| 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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| | •Board of Supervisors Policy Committees |
| | | - Finance and Government Operations Committee, Chair |
| | | - Health and Hospital Committee, Vice Chair |
| | | - Legislative Committee, Vice Chair |
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| | • 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 |
| | | - 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 |
| | | - Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy |
| | | Advisory Board, Chair |
| | | - 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 |
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| | • Past Appointments and Assignments |
| | | - Joint Child Care Committee, Co-Chair |
| | | - Juvenile Detention Reform Oversight Committee |
| | | - Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council |
| | | - Mental Health Board |
| | | - Santa Clara County Health Authority |
| | | - Valley Medical Center Financial Planning Task Force, Co-Chair |
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| Community Involvement: |
| Current Organizations: |
| • Santa Clara County Democratic Central Committee |
| | | (term of office: 2009 – 2012) |
| • Friends of the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens, Board Member |
| • Silicon Valley Marathon, Board Member |
| • Indian Health Center, Board Member |
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| 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 |
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| Publications: |
| 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 (December 12, 2004) “One account per official is enough”; |
| 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 |
| Yeager, Ken (2000) Trailblazers: Profiles of America’s Gay and |
| Lesbian Elected Officials (Harrington Park Press) |
| 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 (1991) “The Day Ryan White Came to Town”; |
| San Jose Our Paper |
| Yeager, Ken (1991) “A Thank-You Note to a Homophobic Politician”; |
| San Jose Our Paper |
| Yeager, Ken (1985) “On Ossie and Ruby Dee”; San Jose Our Paper |
| 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 |
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| Awards: |
| 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 |
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| Interests: |
Marathon running
Hiking
Baseball
San Jose Symphony |
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