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Pat McMahon, President (Term: 2011-2013)
PMcMahon@prodigy.net
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Pat and his wife, Margie, have lived in Shadow Brook, where they raised three
sons and one daughter, since 1970. After completing his B.S. in Aeronautical
Engineering at the University of Notre Dame and his M.B.A. at Stanford, he
worked at IBM in San Jose, Palo Alto, and Havant, England, as a Quality Engineer,
Systems Engineer, and Quality Manager. Pat subsequently held quality professional
positions at Acuson and Sun Microsystems, and is currently a Business Performance
Improvement Consultant. He is a ten-year Malcolm Baldridge National Quality
Award Examiner, a Senior Examiner for the California Governor's Golden State Quality
Award, and a member of the Board of Judges for the International Asia Pacific Quality
Award. Pat was on the Board of Directors of the Council for Continuous Improvement
for ten years, serving as Chairman in 2002. He is a past Director for the Silicon
Valley chapter of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI), is an
ISPI Certified Performance Technologist, and is a recipient of the ISPI Outstanding
Human Performance Intervention Award. He has written extensively on quality and
business performance topics, and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences.
Pat is a member of the San Jose Leadership Council and, as a regular light rail user,
has a particular interest in transportation issues.
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Joe Boudreau, Vice President (Term: 2011-2013)
jaboudrea@earthlink.net
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Born in San Francisco and raised in Los Angeles (a long time ago), Joe Boudreau, his wife June,
and their three children moved from Calgary, Canada,
to the Almaden Valley in 1967. In 2003
he retired as a History Professor at San Jose State University. June is a Licenced Psychologist
in private practice in Campbell.
At San Jose State, Joe taught Canadian, American, British, and Military History. He was a director of
the San Jose State Seminar in Bath, England, participated in seminars in Canada, Germany, the Czech Republic,
and the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, and was a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities at Yale.
Most recently, and since retirement, he traveled the battlefields of World War One in France and Belgium and
taught an Osher Foundation course (for seniors) on the First World War. He is the author of
Alberta, Aberhart, and Social Credit, a number of articles, and over one hundred reviews of books in
academic journals (and a few on Amazon).
Aside from academic politics, his political career began and ended as the founding president of the Williams School P. T. A.
Now he follows daily political and economic developments with growing alarm, joined the League of Women Voters and, with them,
has a particular interest in California redistricting.
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Bob Boydston, Treasurer (Term: 2011-2013)
rboydnet@sbcglobal.net
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An Almaden resident since 1965, Bob has a degree in Chemical
Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a MBA
degree from the University of Chicago. He is a former air force pilot and has
been active in a variety of volunteer programs including
litter pickup on the Almaden Expressway, the Red Cross, teaching Intermediate Japanese Conversation at Foothill College,
and the interviewing of
student candidates for the University of Chicago.
He has served as Treasurer for the University of
Chicago Bay Area Alumni Group and the IBM San Jose Retirement
Club. Bob is an IBM retiree with experience in market planning,
computer modeling, and financial system programming. He
currently acts as an investment advisor for clients and with his wife,
Adele, has founded a Boydston Family Foundation
which gives grants to educational, artistic, and
environmental organizations. Bob was designated a Distinguished Alumnus by the IIT Dept of Chemical Engineering in 2005. He was AVCA Treasurer from 1997 until
2001, was responsible for the ARK program until the end of 1998, and
was editor of the AVCA Web site from 1997 to 2005.
He served two terms as AVCA President, from 2001 to 2005. In 2008, Bob was
elected as a District 10 Neighborhood Commissioner. He is now serving his
second term as AVCA Treasurer.
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Ray Strong, Secretary (Term: 2011-2013)
hrstrong@hotmail.com
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Ray is a Computer Scientist employed by the IBM Almaden Research Center. He was born and raised in
Dallas, Texas. He received a B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the
University of Washington in Seattle. He and his wife Gloria have lived in San Jose since 1976
and in the Almaden Valley since 1979. Their daughter Alissa was born in 1980. She is now attending
Law School at Santa Clara University. Ray has a long term interest in politics. He has been a member
of the Libertarian Party since the year of its founding in 1972. He is past Chair of the Libertarian
Party of Santa Clara County. He has found the AVCA to be a great source of knowledge about how local
politics works and believes it is performing a vital service for the community. He has served two years
as AVCA Secretary and two years as AVCA Vice President. He was elected Director in 2007 and is now
serving the remainder of his term as Secretary.
