JEAN QUAN
OBJECTIVE
Challenging opportunity to make a meaningful contribution for social progress and to utilize my wide range of experience in government, tackling complex problems, and community organizing.
SKILLS
• Long term strategic planning & leadership expertise
• Created public-private partnership for economic development and community benefit • Researched and authored innovative legislation in many areas • Developed fiscally responsible budgets in line with policy goals in tough times • Employee-management relations, negotiation and mediation experience • Ability to work with diverse constituents and build coalitions
EXPERIENCE & LEADERSHIP ACCOMPLISHMENTS
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MAYOR, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - 2011-2015 • Championed the Oakland Renaissance winning international recognition of the city’s diversity, food, cultural arts and music, new tech and innovation, and environmental beauty and policies.
Institutionalized downtown’s “First Friday” art stroll, attracting 10 K visitors monthly. • Balanced City budgets through the recession maintaining bond ratings, eliminating a $58 M deficit, weathering the dissolution of redevelopment, establishing a $45M reserve, and ending with City revenues $29 M above budget projections.
• Attracted major new investors for billion dollar transformational projects: 1300 unit development at Brooklyn Basin, largest private Chinese investment in US, and Coliseum City, possibly the largest transit oriented development in the nation. • Unemployment fell from 16.9% to 8.7%, 18,000 new jobs created. • Appointed new Port Commission and negotiated master agreements with government agencies, private investors, labor, rail, shipping, and truck companies to save and obtain $250 M for expansion/modernization of intermodal infrastructure to maintain competitiveness as the 5th largest US port. Worked with Commission to reorganize/pay down debt and hire new director. • Built/restored 1700 affordable housing units. 11,000 new units in the pipeline—25% affordable. Created one stop housing assistance. Negotiated mortgage modification • Negotiated City contracts that shared pension costs fairly and avoided major cuts/layoffs • Reorganized and rebuilt the police department: brought force to above 700 for the first time since 2010, recruited the most diverse police academies in City history, worked with federal monitor bringing reforms to near completion including pioneering personal cameras and dramatic reduction of use of force and citizen complaints. Established data driven geographic accountability for community policing; in 2014 crime trended down with lowest homicide rate since 2000. Set up LGBT Police Advisory group. • Established the Oakland Education Cabinet to bring community resources, educational institutions, labor and business leaders together to support public schools: creating 2100 summer jobs, school linked internships, media campaigns for school attendance and preschool enrollment, recruitment of over 1000 mentors. • Championed programs and funding to stop the Sexual Exploitation of Minors: state legislation to treat minors as victims while increasing fines/sentences of exploiters; intervention and safe place programs; community organizing and outreach. • Worked with the White House, National League of Cities and local agencies to create policies and programs to reduce violence plaguing boys and men of color including implementing Ceasefire interventions with law enforcement, churches and families.
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• Green City: Converted all street lights to LED, increased bike lanes 40% to 141 miles, obtained $6.1 M grant for bike share program, negotiated the greenest garbage contract in the nation (expecting 82% diversion of waste from the landfill and green house gases). • Chaired the International Committee of the US Conference of Mayors, working with the State Department to increase trade and investment. Represented American cities at the 2011 UN Conference on Climate Change in Rio, spoke on local green policies at the China Mayor’s Association and UN seminars, hosted Oakland event for Asian Pacific Economic Cooperative Women and the Economy Summit in 2011. • Championed first state cellphone legislation requiring “kill switches” to reduce theft.
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER 2003-2011
• Chaired the Finance Committee leading community and council consensus on the balancing of Oakland’s billion plus budgets—maintaining strong bond ratings, 7.5% reserves. • Chaired City-Schools Partnership Committee to coordinate programs for nearly half of the city’s pre-school students, school safety police services, coordinate recreation facilities and programs, reduce truancy and increase attendance.
• Chaired the Alameda County Waste Management Board/ StopWaste.org and the Alameda County Recycling Commission. Established programs to establish Zero Waste goals including ban of plastic bags and polystyrene take out containers, requiring compostable fast food containers; pioneering curbside composting programs.
• Chaired the Local Government Commission, an organization of state elected officials promoting Smart/Green Growth policies in planning, transportation and water policies. • Authored pioneering legislation for the licensing and taxing of medical marijuana dispensaries. • Authored legislation for first municipal ID Card with bank debit functions. • Authored and led major tax initiative campaigns to pass by two-third votes: Measure Q to maintain library branches & services; Measure Y to fund Violence Prevention programs and fund community policing officers; Wildfire Prevention District; Measure G to expand the Oakland Zoo, Museum & Chabot Space and Science Center facilities; and Measure I to fund Convention Services, Cultural Institutions and the Arts.
