Sunne Wright McPeak
President and CEO
California Emerging Technology Fund
The Hearst Building, 5 Third Street, Suite 520, San Francisco, California 94103
Telephone: (415) 477-CETF (2383) Fax: (415) 744-2399 sunne.mcpeak@CETFund.org
Business and Professional Experience
 Secretary, California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, 2003 –2006
 President & CEO, Bay Area Council, 1996 – 2003
 President & CEO, Bay Area Economic Forum, 1993 - 1996
 Elected Member, Board of Supervisors, Contra Costa County, 1979-1994
 Director, Simpson Manufacturing, Inc., 1995-2003
 Director, First Nationwide Bank, 1983-1994
 Owner, McPeak Associates, 1974-1978 (management consulting firm in health and human services)
 Executive Director, Pittsburg Community Health Center, 1972-1974
 Consultant, Contra Costa Comprehensive Health Planning Association, 1971-1972
Education
 B.A. in Independent Major (International Medicine), University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970
(President of both Junior and Senior classes)
 Master of Public Health (Health Education and Medical Care Administration), University of
California, Berkeley, 1971
 Honorary Doctor of Human Letters, California State University, East Bay (Hayward), 1998
 Honorary Doctor of Public Service, John F. Kennedy University, Contra Costa County, 2004
Public Service
 California Forward Leadership Council, 2008 Founding Chair and Director, California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley, 2005 Member, Delta Vision Blue Ribbon Task Force, 2007-2008; Delta Vision Foundation, 2009 Governor’s Appointee, California Broadband Task Force, 2007-2008
 Vice Chair, California Consumer Power and Conservation Financing Authority, 2001-2004
 Member, California Economic Strategy Panel, 2002-2003
 Founding Co-Chair, Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities, 1997-2003
 Chair, California Center for Regional Leadership, 2001-2003
 Member, Speakers’ Commissions on State-Local Finance and Regionalism, 1999-2002
 Founding Member of the Board of Directors, BRIDGE Housing Corporation, 1981-2003
 Co-Chair, CalFed Bay Delta Advisory Council, 1995-2001
 Chair, Committee for Water Policy Consensus (for 12 Bay-Delta counties), 1983-1993
 Co-Chair, State Water Conservation Coalition, 1989-1993
 Co-Chair, California Coalition to Stop the Peripheral Canal (Proposition 9, June 1982 ballot)
 Co-Chair, Sustainable Conservation, Inc., 2000-2002
 Member, State Legislative Council on Nutrition Labeling, 1990-1991
 Co-Chair, California Affordable Housing Partnership Project, 1991-1995
 Leader, California State Association of Counties, 1979-1993; President – 1983-1984
 Founder, California Public-Private Partnership Commission / California Council on Partnerships
 Commissioner, Contra Costa Transportation Authority, 1988-1993
 Board Member, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, 1981-1993
 President, Contra Costa Health Coalition, 1982-1998
 Initiator and Leader, Contra Costa Health Plan, 1979-1994
 Chair, Contra Costa Child Care Task Force, 1985-1993
 Initiator, Contra Costa Hazardous Waste Task Force, 1983
 Founder, Contra Costa Family and Children’s Trust Fund and the Year of the Family, 1982
Community Service
 Chair, Northern California Council for the Community, 1994-2003
 Director, United Way of the Bay Area, 1994-2003 (Volunteer Merit Award, 1985)
 Founder, Bay Area Partnership: Building Health and Self-Sufficient Communities, 1995
 Faculty Member, Public Health Leadership Institute, 1992-1993
 Former President, University of California, Santa Barbara, Alumni Association
 Leader and Member (Past and Present): National Women’s Political Caucus of Contra Costa County
(A Founder Mother); Soroptimist International; Business and Professional Women (BPW);
American Association of University Women (AAUW); National Organization for Women (NOW);
League of Women Voters of Diablo Valley; Japanese American Citizens League (JACL); NAACP
Life Member; Chinese American Political Association; Lambda Alpha; Mt. Diablo Interpretive
Association; Animal Rescue Foundation; YWCA and YMCA; CHP 11-99 Foundation; California
Foundation on the Environment and Economy (Chairman’s Award 2004)
Honors and Awards
 Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors officially named their public boardroom the
“Sunne Wright McPeak Board Chambers” upon retirement as a Supervisor in 1994
 Bay Area Leadership Foundation Citizen of the Year, 2010
 HBNC Women’s Council Outstanding Contributions to the Homebuilding Industry, 2007
 East Bay Economic Development Association Vision and Leadership Award, 2007
 California Healthcare Institute, Visionary Award, 2005
 H2O Leadership Awards, 2000, 1991 (Conservation), California Water Policy Conference
 “Woman Who Could Be President” Award, 1997, San Francisco League of Women Voters
 First Annual Sunne Wright McPeak Humanitarian Award, 1994, Shelter, Inc.
 Special Service Awards, 1994: Pacheco Town Council and Pacheco Municipal Affairs Council;
Clyde Civic Improvement Association; Association of Federal, State and Municipal Employees;
Contra Costa County Housing Authority Advisory Commission; National Japanese American
Citizen’s League, Child Abuse Prevention Council; Friends in Recovery
 Congressional Citation from Congressman George Miller, 1994
 Outstanding Legislator, 1993, San Francisco Bay Area Tobacco Control Coalition
 Ben Russell Humanitarian Award, 1993, Phoenix Programs, Inc.
 Outstanding Legislator, 1993, Chinese American Political Association of Contra Costa
 Legislator of the Year, 1993, Business and Professional Women, Bay Valley District
 Distinguished Citizen Award, 1993, Soroptimist International of Concord
 Kiddie Award Hall of Fame (first inductee), 1992, Contra Costa Child Care Council
 Distinguished Service Award, 1991, California State Association of Counties (first time given to a
Supervisor); CSAC President’s Award, 1993 and2006; CSAC Life Achievement Award, 2009
 Outstanding Service Towards Drug-Free School, 1991, Mt.; Diablo Unified School District
 Silver Spoon Award, 1991, Diablo Valley Dietetic Association
 Public Official Advocate of the Year, 1987, California Commission on Aging
 Paul Harris Award, 1986, Rotary International (for helping promote Friday Night Live)
 Outstanding Young Californians Award, 1984, Jaycees
 Citizen Appreciation Award, 1984, National Health Screening Council for Voluntary Health
Organizations, Inc. (one of only two awards given to individuals in the nation, co-honoree Al Gore)
 Distinguished Citizen Award, 1983, Mt. Diablo Council, Boy Scouts of America
 Award for Continuing Service to Working People, 1983, Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO, and
Building Trades Council of Contra Costa County
 Distinguished Service Award, 1982, Contra Costa Council
 Government Service Award, 1982, Contra Costa Association for Retarded Citizens
 Honorary Mexican-American of the Year, 1981, United Council of Spanish-Speaking Organizations
 George Moscone Memorial Award, 1980, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)