Contra Costa Democratic Party

Thursday, 7:30 pm March 27, 2008
(note: changed date )
ORINDA COMMUNITY CHURCH, 10 Irwin Way, Orinda
Social Hour: 6:30 p.m., Club Business: 7:30 p.m., Speakers: 8:00 p.m.

Congressman McNerney was sworn into office on January 4, 2007. He is proud to serve the 11th District, which includes parts of San Joaquin County in the Central Valley as well as parts of Contra Costa, Alameda and Santa Clara Counties in the Bay Area. Congressman McNerney serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee as a member of both the Highways and Transit and the Water Resources and Environment subcommittees. He also serves on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and the House Committee on Science and Technology. McNerney, who has his PhD in mathematics, served several years at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico as a national security contractor. Then he moved to California, accepting a senior engineering position with US Windpower, Kenetech, and in 1994 began working as an energy consultant for PG&E, FloWind, the Electric Power Research Institute, and other utility companies. Prior to his election to Congress, he served as the CEO of a start-up company that manufactures wind turbines. During his career in wind energy, McNerney=92s work contributed to saving the equivalent of approximately 30 million barrels of oil, or 8.3 million tons of carbon dioxide. Given his unique background and dedication, McNerney was appointed to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.

McNerney and Mary, his wife of 30 years, live and raised their children in Pleasanton, California. Their oldest son, Michael, a reserve officer in the US Air Force is now studying law at American University in Washington, DC. Daughter Windy graduated with an advanced degree in neuroscience, and youngest son, Greg, is studying bio-physics at UC Davis.