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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 05091995 - 1.31 TO: V BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator j~ Costa i< County DATE: May 2, 1.9 9 5 `r !bus SUBJECT: APPOINTMENTS TO THE WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1 . APPOINT to Seat # 15 on the Women' s Advisory Committee to fill an unexpired term ending February 28, 1996 : Barbara Jensen 121 Dardenelle Court Martinez, CA 94553 2 . APPOINT to Seat # 8 on the Women' s Advisory Committee to fill an unexpired term ending February 28, 1998 : Sue Osborn 1485 Emmons Canyon Drive Danville, CA 94526 3 . APPOINT to Seat # 12 on the Women' s Advisory Committee to fill an unexpired term ending February 28, 1997 : Carletta L. Starks 855 Shell Avenue Martinez, CA 94553 4 . APPOINT to Seat # 7 on the Women' s Advisory Committee to fill an unexpired term ending February 28, 1996 : Elaine G. Swenson . 106 Songbird Court Vacaville, CA 95687 Employed as a Public Health Nurse in Martinez for the Health Services Department CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE S ACTION OF BOARD ON MaY 9 19-9- APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED MAY 9 1995 Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: See Page 2 SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY -2- BACKGROUND: There are several vacancies on the Women's Advisory Committee. Staff to the Committee has recruited several individuals and the Committee has recommended their appointment. The Internal Operations Committees has not indicated a need to interview the individuals before they are appointed and it is, therefore, recommended that the Board concur in these appointments . cc: County Administrator Karen Butler, Staff to the Women' s Advisory Committee, HSD Ms . Barbara Jensen Ms . Sue Osborn Ms . Carletta Starks Ms . Elaine Swenson Conha CostoCount G��ZP/jL " lcomm� 20 Allen Street • Martinez, CA 94553 • 510-370-5056 ~ To CLAUDE VAN MARTER DATE MARCH 30, 1995 ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FROM KAREN BUTLER, STAFF V WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUBJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE Attached for review and consideration by the Internal Operations Committee are four (4) applications from individuals the Women's Advisory Committee is recommending for appointment to fill several at-large vacancies on the Committee. The Membership Review Committee (MRC) has been interviewing interested applicants over the past two months. While the review process to fill remaining vacancies on the Women's Advisory Committee is still in progress, and the MRC is scheduled to interview additional applicants at its meeting next month, both the MRC and the full Committee voted to proceed with recommending for appointment the following four candidates: Name Geographic Area Race/Ethnicity Occupation Lives/Works Barbara Jensen Martinez/Concord White Executive Secretary Private Industry Council (also former staff to Women's Advisory Committee) Sue Osborn Danville/San Francisco White Work/Family Coordinator Chevron Corporation Carletta Starks Martinez/Oakland African-American Senior Legal Secretary University of California Elaine Swenson Vacaville/Martinez African-American Public Health Nurse (&other areas) Contra Costa County If you have any questions or would like any additional information, please don't hesitate to call me. at 370-5056. Attachments CONTRA COSTA COUNTY RECEIVED APR - 5 1996 OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Sponsored by the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors RETURN APPLICATION TO: I am applying for membership on the: Women's Advisory Committee CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ^/o Health Services Department WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE �0 Allen Street Martinez, CA 94553 Please type or print. APPLICATION FORM Contra Costa County Advisory Boards, Commissions or Committees Applicant Name• Barbara Jensen Home Address: 121 Dardanelle Court Home Phone: Martinez, CA 94553 (510) 229-3069 Business Address: County Private Industry Council Work Phone: (510) 646-5391 2425 Bisso Lane, 4100 FAX Number: (510) 646-5517 Concord, CA 94520 . occupation (student, for pay work, not for pay work, retiree, or similar) : Executive Secretary Educational Background: High School and some college Professional and Fraternal Memberships (including offices held) : Community Activities/Special Interests: Girl Scouts/Church Special Interests: Travel, reading, and family, women & children's issues I served as the primary staff person of the Women's Advisory Committee from 1980-1994. I am familiar with their past activities and their current goals and activities. Employed by Contra Costa County since 1970. 