Board of Directors
Elsa Ortiz, President
Ward 3
Representing: Alameda and portions of Oakland and San Leandro
Term Expires: December 2014
Email: eortiz@actransit.org
Telephone: (510) 891-7211
Fax: (510) 891-4705
Biography:
Elsa Ortiz, attorney and policy consultant to Senator and President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg on issues affecting Indian Nations, was elected in November 2006 and re-elected in 2010 to represent Ward 3 and currently serves as President of the Board of Directors. Director Ortiz was chief of staff and special assistant to California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer during his tenures as State Senator and Attorney General. She also served on the Board of the Bay Area Conservation and Development Commission from 1996-1999. As a bilingual attorney in the California Department of Justice, she worked on issues affecting diverse interest groups. She earned her Bachelors Degree with Phi Beta Kappa honors and teaching credentials from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley and her Juris Doctor degree from John F. Kennedy University of Law.