Darshana R. Patel
Office: State Assembly (CA) - 76 , Democratic
On The Ballot: True, Democratic for State Assembly (CA) - 76
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Birth Date
N/A
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Birth Place
Pittsburgh, PA
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Home City
CA,
Family
EDUCATION
Certificate, Project Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2008-2010
PhD, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Irvine, 1997-2002
BA, Biochemistry, Occidental College, 1992-1996
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 76, 2024-present
Candidate, California State Assembly, District 76, 2024
COMMITTEES
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
California Commissioner for Asian Pacific Islander American Affairs, California State Senate, 2022-present
Board Member, Rancho Penasquitos Planning Board, District 10, 2016-2020
Executive Vice President, Park Village Elementary Educational Foundation, 2016-2017
Education Chair, Rancho Penasquitos Town Council, 2015-2016
Member, Rancho Penasquitos Town Council, 2011-2014
Postdoctoral Student and Project Manager, Genentech, 2002-2010
Graduate Student, University of California, Irvine, 1997-2002
Pre-Intramural Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health, 1996-1997
Intern, Monsanto, 1996
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Occidental College, 1993-1996
RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS
Board Advisor, Park Village Elementary Educational Foundation, 2017-2021
Parliamentarian, Park Village Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association, 2020-2021
President, San Diego County School Boards Association, 2020-present
Board of Education Trustee and Board President, Poway Unified School District, 2016-present
Vice President Legislation Advocacy, Park Village Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association, 2014-2016
Web and Print Chair, Rancho Penasquitos Town Council, 2015-2016
Police Captain's Advisory Committee, San Diego Police Department Northeastern Station, 2015-present
Free Agent, Nayak Family, 2010-present