Nancy is a mom to twin boys, an attorney, a professor, and an experienced leader who knows how to effect change and get results—even when the path forward isn't always obvious.

As the daughter of two high school teachers, Nancy learned early the value of hard work, perseverance, and education. To help pay for college, she spent her summers and school vacations working a wide range of jobs, including as a factory worker, waitress and bartender, caddy, and group exercise instructor. That hard work paid off. After college, Nancy attended law school in San Francisco.

Nancy began her legal career in private practice, representing individuals in complex litigation matters. It was also where she met her husband of 22 years, Bruce.

For the past 27 years, Nancy has served at the California Department of Justice as a Supervising Deputy Attorney General. Her work has taken her far beyond the courtroom. She has been a litigator, negotiator, supervisor, policymaker, and lawmaker, helping write statutes and regulations and working to turn important public policy ideas into laws and policies that actually work. Throughout her career, she has focused on solving difficult problems and protecting the legal rights of Californians. She has received four California Attorney General's Awards for her innovative legal and policy contributions.

Nancy's work has included education reform and disability rights under Attorney General Kamala Harris, fair housing and racial justice initiatives under Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and LGBTQ+ rights and police accountability under Attorney General Rob Bonta. By converting the Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) into concrete regulations and overseeing its Advisory Board, her work produced the nation's most comprehensive system for tracking and exposing racial disparities in police encounters. This in turn has driven important policy reforms that have made policing more efficient and effective, thereby preserving scarce resources. She has worked on issues that affect people's everyday lives and has seen firsthand both what government can accomplish and how challenging it can be to make meaningful change.

Today, Nancy brings that practical, frontline experience into the classroom as a lecturer at U.C. Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, where she teaches law and public policy and legislative drafting. Teaching has become a true highlight of her career because it gives her the opportunity to share what she has learned and mentor the next generation of public servants.

Nancy is also deeply committed to her family and to the community she calls home. She has volunteered in PUSD classrooms, coached and been involved in youth sports—including basketball, baseball, and mountain biking—and served on the East Bay Agency for Children (EBAC) Auxiliary. She has held multiple leadership roles with the League of Women Voters Piedmont, including serving two terms as its President. She currently serves on the Piedmont Recreation Commission and previously served as Chair of the Piedmont Civil Service Commission. In 2013, the Piedmont City Council recognized her community service with a City Council Proclamation.

For Nancy, public service starts with listening, understanding the problem, and then doing the hard work of finding a practical solution.

Nancy is running for City Council because public service has been the focus of her career, she cares deeply about Piedmont, and she believes her experience solving complex problems can help make a difference here at home. Nancy and Bruce are proud to be raising their two boys in Piedmont and to be part of this special community.

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