San Lorenzo has been my home since 1965. I have had many opportunities to relocate to other communities; however, my decision has always been to stay in the community of my childhood. My wife, Susan, and I have raised our two children, Chris and Leeza, in this community.

For the last 20 years I have served as President of VS-Comm. Inc., a Telecommunications company based in Hayward. The leadership experience I have gained, through my business dealings, will help me serve the residents of San Lorenzo, I am a member of the Hayward and San Leandro Chambers of Commerce and I have volunteered with my children's schools and both the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. My family is a member of St. Johns parish.

With the help of other members of the Board, I will strive to further improve our neighborhoods. I welcome input from the community, so together we can better preserve the unique character of San Lorenzo. I encourage everyone to get involved; the more people care about where they live the higher quality of life they will have.

I have been a resident of the East Bay for over 14 years and a resident of San Lorenzo for over 8. My husband and I bought our first home here in the Village and I care very much about the community and environment in which we will raise our baby daughter.

I have worked in the local community for over 12 years at a family tax and financial planning firm. I am a member of the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce as well as a current board member of San Leandro Le Tip. In the past decade I have had an active role in many volunteer organizations. I have served on the board of Operation: MOM, a non profit military family support group, as Treasurer, as the Northern California Coordinator for Small Paws Rescue, as well as a long standing volunteer commitment to SDES Alvarado in Union City. I have also done numerous fundraising events for the Davis Street Resource Center and am currently co-chairing a holiday food and wish list drive for Building Futures for Women and Children.

I take great pride in the community in which I live and will strive to do my best to encourage more community involvement and take steps to insure a safer and more secure neighborhood for our children to grow up. I am passionate about preserving what makes San Lorenzo unique but also passionate about ushering in new vitality to our area. I wish for San Lorenzo to look to the casual observer like it does to those who live and love this area.

55 year resident of San Lorenzo; Member of the first graduating class of Arroyo high school; Raised family in San Lorenzo; Active in community service—former chair of the San Lorenzo Merchant association and member of the Epilepsy league of Alameda and Contra Costa County. Serves on the Community Advisory Committee for special education, participates in the Relay for Life Event.

Committees: Currently serves on the Redevelopment Advisory Group, the San Lorenzo Youth Resource group. Community Engagement Committee.

I have lived in San Lorenzo, and worked in the area, most of my life. Graduated from Arroyo High School in 1968 and drafted into the U.S. Army in 1970, honorably discharged in 1972 and went to school on the GI Bill. I married my wife Jeanne Cheschi, who also grew up in San Lorenzo. We have raised two children in San Lorenzo. I volunteered for 5 years as a San Lorenzo soccer coach and for 13 years as a San Lorenzo Bobby Sox Coach. I have also worked for the Hayward Boys’ club. I have worked for 26 years for the East Bay Municipal Utility District, and retired in 2005. I served as Vice President of Local Union 444 and as Vice President for the City of Hayward Local Union 390. I have served for 2 years on the San Lorenzo School District’s Strategic Planning Commission. I have also served as a member of the Alameda County Grand Jury from 2006-2007.

We, the citizens of San Lorenzo, need to be “listened to” and “heard,” and to have our voices “echoed” to all the outside agencies, agencies that think they know what is best for San Lorenzo and are currently making important decisions on San Lorenzo’s behalf. With crime on the rise, we need neighborhood involvement and we need to create more “neighborhood watch” groups to deter would-be criminals. In my own neighborhood, I organized a successful neighborhood watch group that continues, even today, to keep my street safe.

Committees: Sheriff Advisory Committee, SLZ Little League, Lorenzo Theater Foundation.

I have lived in Alameda County all my life and have lived in the San Lorenzo Community for the past 18 years. I have been employed with the Alameda County since 1980. My husband and I, of nearly 25 years, both work as public servants, and are dedicated to protecting the public’s health, safety and environment. We have two children, whom we raised in San Lorenzo.

My family and I are members of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and I am active in the Confirmation/Youth Group, Eucharistic Ministry and have helped with Congregations Organizing for Renewal (COR).

It’s time to take back our neighborhoods and I want to be involved in helping to improve our neighborhoods.

Working with the other members of the Board, I will strive to further improve our neighborhoods. With your help we can better preserve the unique character of San Lorenzo. I encourage you to get involved. The more people care about where they live, the higher the quality of life we will have.