Owner and operator of Hermanson�s Employment Services, an alternative temporary employment and billing service (established in 1980) that serves hundreds of temporary workers nationwide each year.
Treasurer of the San Francisco Minimum Wage Coalition. The coalition advocated for and passed Prop. L last November - increasing the minimum wage in San Francisco for all employers/employees to $8.50 per hour. More than 54,000 workers will see an increase in pay when this law is implemented in February.
Member of the San Francisco Local Homeless Coordinating Board
Chairperson of the San Francisco Network Ministries Housing Corporation
Member of the Program Resource Committee of the San Francisco Workforce Investment Board
In 1999 and 2000 served as co-chair of the steering committee for the San Francisco Living Wage Coalition which successfully advocated for higher wages for more than 20,000 low wage workers on city contracts and at the airport.
Candidate for Supervisor in District 4 in San Francisco (the Sunset) last fall.
Past president of the Merchants of Upper Market & Castro, one of the largest neighborhood business organizations in San Francisco.
Member of Responsible Wealth a national network of business people, investors and affluent Americans who are concerned about deepening economic inequality and are working for widespread prosperity.
