EDUCATION
June 1973	Harvard Law School, J.D. Cum Laude
June 1969	Harvard/Radcliffe College, A.B. Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa
EMPLOYMENT
2002-present	Self-employed attorney and consultant to nonprofit organizations and foundations on policy issues relating to children, fiscal reform, and civil rights (Berkeley CA).
2001-2002	Attorney and Director of Child Nutrition Policy, California Food Policy Advocates, www.cfpa.net. (San Francisco, CA). Legislative and administrative advocacy on behalf of low-income families to improve access to federal/state child nutrition programs.
1993-2000	Self-employed attorney, consultant, and financial manager (Berkeley, CA). Human resources consulting, and trustee/management of individual pension plans, real estate, special needs trusts, tax reporting, and investments
1985-1993	Partner, Morrison & Foerster, www.mofo.com (San Francisco & Walnut Creek, CA). Commercial and labor litigation, and human resources counseling, for corporate and pro bono clients throughout the United States. I spent one year away from Morrison & Foerster (1989-1990) to serve as General Counsel and Director of Human Resources for the Oakland Tribune newspaper (Oakland, CA).
1978-1985	Deputy Director, Texas Legal Services Center www.tlsc.org (Austin TX). Training and litigation support for Texas poverty law programs. I also was an, Adjunct Professor, University of Texas School of Law www.utexas.edu/law (Austin, TX), teaching Employment Discrimination Law and an Education Law Clinic.
1974-1978	Attorney, Public Advocates, Inc., www.publicadvocates.org (San Francisco, CA). Public interest litigation on behalf of California nonprofit organizations.
1973-1974	Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, www.eeoc.gov (San Francisco, CA). Litigation to enforce Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
1969-1970	Teacher, Baltimore Public School System (Baltimore, MD)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Admitted to practice in California, Texas, 9th and 5th Circuits. Member of Mediation Panel of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Editorial Consultant, California Employment Law (Matthew Bender). Board Member of various California and Texas non-profit organizations.
OTHER SKILLS Author of law review articles on bilingual education and child care regulation. Oral and written proficiency in Spanish and French. Computer proficiency in Quicken and Microsoft Office applications.
REFERENCES Peter Dybwad, Executive Director, The Wright Institute (Berkeley CA), 510-841-9230, pdybwad@wrightinst.edu Lois Salisbury, Director of Children, Families, and Communities Program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos CA), 650-948-7658; lsalisbury@packard.org Nancy Strohl, Executive Director, Child Care Law Center (San Francisco CA), 415-394-7144; nstrohl@childcarelaw.org