KATHRIN SEARS

Member, Board of Directors

Appointment Date: December 16, 2011

(Representing the County of Marin)

Term of Office: December 16, 2011 through January 1, 2014

Mailing Address:
3501 Civic Center Drive, Room 329
San Rafael, CA 94903-4189
(415) 923-2223

 

District Committee Membership:

  • Member, Transportation Committee
  • Member, Government Affairs and Public Information Committee

Occupation/Professional Experience:

  • Supervisor, County of Marin, District 3, Appointed by Governor Brown, May 22, 2011
  • Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Division of Consumer Protection, State of California, 2005 - 2011
  • Attorney, Private Practice, 1989 - 2005

Public Service:

  • Vice- Chair, Marin Energy Authority Board
  • Member, Bay Conservation and Development Commission
  • Member, Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit Board
  • Member, Transportation Authority of Marin Board
  • Member, Marin Transit Board
  • Member, Marin Economic Forum
  • Member, Richardson Bay Regional Agency
  • Member, Local Area Formation Commission
  • Member, Marin Telecommunications Agency
  • Former Planning Commissioner, City of Sausalito, 1993 - 1997
  • Former Chair, Public Safety Facilities Steering Committee, City of Sausalito, 2002
  • Former Chair, Parking Policy Task Force, City of Sausalito, 1999

Community Service:

  • Former Member, Board of Directors, Conservation Corps North Bay, 2003 - 2007
  • Former Pro Bono Legal Advisor, Conservation Corps North Bay, 1995 - 2005

Awards/Special Recognition:

  • Fulbright Scholarship, Doctoral Dissertation Research
  • Distinguished Teaching Award, Harvard University

Education:

  • B.A., Asian Studies, Carleton College (1973)
  • M.A., China Regional Studies, University of Washington (1977)
  • Ph.D, Political Science, University of Michigan (1985)
  • J.D. from Harvard University (1989)