Susan Weber

For other people named Susan Weber, see Susan Weber (disambiguation).

Susan Weber was the trustee and president for the San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District board. She is the co-founder of the San Lorenzo Valley Foundation for Education. She has been a member of the member of the Ben Lomond Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, and she also been a candidate for the Ben Lomond Fire District’s board of directors.

Background

Webber has lived in San Lorenzo Valley since around the mid-1980s.[1] She is married to Bryan Weber and is the mother of two sons, Max and Alex. Her youngest son Alex graduated from San Lorenzo Valley High in 2010. [2]

Career

In 2001, she was appointed to the San Lorenzo Valley School Board.[3] In 2010, she vacated her position as trustee for the board, which she had been on for nine years.[4] During her time with the board she held the position of board president for three years.[5]

At the age of 55, she ran as a candidate for the Ben Lomond Fire District’s board of directors. She was no stranger to the fire dept. Her husband Bryan was the Chief for a year and had been on the Ben Lomond fire team for 25 years. One of her sons at the time was a firefighter with the dept. She had also been a member of the Ben Lomond Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary.[6] In that race she received 587 votes. She came fourth with 18.2%, just behind Tom Maxson who came third with 19.9% of the votes. Morgan Scarborough won with 28.3%, beating incumbent Dave Bingham who had 20.3%.[7][8]

In 2011, she had expressed interest in running for the Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 5 election.[9] The following year, she entered the primaries for the Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 5 election.[10][11] She was the only woman on the ballot to run. She did qualify for the ballot but then withdrew from the race.[12] In spite of not actively running, she still appeared on the ballot.[13] As a result she had 5.5 percent in the early vote tallies.[14] In November, Bruce McPherson was elected to the position.[15] She was one of the people who endorsed Bruce McPherson in the election.[16]

Organizations

References

  1. ↑ Scotts Valley Times February 2012, Vol 15, No 2 Page 6 "Election Questions" from pg 4
  2. ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel 16-09-2010 SLV School Board will appoint new member to represent Ben Lomond By Kathy Kelly
  3. ↑ Scotts Valley Times February 2012, Vol 15, No 2 Page 6 "Election Questions" from pg 4
  4. ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel 16-09-2010 SLV Trustee Susan Weber resigns By Cathy Kelly
  5. ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel 16-9-2010 SLV School Board will appoint new member to represent Ben Lomond By Cathy Kelly
  6. ↑ Press Banner Thursday, October 7, 2010 Five in race for two Ben Lomond fire seats
  7. ↑ Votes Count Registration & Turnout, Ben Lomond FIRE PD FIRE DIRECTOR VF 2 4/4 100.00%
  8. ↑ San Jose Mercury News 2 win seats on Ben Lomond Fire board by Kimberley White
  9. ↑ City On A Hill Press November 19, 2011 State Legislator Enters County Supervisor Race
  10. ↑ Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce News Article, Date 5/2/2012 County Supervisor Candidates Respond
  11. ↑ KSBW.com Action8 News June 5, 2012 Commitment 2012: June 5 Primary Election candidates
  12. ↑ Contra Coast Times 14-03-2012 Santa Cruz County Supervisor races set for June by Jason Hoppin
  13. ↑ Monterey Herald News 26-03-2012 Bruce McPherson paces fundraising, Zach Friend comes on strong in Supes race By JASON HOPPIN
  14. ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel 05-06-12 Bruce McPherson faces November runoff in Board of Supervisor's 5th District race By Jason Hoppin
  15. ↑ County of Santa Cruz Fifth District Supervisor Bruce McPherson
  16. ↑ Boulder Creek Bulletin Volume 1: Issue 11, October 19, 2012 Page 5 Letters from our Candidates, Bruce McPherson
  17. ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel 16-09-2010 SLV Trustee Susan Weber resigns By Cathy Kelly
  18. ↑ California Corporates SAN LORENZO VALLEY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
  19. ↑ Press Banner Thursday, October 7, 2010 Five in race for two Ben Lomond fire seats
  20. ↑ California Compqanies http://california.14thstory.com/ben-lomond-town-association.html Ben Lomond Town Association
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