3/6/95 Date Signature Members of some advisory bodies may be required to file annual Conflict of Interest Statements. RETURN APPLICATION TO: I am applying for membership on the: Women's Advisory Committee CONTRA COSTA COUN'T'Y c/o Health Services Department WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMITTEE 10 Allen Street Aartinez, CA 94553 Please type or print. APPLICATION FORM Contra Costa County Advisory Boards, Commissions or Committees Applicant Name: Sue Osborn Home Address: Home Phone: 510-831-1986 1485 Emmons Canyon Drive Danville, CA 94526 Business Address: Work Phone: 415-894-4010 Chevron Corporation FAX Number: 415-894-2913 575 Market Street, Room 1272 San Francisco, CA 94105 Occupation (student, for pay work, not for pay work, retiree, or similar) : Work/Family Coordinator for Chevron Corporation Educational Background: B.A., History, English - Michigan State University Secondary Education Teaching Certification Professional and Fraternal Memberships (including offices held) : Conference Board Work and Family Council,New Ways to Work F1exGroup, American Society on Aging Business Forum Governing Council, Bay Area Employer Work and Family Coalition, Northern California Human Resources Council Community Activities/Special Interests: One Small Step (a United Way Community Project that is a work and family coalition of Bay Area employers and service providers) - Co-chair of the Executive Committee - 1992-1994, Contra Costa Child Care Council 20th Anniversary Committee February 13, 1995 Date ignature Members of some advisory bodies may be required to file annual Conflict of Interest Statements. r RETURN APPLICATION TO: I am applying for membership on the: Women's Advisory Committee CONTRA COSTA COUNTY ^/o Health Services Department WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE i Allen Street riartinez, CA 94553 Please type or print. APPLICATION FORM Contra Costa County Advisory Boards, Commissions or Committees Applicant Name: Carletta L. Starks Home Address: Home Phone: 855 Shell Avenue Martinez, CA 94553 510/372-7037 Business Address: Work Phone: 510/987-9777 ,X62. University of California FAX Number: 510/987-9757 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612 Occupation (student, for pay work, not for pay work, retiree, or similar) : Senior Legal Secretary Educational Background: Three years college - Wichita State University (economics major) Graduate, Wichita Police Academy (1974) Professional and Fraternal Memberships (including offices held) : Member, Bay Area Legal Secretary Association Chair, University of California, Office of the President-Black Staff and Faculty Organization Community Activities/Special Interests: Steering Committee Member, Aids Walk San Francisco (University chapter) Volunteer, Black Adoption Placement and Research Center Avid reader, writer, chess player, music lover, nature lover Most importantly, huge fan of two outstanding young men (13 and 18 ; my sons) March 10 , 1995 0a" /JralA, _. Ate Signature Carletta L. Starks Members of some advisory bodies may be required to file annual Conflict of Interest Statements. RETURN APPLICATION TO: I am applying for membership on the: Women's Advisory Committee CONTRA COSTA COUN'T'Y -Vo Health Services Department WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMTTEE 10 Allen Street Martinez, CA 94553 Please type or print. APPLICATION FORM Contra Costa County Advisory Boards, Commissions or Committees Applicant Name: LLA ( N L G. Home Address: 1 O6 c(3^rGe)(00 � Home Phone: VACAVILLC CAUF :707 �l - ��4� ' Business Address: g5�0 Work Phone: PU6G� c N EACTN c��N, S _ FAX Number:�'O qs C MZ A V 67 374-3094 M A rMN 62, , CA ST 1-20 Occupation (student, for pay work, not for pay work, retiree, or similar) : PUWC HEAU?TA NURSt Educational Background: S� KESUN Professional and Fraternal Memberships (including offices held) : SEF 1ZE3UMG11 Community Activities/Special Interests: IZE�UML Date Signature Members of some advisory bodies may be required to file annual Conflict of Interest Statements. Elaine Gregory Swenson, M.P.H., R.N. 106 Songbird Court Vacaville, California 95687 707 448-0102 Professional Commitment: To Facilitate The Empowerment Of At Risk Populations Through Education And Mentoring Support Education: 1972 Bachelor of Science: In Nursing Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois 1978 Master of Public Health: Specialization In Public Health Education University of California at Berkeley ------------ ---------- -------- Licenses and Certification: State Of California Registered Professional Nurse License No. 237325 Expires 10/31/75 State Of California Public Health Nurse Certificate No. 20044 Lifetime State Of California Community College