Voter Guide: Menlo Park council candidates Voter Guide: Menlo Park council candidates (October 23, 2002)

Nicholas Jellins

Civic Service: Present: Member, Menlo Park City Council; vice chair, San Mateo County Criminal Justice Commission; member, San Mateo County Housing Development Group; treasurer, Peninsula Division of the League of California Cities; board member, Service League of San Mateo County, a nonprofit agency providing services to criminal defendants; member, San Mateo Workforce Advisory Board. Former: Member, Menlo Park Planning Commission; board member, Redwood City Arts Center.

Profession: Attorney

Education: J.D., University of Virginia School of Law. B.A. with a government concentration, Harvard University.

Age: 45

Endorsements include: Menlo Park Firefighters Association; Belle Haven Homeowners Association; West Menlo Park Homeowners Association; San Mateo County Central Labor Council; Silicon Valley Association of Realtors; San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee.
Eric Kinney

Civic Service: Present: Board adviser, Foothill De Anza Community College Foundation; Linfield Oaks Homeowners Association member. Former: Park Lane Homeowner Association Board member; volunteer for the 2001 campaign to pass Measure T; Habitat for Humanity volunteer.

Profession: Financial advisor for Morgan Stanley

Education: B.A. in economics, B.A. in communication, U.C. San Diego. International business courses, Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Mexico.

Age: 33

Endorsements include: Councilman Chuck Kinney; Environmental Quality Commissioner Frank Carney; Parks & Recreation Commissioner JoAnne Goldberg.
Bill Halleck

Civic Service: Present: Menlo Park planning commissioner. Former: Environmental quality commissioner; volunteer urban design and permit specialist for riparian mitigation, Los Gatos Creek; designed AIDS memorial grove, Huddart Park, San Mateo; task force member, riparian protection standards for Portola Valley and Menlo Park; San Francisquito Creek Coordinated Resource Management Task Force member.

Profession: Landscape architect for the city of San Jose, permit compliance specialist.

Education: M.A. in landscape design, Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway, Mass.; B.S. in resource development and urban planning, University of Rhode Island.

Age: 38

Endorsements include: Mayor Steve Schmidt; Council members Paul Collacchi and Mary Jo Borak; former mayor Jack Morris; Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter; Midpeninsula Action for Tomorrow (MPACT); San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee.
David Speer

Civic Service: Former: Menlo Park Residential Review Task Force member; Pleasanton Housing and Growth Subcommittee member; Pleasanton Ridgelands Committee member; San Francisco New Asian Art Museum Building Committee volunteer; Tri-Valley Animal Rescue volunteer.

Profession: Real estate projects manager for Alameda County

Education: M.B.A., U.C. Berkeley. B.A. in economics, Stanford University.

Age: 43

Endorsements include: Mayor Steve Schmidt, Council members Mary Jo Borak and Paul Collacchi; former mayor Jack Morris; Midpeninsula Action for Tomorrow (MPACT).
Toni Stein

Civic Service: Present: Menlo Park planning commissioner; San Mateo County Traffic & Air Quality commissioner; San Mateo County Solid Waste Advisory commissioner; American Lung Association & Leukemia Society volunteer. Former: Bay Area Air Quality Management District Hearing board member.

Profession: Environmental engineer

Education: Ph.D. in environmental engineering, University of Cincinnati. M.S.E., Milwaukee School of Engineering. B.S. in engineering mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Age: 41

Endorsements include: Mayor Steve Schmidt; Council members Paul Collacchi and Mary Jo Borak; former mayor Jack Morris; former mayor Gail Slocum; Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter; Midpeninsula Action for Tomorrow (MPACT); San Mateo County Democratic Central Committee; Committee of Latino Professionals.
Mickie Winkler

Civic Service: Present: housing commissioner; alternate to the board of O'Connor Water Track, a neighborhood water source; Project Read volunteer; English in Action volunteer. Former: Menlo Community Association vice-chair; volunteer naturalist in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and the Oregon Dunes.

Profession: Retired marketing executive; post-retirement English teacher in foreign countries.

Education: B.A. in political science, University of Rochester. National Defense Education Act fellow, University of Chicago.

Age: 65

Endorsements include: Former mayor Ted Sorensen; former mayor Bob McNamara; former mayor Dee Tolles; former council member George Liddle; Menlo Park Firefighters Association; Belle Haven Homeowners Association; West Menlo Park Homeowners Association; San Mateo County Central Labor Council; Silicon Valley Association of Realtors.
Lee Duboc

Civic Service: Present: Parks & Recreation Commission vice-chair; Menlo-Atherton High School PTA board member. Former: Steering Committee member for the 2001 campaign to pass Measure T; Menlo Park/Atherton Foundation board member; Menlo Park Youth Commission liaison; Friends of Menlo Park Gymnastics, board and founding member; Oak Knoll and Hillview schools library volunteer; Hot Food Day school fundraiser, program chair.

Profession: Full-time mother and volunteer

Education: B.A. in political science, Stanford University.

Age: 47

Endorsements include: Former mayor Ted Sorensen; former mayor Bob McNamara; former mayor Dee Tolles; former council member George Liddle; Menlo Park Firefighters Association; Karen Canty, member, Board of Trustees of the Menlo Park City School District; Belle Haven Homeowners Association; West Menlo Park Homeowners Association; San Mateo County Central Labor Council; Silicon Valley Association of Realtors.