Gleam Davis for Santa Monica City Council 2010

Gleam Davis joined the City Council in February 2009 when the Council selected her to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of Herb Katz. At the time of her appointment, Gleam was a member of the Santa Monica Planning Commission and was the Co-Chair of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights. Gleam has been active in the community since she moved to Santa Monica in 1986. Gleam began her public service as a member of the Board of Directors of WISE Senior Services. Since then, she has chaired numerous organizations including the Santa Monica Child Care and Early Education Task Force and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District’s Facilities Bond Advisory Committee. She also served on the Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS) Steering Committee and helped found LEAD (Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability, Direction for Santa Monica-Malibu Public Schools).

On the Council, Gleam is the liaison to the Bayside District and is the City’s alternate representative to the Exposition Construction Authority which will bring light rail to Santa Monica. As a Councilmember, she continues to advocate for the character, livability, sustainability, and safety of Santa Monica’s neighborhoods. She also maintains her strong commitment to lifelong learning and educational opportunity.

Gleam is corporate counsel for AT&T and supervises all of its litigation in the Los Angeles area. She is Chair of the AT&T Legal Department’s West Region Pro Bono Committee and actively works with KIND (Kids in Need of Defense) which represents unaccompanied minors in immigration courts. Before joining AT&T, Gleam prosecuted civil rights violations as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division in the United States Department of Justice and was a partner at the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp.

Gleam graduated from Harvard Law School in 1981 and from USC in 1978. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up in San Gabriel and Arcadia. Gleam and her husband, John Prindle, have one son, Jackson, who is 13 years old.

Long Record of Dedicated Public Service

• Member, Steering Committee, Community for Excellent Public Schools (CEPS)
• Key Organizer, "Caravan for Kids" to Protest State Education Budget Cuts
• Co-Chair, Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Facilities Committee
• Chair, School District Advisory Committee on Child Care and Development
• Former Co-Chair, Santa Monica Child Care and Early Education Task Force
• Member, Santa Monicans for Renters Rights
• Former Member, Board of Directors of Wise Senior Services

GLEAM DAVIS IS THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME

We invite you to come along for the ride, and help us elect Gleam Davis to the Santa Monica City Council.  You'll be glad you did, and so will your children.

• Occupation: Trial Attorney
• J.D., Harvard Law School, 1981, B.A. University of Southern California, 1978
• Former Civil Rights Attorney with the United States Department of Justice
• Chair, SMMUSD District Advisory Committee on Child Care and Development
• SMMUSD Parcel Tax Committee
• Senior Counsel, AT&T

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