Teaching Credential Category: Nursing And Health-Related Sciences: No. 26367 Lifetime Professional Memberships: _ Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Circumference Women's Honor Society Of Loyola University University Of California Alumni Association American Nurses In AIDS Care California Public Health Association North --_--------- ------------------------------- Awards and Honors: Deans' List Dean's Key Recipient President's Medallion for School of Nursing Pullman Scholar Illinois State Scholar Cumulative Average Upon Graduation From University Of California At Berkeley School Of Public Health Graduate Division: 3:57 on 4:00 Scale=Cum Laude ------------ ------------------------------- Teaching Experience Faculty Positions: 1984-1987 Part-time faculty for the Consortium of the California State University Baccalaureate Program in Nursing 1983-1986 Part-time faculty for the Antelope Valley Community College School of Nursing Media Experience: Promotional Commercials For San Francisco Visiting Nurse Association 1977 Television News SePment Channel 7 San Francisco Kaiser Hospital Hayward' s Hospice Unit 1979 Media Experience: Continued Television Interview For Antelope Valley Cablevision To Promo"Project Kidproof" 1986 Radio Talk Show: Talk Of The Bay : KPFA "The Role Of Public Health Nursing" 1989 Radio Talk Show: KPFA" About Women" National Catholic AIDS Network 1993 Channel 2 Television News Segment Chicago, Illinois " Reaction To Installation Of Bishop Wilton D. Gregory As 7th Bishop Of Belleville, Illinois" February 10, 1994 --------- -------------------------------- Workshop Presentations: 1989 National AIDS Ministry Conference At Notre Dame University: July 23-28, 1989 Panel: "The Impact Of AIDS On Minority Populations: The African American Experience" ----------------- 1992 Sth National AIDS Update Conference at San Francisco: October 6-1 1992 Panel: "Cultural Sensitivity For HIV Providers" ---------------- r 1992 5th National AIDS Ministry Conference at Loyola University at Chicago: August 6-11, 1992 Panel Discussion: "How Ethnic Groups Live and Cope with HIV Disease" 2 Workshop Presentations: 1993 6th National AIDS Update Conference at San Francisco: Panel Member "Developing Culturally Specific Outreach Programs in the African American Community" Workshop Presentation: 1994 7th National AIDS Ministry Conference at Loyola University of Chicago: July 1994 "When Cultures Clash: The Impact Of The HIV/AIDS Epidemic On Specific Culural Subgroups, The American Health System, First Wave Victims, Second Wave Victims ----------------------------------------------- Workshop Presentation: California Student Nurse State Convention San Francisco February 23 -24, 1995 "The Lessons Of The AIDS/HIV Epidemic For The American Health System And Nursing" Joint Presentation With Cliff Morrison, FAAN, RN, MS, MA Director Of San Francisco AIDS Research Unit. ------------ ------------------------ -- Publications: The Home Care Program" in Hospice Pilot Project Report, Published By Kaiser Permanente. 1979 "Lessons Learned" NCAN News, Vol. 1, No 2 1993 "Second Wave" NCAN News, Vol. 1994 "Point Of View: The Lessons Of Bigotray And Racism" NCAN News, Vol. Spring 3 1995 Professional Experience: Board Membership: 19 91- Present National Catholic AIDS Network 19 91- Present University Of California At Berkeley Graduate Division School Of Public Health Alumni Consultant: — 1988-1990 Teschubah Foundation Of East Oakland 1987-1993 Archdiocese of San Francisco Office Of AIDS Education ------------------------------------------------ Clinical Nursing Experience: 1989-Present: Public Health Nurse for Contra Costa County Public Health Division. Primary focus: Advocacy & Empowerment Efforts for West County Residents including multiple presentations before the County Board of Supervisors: 1989, 1993,1994 1987-1991 Part-time Staff Relief in Urgent Care Outpatient Clinics for Kaiser Permanente of San Francisco 1987-1988 Per Diem Staff Relief: Alta Bates Hospital OB- GYN 1982-1987 Administrative Coordinator: Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center of Lancaster, California 1982 Director Of Inservice: Watsonville, Community Hospital At Watsonville, California 1980-1981 Per Diem Staff Relief: Norrell Health Care of San Jose 1979-1980 Home Care Coordinator: Kaiser Permanente of Hayward, California 4 Clinical Nursing Experience Continued: 19741978 Nurse Researcher for Federal Demonstration Project 222 joint venture through San Francisco Visiting Nurse Association And San Francisco Home Health Service 1973 Public Health Nurse: Chicago Visiting Nurse Association working in South and West Side impacted communities 1972 Staff Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse: Children's Hospital Medical Center 3 5