• Chaired the Central Cities Caucus and Asian Pacific American Municipal Officials Committees of the National League of Cities.
• Revitalized neighborhoods by working with business and neighborhood associations to modify planning zones, attract investors, improve storefront and traffic design, plan public art and landscaping, and organize annual festivals and farmers markets. • Published weekly e-newsletter for 5000 plus subscribers; growing to 15,000 as Mayor. Increased citizen participation in policy development, neighborhood councils, neighborhood alert, emergency preparedness and volunteer activities in schools, libraries, park and creek restoration.
OAKLAND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER & PRESIDENT 1990-2002
• Served on the federal Title 1 Rules Making Committee— advocating for more funding for poor and immigrant students. Organized parent councils, training and bilingual services • Major advocate for the needs of urban education – Chaired the California Urban Schools Association and the National Council of Urban Boards of Education, the nation’s 100 largest school districts; Council of Great City Schools Executive Board. • Led local and national campaigns to bridge the digital divide—funding new tech infrastructure, and education providing computers to low income students and families. • Led national dialogues for more multicultural perspectives in curriculum and textbooks. • Led campaigns to fund class sized reduction, science, music and arts programs. • Led first school bond measures totaling over half a billion after four decades of neglect to provide more equitable school facilities, internet and technology, and critical seismic retrofits. Obtained state funds to modernize and seismically upgrade schools. • Expanded school nutrition programs including breakfast and after school programs; initiated juvenile diabetes health education and exercise programs. • Founder and former chair of the new Chabot Space and Science Center—championing science education for women and under represented students.
• First Asian American elected to the Oakland School Board. Chaired the Asian Pacific Islander School Board Members Association.
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION 1983-1989
As one of SEIU’s first Asian American organizers and business agents, led campaigns with highly exploited janitors and health care workers. Helped home care workers obtain recognition and health benefits. Led statewide legislative campaign to reduce case loads for child protection service workers and to require public hearings before closing health facilities. Worked with the SF Community College and UCB Labor Center to teach labor studies and shop steward training. Co-founded Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.
WOMEN IN APPRENTICESHIPS 1978-1980
Recruited, counseled, and prepared low income women for jobs in the construction trades and other high paying non-traditional jobs.
PATIENT ADVOCATE, NEW YORK CITY HEALTH & HOSPITALS CORP 1972-1977 Established multicultural programs for patient rights and health education on the Lower East Side of NYC including health fairs, public school screenings, and multilingual newsletters. Designed new hospital policies to protect patient rights and provide culturally relevant staff training such as pioneering sterilization and translation guidelines.
UC BERKELEY ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES FIELD WORK ASSISTANT 1969-71 Researched and taught classes on Asian American and Ethnic history, women, health issues and the Pacific Rim. Organized and supervised student community projects and research.
UC BERKELEY ASSOCIATED STUDENTS COMMUNITY PROJECTS DIRECTOR 1968-1970 Coordinated placement/training of UCB students in non-profits, community and advocacy programs in the Bay Area. Promoted pioneering environmental justice, LGBT, women’s, disabled rights, and minority programs for Regents’ grants.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ROSE FELLOWSHIP, URBAN LAND INSTITUTE 2011-2012
Interdisciplinary city team study to revitalize downtown land use with national experts, focusing on public/private /community collaborations in the arts, smart/green design, & business attraction.
KELLOGG FELLOWSHIP 2001-2003
Three year focus on urban and immigrant education issues. Site visits to major school reform districts.
Group study/travel in Mexico and Central America.
CORO URBAN INTERNSHIP 1980-1981
Seminar & intern experiences with local & state government agencies YALE IN CHINA, NEW ASIA COLLEGE 1971-1972
Cantonese/Chinese language and cultural studies.
UC BERKELEY, 1967-1971
Founder of Asian American/Ethnic Studies. Developed/taught Asian American History, Women's Studies and Pacific Rim courses. Started student projects—pupil/parent tutoring, housing, health & worker rights.
OTHER ASSOCIATIONS_______________________________________________________ ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS, 2003-2014
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, 2013-1014
BAY AREA COUNCIL, 2011-2014
BAY AREA RED CROSS BOARD, 2004-2008