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Born: December 4, 1963, Mill Valley. College: U.C. Berkeley, 1985. Medical School: Saint Louis University, 1990. Residency: Saint Mary’s, San Francisco. Fellowship: (Infectious diseases) Kaiser, Los Angeles. Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Current Occupation: Private Practice, San Francisco.
I have followed politics closely since I was about 12, volunteering on behalf of causes and local candidates whose issues I support. My most important causes include: Appropriate use of taxpayer money, protecting open space and the environment, and delivering the best health care to all Californians. I have been treasurer of Marin United Taxpayers since 2001 and am a lifetime member of the Sierra Club. My interests include bike riding, basketball, hiking, and Cal football. Michael opposed Jared Huffman in the November 2006 election.  Todd Hooper. GOP Candidate 2006, 6th Congressional District. Won the Republican Primary, June 2006, against Michael Halliwell, Sonoma County. He is currently an ex-officio member of the Committee.Todd is a life-long Republican and party leader who first volunteered for the Republican Party in Ron Gidwitz's office in Chicago in the late 80's. For those of you unfamiliar with Ron Gidwitz, he formerly ran governor in Illinois. Currently a partner in Kurt Salmon Associates, a global management consulting firm, Todd has served as national practice leader there, and is currently heading up the development of a new West Coast practice. Prior to that, he was Managing Director and CFO of Swander Pace & Company, a niche firm in San Francisco, where he led the sale to Kurt Salmon. While at Swander Pace & Company, he helped start up a successful private equity fund. Todd is an accomplished business writer whose work has appeared in leading business journals. He has contributed to college text books in finance and business strategy and has appeared on MS-NBC. Todd grew up outside of Chicago and holds an undergraduate degree in finance from Notre Dame and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Todd, his wife Nancy, and his school-age daughters, Madeline and Sophia, have lived in Marin since 1994. The four of them play tennis together when Todd is not busy volunteering at his daughters' school. He opposed Lynn Woolsey in the November 2006 election.  Mark D. Hill, past Chairman, 2005-07, was elected to the Marin Republican Central Committee for a third term in November 2006, representing the 3rd District--Mill Valley, Sausalito, Tiburon and Belvedere. He was elected Chairman of the Marin Committee in January 2005 and again in January 2007. He resigned the chairmanship in May 2007, but still remains as a member of the Central Committee. He serves as Co-Chairman, with John Fox, of the Fundraising Committee. He previously served as MRP's Vice Chairman and Treasurer. He has also previously served on the San Francisco Republican Central Committee for 3 years where he served as Treasurer.After graduating from UC Berkeley, where he earned an AB in Political Economy of Industrial Societies, Mark did post-graduate studies as a Fellow with the San Francisco's Coro Foundation Fellows Program. He is a 7-year veteran of the US Army, having served 4 years active duty in West Germany with the 8th Infantry Division. Mark is a founder and principal of Regency Capital Partners, LLC, having had over 12 years' experience in investment banking with Wall Street firms. He has previously worked with the firms of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in San Francisco, CS First Boston in New York City, and Kidder-Peabody in San Francisco both as an investment banker and financial advisor. In 1992 Mark was appointed by the Governor of California to serve two terms on the California Advisory Council on Economic Development. He continues his active involvement on corporate and non-profit boards. He served two years on the Board Directors for the Bay Area Easter Seals and has been a long time member of The Guardsmen, the San Francisco based non-profit, dedicated to enriching the lives of underprivileged youth in the Bay Area. He continues to support and serve as coach in various youth programs such as the Mill Valley Little League, Mill Valley Soccer Club and the Southern Marin LaCrosse programs. He resides in Mill Valley, and has three children. Mark's vision for the Marin Republican Party: Build a fiscally conservative party in Marin that is sensitive to educational, environmental, and transportation issues which attract both a far larger and representative voter base, as well as candidates which represent those views.  Barbara Howey is serving her fourth term on the Marin Republican Central Committee representing the 1st District, San Rafael and Terra Linda. She was previously appointed to the Committee in January 2003, and first elected in 2000. She was the Committee's Communications Chair, and Webmaster, 2003-2007.Barbara attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and George Washington University, Washington, D.C. She joined the Foreign Service in 1969 as a Secretary, and was immediately sent to Vienna, Austria, for 2 years. She returned to the State Department, Washington, D.C., and the Council on Foreign Policy. From 1973-75 she worked on the Executive Staff of Dr. Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State, where she traveled widely and often on Dr. Kissinger's "shuttle diplomacy" trips to the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East. Upon moving to the Bay Area in 1975, Barbara worked for the Social Security Administration; PBS's national television show OVER EASY with Hugh Downs and Mary Martin; and for the Levi Strauss Tourageclothing line in San Francisco. Barbara was a conservative Democrat until 1992. She came to her senses and re-registered as a Republican that year. Her husband, a life-long Republican, was very happy! Barbara began her Bay Area political activities in 1996 when she founded a conservative speaker's group, United Conservatives of Marin. She left UCOM in 1998 to manage Republican Russ Weiner's campaign for California State Assembly, Sixth District. In 1999 Barbara co-founded Howey-Moi Associates, a public relations firm that represented Bay Area Republicans and national conservative organizations. She is currently an empty-nester. She is a member of the Novato Republican Women, Federated, the Marin Republican Women, Federated, and has volunteered for various Republican activities for the past 9 years. Barbara’s vision for the Marin Republican Party: We should recruit and support viable candidates for local, and state offices; we must raise visibility and awareness of the Marin Republican Party; and we have to register as many Republican voters as possible. Marin County deserves another political voice--and that voice is a united Republican Party!  Morgan Kelley assumed the position of Chairman in May 2007 from Mark D. Hill. She is serving her fourth term on the Marin County Republican Central Committee representing the 2nd District--Ross, Kentfield, Fairfax, San Anselmo, Greenbrae, and South San Rafael. She was previously elected to the Committee in 2000, 2002, 2004, and November 2006. Morgan was re-elected as Vice Chairman of the Committee for a second term in January 2007, and is the Chairman of the Precincts Committee.After graduating from California State University-Fullerton, Morgan worked in technical sales, and sales management for National Semi-Conductor, Honeywell, G.E. and Lightolier. She now works in property management. Morgan has been a Republican "Grass Roots" volunteer since she was a teenager in Kansas working for Bob Dole's Senatorial Campaign; and was active as a College Republican. She served 2 years as President of the Novato Republican Women, Federated; was named Woman of the Year 2001 for NRWF; and was Ways and Means Chair for California Federation of Republican Women, Northern Division. She also served as Region XI Director for CFRW covering Marin, Sonoma, Lake, and Napa Federation Clubs with over 600 members. She moved from Orange County in 1993; is the mother of one daughter, a stepson and a stepdaughter, and one grandchild, Michaela. She resides in Greenbrae with her husband, Rich Barfus. Morgan’s vision for the MRP: I see a revitalized Marin Republican Party where all are welcome. My goals were and are to gain credibility at the local, state, and national levels, working with members and leaders from each area of Marin with strong business skills. We will develop a strong communication program to inform Marin Republicans about candidates, events, and legislation that will impact us as individuals, as a county, state and nation. We need to identify and train a base of candidates for every office in this county, and support these candidates in eventually running for higher offices. We will need to raise funds from individuals and corporations to support local activities and local candidates through a strong business plan. I see us having a lot of fun reaching our goals. Please come join us! Kevin Krick is a newcomer to Marin and was appointed to the committee in 2007. Kevin has two decades worth of experience in the maritime industry, both afloat and ashore. A 1991 graduate of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, he holds a Chief Mate’s license as well as a Third Assistant Engineer’s license. For six years, he sailed with Keystone Shipping Company as a deck officer. Upon coming ashore, he served as the Director of Public Affairs for the Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay where he was responsible for governmental affairs activities in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania as well as nationally. Following that position, he was appointed to the Bush Administration starting as the Special Assistant to the Administrator for the U.S. Maritime Administration in the Department of Transportation. Promoted to the Senior Advisor for Maritime Policy, another Presidential appointed position, Krick provided both policy guidance and leadership to the Maritime Administration. More recently, he was awarded the Secretary’s Award for Outstanding Achievement, more commonly referred to as the Gold Medal, by the Secretary of Transportation for his role in orchestrating the historic domestic humanitarian sealift mission of the National Defense Reserve Fleet which provided relief services to the Gulf Coast following hurricanes KATRINA and RITA. Krick holds a commission as a Commander in the United States Navy Reserve and is a selected reservist with the Merchant Marine Operational Command Headquarters Unit 0420 in Alameda, CA. He has also been honored as a Rear Admiral in the United State Maritime Service for his devotion to the maritime industry. