Candidates for Sequoia high school district

Civic service: Redwood City/San Carlos/Belmont Chamber of Commerce Leadership Program; County Office of Education's Leadership Team Training Program, 1998/99; Community Advisory Group for Redwood City School District Community Accountability for Results in Education; Measure A campaign; John Gill and North Star school site council; school-wide volunteer coordinator; Sequoia Parents Nursery School.

Education: Honors graduate, Camden High School in San Jose; business management classes at West Valley, Foothill and Mission colleges.

Profession: Business manager

Age: 42

Years in district: 16

Family: Married; two children

Raymond M. Bell Jr.

Civic service: John Gill school site council; established first computer lab at John Gill School with donations from Lockheed Martin; taught freshmen physics at San Diego State University and the University of Arizona.

Education:

Profession: Lockheed Martin staff engineer

Age: 43

Years in district: 14

Family: Married; two children

Don Gibson

Civic service: Redwood City/San Mateo Chamber of Commerce Education Committee; AYSO coach; Redwood City Rotary Club; advisor for Sequoia Union High School technology academy program.

Education: Studied business administration at University of California at Berkeley and San Jose State University

Profession: President and CEO of a high tech company

Age: 45

Years in district: 40

Family: Married; two children

Allene G. Sieling

Civic service: Sequoia Union High School District trustee, nine years; Sequoia High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association; Sequoia site council; San Mateo County School Boards Association; Clifford School volunteer; softball and soccer coach; St. Charles Church education teacher; St. Charles Church choir.

Education: Bachelor's with honors in language arts from University of Minnesota, School of Education

Profession: Homemaker, trustee

Age: 63

Years in district: 27

Family: Married; seven children

Olivia Martinez

Civic service: Peninsula Community Foundation, YMCA of the MidPeninsula, Latino Leadership Council of San Mateo County, National Consortium on School Drop-outs.

Education: Bachelor's degree, San Francisco State University; master's, University of California at Berkeley; doctorate in education, University of San Francisco.

Profession: Vice president, Canada College

Age: 55

Years in district: 45

Family: Married; three children



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