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Steven Levin, Director (Term: 2010-2012)
Steve_Levin@msn.com
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Steve has been a resident of Almaden Valley since 1981. His children have attended Almaden Country School,
Castillero, Leland, Los Alamitos, and Pioneer schools. He is an experienced software development, business development,
marketing, sales, and technical writing person. He holds positions on the follow commissions and committees:
AVCA Transportation Committee Chairman
Santa Clara County Roads Commission County District 1 representative
Commuter Network Committee member
Comprehensive County Expressway Planning Study Policy Advisory Board Roads Comm. Rep.
Previous positions:
AVCA/AVHA Vice President of Transportation
Horizon 2000 (San Jose planning study) member
Route 85 Task Force (advocacy group to build Route 85) President
Santa Clara County Transportation Commission San Jose representative
Operations Committee (bus and light rail) Vice Chairman
Transportation 2020 (County planning study) member
Woodside of Almaden Homeowners Association President
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Susan Bailey, Director (Term: 2010-2012)
spdbailey@yahoo.com
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Susan was born and raised in the Bay Area, graduated from UC Davis, and earned her teaching credential from UC Santa Barbara.
She and her husband have lived in San Jose since 1970. They have been residents of and homeowners in Almaden Valley since 1972.
They have three children who all graduated from San Jose high schools and California colleges and universities.
Susan has always felt it to be very important to stay informed and to vote to preserve, protect, and defend our country, our liberties,
and our way of life. She has voted in every election since she turned 21 years of age. Susan has been attending AVCA meetings
since 2008 and says, "The AVCA provides information and helps educate its members on local and statewide matters. I hope
to facilitate this very important function as a Board Member."
Her work experience includes teaching both home economics and K-8 classes, receptionist, bookkeeper, office work,
retail associate and manager positions. Specials interests, projects, and volunteer work include:
President of Santa Clara Valley Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary (1980-82)
Volunteer work at Saint Frances Cabrini School (1981-87)
Started and served as President of Saint Clare's Guild at Saint Frances Cabrini School (1982-85)
Helped start and served as First President of Saint Frances Cabrini Parent Teacher Group (1986-87)
Active in phoning and writing to our elected Representatives concerning illegal immigration (2006-09)
Attending and speaking at City Council meetings (district and general) (2008-10)
Member of Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley (2009-10)
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Bob Strain, Director (Term: 2010-2012)
rstrain@pacbell.net
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Bob and Janet Strain moved to Almaden Valley in 1980. Bob was born in Bloomington, Indiana,
but received all of his electrical engineering degrees from the University of Illinois
(BSEE, MSEE, Ph. D. 1963).
He worked at Standard Telecommunication Laboratories in England, then Bell Laboratories, Harris
Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor, and National Semiconductor. Since 1999, Bob has
been a consultant for start-ups, foundries, and various legal cases. He is a docent with the
San Jose Museum of Art and a member of the Docent Council Board. Bob has been Architectural
Committee Chair and President of the Tract 5027 Homeowners Association. During the past decade,
Bob and Janet have done a lot of international traveling. They have three children and
three grandchildren.
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Jerry Mungai, Director (Term: 2011-2012)
jmungai@pacbell.net
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A California native, Jerry Mungai has a BA degree from Stanford University and a MBA from UC Berkeley.
He worked for over 30 years in high tech companies and was his semiconductor company's representative
on the then Santa Clara County Manufacturing Group, now known as the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.
He has a keen interest in local politics particularly in areas that involve city finances and local public
school education issues.
Jerry and his wife, Joanne, have resided in Almaden since 1970. Their two sons are graduates of
Bellarmine College Preparatory and UC Berkeley.
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