LISA DE ANGELIS

LISA DE ANGELIS heard President Elect FORD Barrett's "Oh, please be the mystery classification talk" and agreed, giving an endearing talk. Agreeing and endearing are patterns in her life. Born the 5th of six kids in a family of "plodder type people," she was raised in California. She played softball competitively for two years at the College of San Mateo community college, earning a degree in law enforcement. To her regret she passed on an invitation to play for San Francisco State. Instead she eventually worked for the San Mateo Sheriff in corrections. She became a Deputy Sheriff #2 after being one of two women in her training academy. She jokes that in San Mateo she spent more time in corrections than their prisoners.

The City of Brisbane said, "Oh Please" be a combination police officer and firefighter, the best of both worlds. Following that the City said, "Oh please" test for Sergeant. From there she changed careers and became the Human Resources Director for the City of Brisbane and was responsible for establishing the City's first Human Resources Department.

Then came the big "Oh please." TONY, her whirlwind, "Oh pleased" her into marrying him at a ceremony hosted by a sister Rotary Club in Taipei, in a service conducted by Chaing Kai-Shek's priest, later legalizing it at her insistence in Hawaii on their honeymoon. She continued to work full-time and even finished her education. In 1996 she returned as an adult learner and completed her Bachelor's Degree in Business Management in an accelerated program with the University of Phoenix. At that time, she was working full time and was able to maintain a 3.93 GPA. "Oh please, let's have a son and move north," led to her raising their son while TONY governed the District in California, followed by a move to Wenatchee at DICK HARRIS' urging. She is retired now and loving her full-time job as a mom doing things like rescuing our Auction. Oh, are we pleased she's here.

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