Board Member Named To Fill Vacancy On Governing Board

At a special meeting held on January 6, 2011, the Board unanimously selected Manny Fernandez to fill the Union City vacancy on the Board of Directors.   Mr. Fernandez was sworn in at the regular Board meeting on January 24, 2011.

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Second and Fourth Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m.

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Pat Kite

L. Patricia [Pat] Kite was elected to the USD Board of Directors in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 to represent the City of Newark. She is currently serving as Secretary on the Board of Directors. Her term expires in 2012. 

Pat Kite is an environmental science writer, Agnews Developmental Center health care retiree, and dedicated community volunteer, selected as Newark Volunteer of the Year. During Pat's 40 years as a Newark resident, her volunteer work has included Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic, Alameda County Public Health Advisory Committee, Tri-City Ecology, Viola Blythe Community Service Center, Los Medicos Voladores, Ohlone Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Furry Friends Rescue, Newark Library League, extensive coastal cleanup, MedShare, California School for the Deaf, Newark Schools Career Days, Friends of Heirloom Flowers, and other great projects, including volunteer local garden writer.
 

Pat Kite holds Wastewater Collection & Wastewater Treatment certificates from California State University at Sacramento, an M.S. in Mass Communications from San Jose State University, a Biology/Social Science teaching credential from Cal State East Bay, a B.S. from U.C. Medical Center-San Francisco, and a J.D. from Northwestern California University School of Law. At Union Sanitary District Pat has served as Chairperson of East Bay Discharger's Authority, the first person from Newark to hold this position, plus Legal, Legislative, Budget, Construction, GIS and California Special District committees.  USD has earned many Awards for Excellence during her service and she is proud to be part of this excellence team.

Tom Handley

Tom Handley was a member of the Union Sanitary Board of Directors from 1995 to 2002 until a job transfer took him out of California. He returned to California in 2006 and was appointed in 2007 to fill the vacancy left when Dan Wilkowsky retired from the Board.  He ran uncontested in 2008 and 2010 and his term expires in 2014.  His is currently serving as President on the Board of Directors.

Tom is the Plant Manager of the Oatey Company in Newark.  His community involvement includes being a member of the Mission San Jose Rotary, Fremont Chamber of Commerce, where he is a member of the Governmental Affairs Committee and a member of the Chamber Board of Directors.   He received his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the Wesleyan University in Indiana, and his Master's Degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix.  Tom believes that as a USD Director he is a steward looking out for the interest of the ratepayers.  Protecting the ratepayer's interests includes ensuring that USD meets all of the required environmental regulations.  One of the major keys to meeting this requirement in a cost effective method is to maintain the infrastructure.  This focus on maintenance protects both the environment and the ratepayers by preventing large future fee increases.

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Anjali Lathi

Anjali Lathi was appointed to the Board in 2002, elected in 2004 and 2008 to represent the City of Fremont.  She served as President of the Board in 2006 and 2010 and her term expires in 2012.  She is currently serving as Secretary on the Board of Directors.

During her 15 years of residence in Fremont, Ms. Lathi's public service and leadership has included volunteering for the LIFE Elder Care Meals on Wheels program, the Fremont Cultural Arts Council, and the SYDA Fremont Center.   

At Union Sanitary District, Ms. Lathi has served on the Budget/Finance, Personnel, Legislative, Construction, and Legal/Community Affairs Committees.  She has also served as the Board's representative to the East Bay Dischargers Authority.  Ms. Lathi was one of the first to receive recognition in Special District Governance, awarded by the Special District Leadership Foundation for dedication to providing the best services to a local community.

She earned both her Bachelor's degree in Economics and her law degree from the University of California at Davis.  She is a member of the California State Bar, having worked in the public sector as a deputy district attorney, and in the private sector as defense counsel for school and community college districts.  She also holds a real estate broker's license and currently works as a regulatory compliance project manager at a local bank.

Jennifer Toy

Jennifer Toy was elected to the Board in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010 to represent the City of Fremont.   Her term expires in 2014.

Ms Toy is an active community member. Ms. Toy is a founding Boardmember of the Ohlone College Alumni Association, and currently is a member of the Tri-City Ecology Center, Citizens for Better Community, and the League of Women Voters. She is a former member of the Fremont-Newark Community College Board of Trustees, and past Boardmember of Christmas in April * Tri-Cities Chapter and Children's Fund of the Bay Area. Ms. Toy has had several years of experience in the banking, retail management, government, and non-profit sectors.

Ms. Toy received an AA degree from Ohlone College and holds a Bachelors degree in Environmental Studies and Geography from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Manny Fernandez

Manny Fernandeze was appointed to the USD Board of Directors in 2011 to represent Union City and to fill a vacancy left by Pat Gacoscos when she resigned from the Board.  He is serving her unexpired term which is up in 2012. 

Manny Fernandez was born and raised in the Philippines and immigrated to the Unied States in 1969.  His first job in the U.S. was as an architect with Franklin, Douden & Associates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  After a year, he moved to California and served as an architect for John Carl Warnecke & Associates and Michael Painter & Associates.  While fully employed, he furthered his education in design, particularly in Landscape Architecture and became a registered Landscape Architect in California in 1976.  In 1979, he left the private sector and joined the Department of the Navy where he served in various capacities.  In 1990, he founded Manuel C. Fernandez & Associates Inc., a design firm offering services in architecture, planning, landscape architecture and project management.  
 

While building a career in architecture, he was also active in community work.  He served as vice-president of the American Society of Landscape Architects of Northern California (ASLA), president of the Filipino American Society of Architects of Engineer (FASAE), and as a Board Member of the FIl-Am Council of Union City.  In 1985, he applied for and was accepted as a Planning Commissioner.  He subsequently ran for a city council seat in Union City and won and became the first Filipino-American to be elected to a political office in the County of Alameda, a position he held for six consecutive terms until he retired in December 2010.

Concurrent with his duties as a councilmember for 23 years, he also served at various times as Vice Mayor, representative of Union City for the Alameda Transportation Authority, Alameda County Library Commission, Housing Authority, Waste Management Authority, and ABAG (Association of Bay Area Government).