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Donald F. Gage, Director - District 1
Elected: November 2010, Term Expires: December 2014
Donald Gage began public service in 1981. He is a life long resident of Santa Clara County and has previously served on the Gilroy City Council and Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors representing South County residents.
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Joe Judge, Director - District 2
Re-elected: November 2009; Term Expires December 2012
Joe Judge began his service to the Santa Clara Valley Water District in 1986 when the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors appointed him as an at large director to represent the North County. In 1996, he was elected by Santa Clara County voters to represent District 2. His tenure on the Board has included serving as Board Chair in 1989, 1996 and 2004 and Vice Chair in 1995 and 2009.
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Richard P. Santos, Director - District 3
Re-elected: November 2009; Term Expires: December 2012
Richard Santos was elected to represent District 3 in 2000, replacing the retiring director Robert Gross as the representative for the residents of Sunnyvale, Alviso community, Milpitas, Berryessa/Alum Rock communities, east of Highway 101 to the Evergreen community area.
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Linda J. LeZotte, Director - District 4 and 2012 Board Chair
Elected: November 2010; Term Expires: December 2014
Linda J. LeZotte was elected to the Board in 2010 to represent the City of Campbell, portions of Willow Glen and the Cambrian, North Almaden and Blossom Hill areas of San Jose. Linda is a local attorney with 30 years of practice specializing in the areas of land use, environmental and municipal law and corporate development.
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Patrick Kwok, Director - District 5 and 2012 Vice Chair
Elected: November 2009; Term Expires: December 2012
Patrick Kwok was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2007 to complete the term of resigning District 5 Director Greg Zlotnick. In 2008, he was elected by Santa Clara County voters to represent District 5. Patrick previously served on the Cupertino City Council from 2001 to 2007. He was elected by the Council as Mayor in 2004 and also served as Vice Mayor in 2004 and 2007.
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Tony Estremera, Director - District 6
Elected: November 2010, Term Expires: December 2014
Tony Estremera began his tenure on the Board of Directors in 1996, when he was appointed to fill out Director Pat Ferraro's term after the District 2 representative resigned. He has a long list of government experience in both appointive and elected positions, serves as directing attorney for the Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County and is an active member of the State Bar of California and the Santa Clara County Bar Association. |
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Brian A. Schmidt, Director - District 7
Elected: November 2010; Term Expires: December 2014
A resident of Santa Clara County since 1996, Brian Schmidt has been an advocate and spokesperson for the Committee for Green Foothills working to protect open spaces and natural resources in Santa Clara County. He has been involved in Santa Clara County Civic matters for 8 years, which includes previous service to the District as a member of the Environmental Advisory Committee and Performance Audit Committee.
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