I am a retired technical director of an engineering laboratory specializing in failure analysis and accident reconstruction. My formal degrees are in Physics and Mathematics. Over the years, I have preferred to serve my community in various positions that generate little personal recognition. I have, for many years, patrolled our city as a trained sheriff volunteer.
I am currently a member of Los Angeles County’s community-based Disaster Communications Service and was a member of our city’s Emergency Preparedness Committee (a team of FEMA-qualified, disaster service resident volunteers) until it was abolished by the council.