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The Committee interviewed 18 candidates: Terry Koehne, Melody Howe Weintraub, Dulce Galicia, Alvaro Fuentes, Kapris James, Ali Saidi, Chala Bonner, Samuel Houston, Mariana Moore, Ajit Kaushal, Ruben Hernandez Story, Joseph Villarreal, Adriana Cendejas, Linda Soliven, Cynthia LeBlanc, Fran Biderman, Andres Orozco, and Mark Orcutt. Two candidates: Mayra Padilla and Laura Sheckler were unable to attend the interview and were considered by the Committee on the basis on their applications.
Additionally, the following applicants withdrew from consideration for At Large seats: Lauren Babb, Christina Baronian, Lina Velasco, and Sean Casey.
The Committee decided to recommend for Board of Supervisors' consideration the following nine individuals for appointment to At Large seats on the Census Steering Committee, and directed staff to forward these recommendations to the Board on February 12:
Fran Biderman, Alvaro Fuentes, Samuel Houston, Melody Howe Weintraub, Terry Koehne, Mariana Moore, Mark Orcutt, Andres Orozco, and Ali Saidi.
In developing the recommendations, the IOC considered the candidates' connections to hard-to-count populations within the county as well as their capacity to leverage regional cooperation through existing community networks. Consideration was also given to geographic representation and filling gaps in the composition needed to create an effective outreach strategy and campaign.
The Committee noted that applicants not selected for the Steering Committee may be considered for appointment to one of the four regional Complete Count committees (East, West, South and Central). |
