appointments and Assignments*
		- California Air Resources Board (CARB), BAAQMD Representative
		- Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), Executive Board
		- Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), Delegate
		- Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), Delegate
		- Bay Area Joint Policy Committee (JPC), MTC Representative
		- Caltrain Joint Powers Board, Director
		- Bay Area Climate Collaborative, Leadership Team Member
		- California State Association of Counties (CSAC) Climate
		Change Task Force, Delegate
		- Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), Ex Officio Member
		on behalf of MTC
		- BART to Silicon Valley Policy Advisory Board, Chair
		- Diridon Station Joint Policy Advisory Board, Vice Chair
		- Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy
		Advisory Board, Chair
		- First Five Santa Clara County, Member
		- Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Collaborative, Workgroup Chair
		on behalf of MTC
		- Traffic Safe Communities Network, Co-Chair
		- Recycling and Waste Reduction Commission, Vice Chair
		- West Valley Sanitation District (WVSD), Delegate
		- San Jose/Santa Clara County Treatment Plant Advisory
		Committee (TPAC), WVSD Representative
		- Safe on 17 Task Force, Member
		- Vasona Light Rail Policy Advisory Board, Delegate
		- Valley Medical Center Foundation, Liaison

Community Involvement:
Current Organizations:
	• Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee, Elected Member
	• Housing Trust of Santa Clara County, Chair
	• Friends of the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens, Board Member
	• Silicon Valley Marathon, Board Member
	• Indian Health Center, Board Member

Past Community Involvement:
	• Arts Council Silicon Valley, Board Member
	• Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, Co-Founder
	• City of San Jose’s Airport Curfew Monitoring Committee, Past Chair
	• Friends of the Rose Garden Library, Past President
	• Rose Garden Neighborhood Preservation Association, Past President
	• San Jose Convention and Visitors Bureau, Board Member
	• Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors’ Task Force on AIDS,
		Past Chair
	• Santa Clara County Grand Jury, Former Member
	• Santa Clara County Strategic Vision Steering Committee,
		Former Member
	• Santa Clara County, Ryan White Care Act Grant Review Committee
	• Aris Project’s Ad Hoc Committee on AIDS Policy, Former Member
	• United Way of Santa Clara County Lesbian & Gay Task Force,
		Former Member

Publications:
*Books:*
Yeager, Ken (2000) Trailblazers: Profiles of America’s Gay and
	Lesbian Elected Officials (Harrington Park Press)

*Periodicals:*
Yeager, Ken (February 11, 2010) “Santa Clara County can make progress
	despite budget shortfalls”; San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (December 20, 2009) “Climate change shifting how Bay Area
	land-use decisions are made”; Contra Costa Times
Yeager, Ken and Kniss, Liz (May 15, 2007) “Proposed cuts would gut vital
	services, supervisors say”; San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (January 9, 2006) “Ethics mustn’t take back seat to political
	convenience”; San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (April 1, 2005) “America West’s ‘quieter’ plane still too loud,
	threatening to set dangerous precedent for airport”;
	San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (March 13, 2005) “Busy year for S.J. ethics panel, but
	there’s more work to be done”; San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (July 16, 2003) “Keep high-rises out of residential S.J.”;
	San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (October 2002) “Child-care plan needs private industry’s
	involvement”; San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (March 2002) “Build housing, but protect neighborhoods”;
	Silicon Valley Business Ink
Strober, Myra; Gerlach-Downie, Suzanne; and Yeager, Ken (1995)
	“Child Care Centers as Workplaces”; Feminist Economics,
	Vol. 1 No. 1, p. 93-119
Yeager, Ken and Strober, Myra (1992) “Financing Child Care Through
	Local Taxes”; Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 13 No. 3, p. 279-296
Yeager, Ken (1990) Child care and electoral politics at the local level
	(Stanford University School of Education)
Yeager, Ken (1985) “Politicians Can’t Keep AIDS at Arm’s Length”;
	San Jose Mercury News
Yeager, Ken (1984) “Tolerance Will Allow Gays to Help ‘Build Our Land’”;
	San Jose Mercury News

Awards and Honors:
Kiwanis Turnaround Scholarship Benefit
	Honorary Chairman, 2010
Metro Silicon Valley
	25 People Who Changed Silicon Valley, 2010
Santa Clara County Black Infant Health Program
	Shirley Shelton Award, 2008
Network for a Healthy California
	California Advocate for Nutrition Award, 2008
100 Black Men of Silicon Valley
	Public Official of the Year, 2007
National Alliance on Mental Illness Santa Clara County
	Community Merit Award, 2007
Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley
	Award of Appreciation, 2007
Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee
	Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004

Interests:
Marathon running Hiking Baseball San Jose Symphony