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the North American Maritime Ministry Association; a volunteer Christian non-profit network serving seafarers in the ports of North America, and is also a board member for the Chapel of Four Chaplains. Closer to home, he serves the youth of his community as Cub Master of Pack 7 with the Boy Scouts of America. Krick received his Master of Marine Policy degree from the University of Delaware’s College of Marine Studies. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation and Marine Engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He and his wife Natasha currently live in Fairfax, CA with their two sons. Mary Lasher was elected to the Committee in November 2006. She previously was appointed to the Committee in January 2006, representing the 2nd District--Ross, Kentfield, Fairfax, San Anselmo, Greenbrae, and South San Rafael.  Susan Miller was elected to the Marin Republican Central Committee in June of 2004 and is currently serving her second term, representing District 5, Novato. She is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Voter Registration Task Force.A native Californian, Susan graduated from the University of Redlands in 1972 with a B.A. in German Literature and Culture. After a short career in the retail industry as a buyer, she began a 25-year career as a court reporter. After a few years in the Los Angeles Superior Court, she and her husband moved to Novato in 1978, where she continued her career on a free-lance basis and raised three children, volunteering many hours in their schools. Susan was active in the College Republicans in the late '60s, and only returned to political activism when she joined the Novato Republican Women in 1998. She has held a number of positions with the NRWF and served as their President from 2004-2006. My vision for the Marin GOP: Too often I find that often my concerns about specific issues are not that different from those of my "liberal" friends. I want to see the Marin GOP utilize our Republican ideals to take on local issues in order to find a more common community purpose and work toward making Marin a Republican county once again. Tom Montgomery was elected to the Central Committee in November 2006, and currently serves as the Committee's Treasurer and Webmaster. He was previously appointed to the Central Committee in February 2006, representing the 1st District, San Rafael and Terra Linda, and had previously served as an Alternate to Andrew Felder. Tom is a native Californian and has lived in the Bay Area since 1969. He graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose and attended Santa Clara University. He is a life-long Republican; the first election he remembers was Ronald Reagan for Governor in 1964. Tom has a 22-year background in the IT industry and has worked for the California State Automobile Association, MCI Systemhouse, WorldCom, Electronic Data Systems, and Wells Fargo Bank. He currently owns two software resellers operating on opposite coasts and based in San Rafael. He moved to Marin in 1998 and lives with his long-time companion Cheryl. He has been involved with the Marin Republicans since 2003, and is responsible for the committee’s technology efforts as well as now being Treasurer. Tom’s vision is to see the local committee be completely immersed in technology, using it to gain new registrations, promote candidates and drive the get-out-the-vote effort. He also advocates running a strong fiscal conservative in the next Marin Supervisor’s election to bring balance and fiscal common sense to the board especially in the area of county pension reform.  Carolyn Patrick was elected to the Central Committee in November 2006, representing the 3rd District--Mill Valley, Sausalito, Tiburon and Belvedere. She was previously an ex-officio member of the Committee, having run as the Republican Candidate for State Assembly, District 6 (Marin and Sonoma) in 2004. Her opponent was incumbent Democrat Joe Nation. She was first elected to Marin GOP in 2002, and was Marin co-chair of the effort to elect Gov. Schwarzenegger. She currently is Co-Chairman, with Andrew Felder, of the Candidate Development Committee.She is a senior biotechnology executive who currently owns a small biotech consulting firm. Carolyn earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Oklahoma and worked on professional staffs of U.S. Senate, Gubernatorial, and Presidential campaigns before entering the business world. She has had an impressive career in business, serving as Vice President at Chiron and Bayer corporations and CEO of Epic Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company. A 28 year resident of Sausalito, she is vitally interested in the welfare of the North Bay. Ms. Patrick is on the Board of San Rafael's Ritter Center and of the St. Francis Yacht Club Foundation, which funds and trains future Olympic sailors. As a volunteer for the World Federation of Hemophilia she conceived and implemented Operation Access, a global health initiative for hemophilia treatment. Frank Tallarida. Re-elected to the MRP Central Committee 2006, representing the 5th District, Novato.
MRP AlternatesSue Campbell, District 1. Alternate to Barbara Howey. Dorothy Horton, District 1. Helen Gregory, District 2. Alternate to Morgan Kelley. Keith Coombs, District 5. Alternate to Susan Miller.
Richard was named Attorney of the Year, 1991, by the Life Legal Defense Foundation (honoring pro bono representation of anti-abortion protestors). Other pro bono legal work has included advising a soup kitchen that was threatened with eviction from its longtime downtown San Rafael location some years ago. His volunteer activities include frequent precinct canvassing and voter registration work over many years; catechist at two parishes during the school year; and kitchen volunteer at the St. Vincent de Paul Dining Room. Richard lives in San Rafael, and is married to Penelope Athene Preovolos, also a lawyer; no children, but 13 nieces and nephews. Richard’s vision for the Marin Republican Central Committee and the Republican Party: I believe in the core principles of the Republican Party, which traditionally favors limited government that respects people’s political and economic freedom and sustains families, combined with a vigilant and vigorous national defense. These principles are reliable guides to help secure peace and prosperity for the United States. I think the proper mission of the MRCC is mainly to support local candidates who adhere to those core principles, as well as to faithfully represent to the state and national party organs the views and concerns of Marin County voters. Jon Loberg, District 1. Alternate to Tom Montgomery.
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Victor Aguila was elected to the MRP Central Committee in November 2006, representing District 5, Novato. Beginning January 2006, as an appointed Alternate on the Central Committee, Victor chaired the New Citizens Committee for the Marin Republican Party. As an elected member for 2007, he will continue as Chairman of this committee. Along with San Francisco's GOP, his committee meets and greets our newest citizens after the Citizenship ceremony at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in SF, twice monthly. The New Citizens Committee provides Voter Registration forms for those who wish to register as Republicans, hands out literature, and answers any questions our new citizens may have.
Vic Canby has served nine terms on the Marin County Republican Central Committee representing District 2, which includes the upper and lower Ross Valley and parts of San Rafael. He served two terms as the Committee Secretary, from 2000-04.
Mary Pat Featherstone was re-elected to the Marin Republican Central Committee in November 2006, representing the 1st District, San Rafael and Terra Linda. She was previously elected to the Committee in 2000, 2002, and 2004, and is serving her fourth term. She currently serves on the Events Committee, helping to organize the Committee's yearly fundraisers, such as the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, Christmas/Holiday Party, and other events benefiting the Committee.
Andrew Felder was the Republican candidate in November 2004 for CA's 3d Senatorial District, which encompasses parts of San Francisco and Marin County. Andrew won 36% of the vote in Marin County, running 50% ahead of the GOP registration. Andrew received endorsements from numerous civic groups including the Marin Independent Journal, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, San Rafael Chamber of Commerce, Pacific Sun, Novato Advance, and the San Francisco Examiner.
