Dr. (Mike) Michael McQuary

Experience

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  West Coast Properties

  Jan 2008 - now

  Owner

  Mange property and rentals on the Pacific Rim in the states of Washington, California, Hawaii, and Baja.

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  San Diego County Democratic Party

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2014

  Coordinated a GO (Grassroots Organizing) Team (one of six county teams) that supported the election of San Diego County Democratic Party endorsed candidates and propositions in the Central West Area of San Diego, consisting of 200,000 voters, 60,000 registered Democrats, and 500 precincts. The GO Teams successfully turned San Diego County Democratic in 2008, helped to elect Democrats to all statewide offices in 2010, partnered with a broad coalition to elect Democrats for San Diego Mayor, San Diego County Supervisors, and Congress in 2012, in addition to successfully passing a local proposition to raise money for the San Diego Unified School District. Show less

  • Central West GO Team Regional Coordinator

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Executive Board

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  • Director of Clubs

    Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  • CDP Elected Delegate 76th (2009) and 78th (2013) Assembly District

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2013

  • President, La Jolla Democratic Club

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
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  San Diego Coastal Campaign Headquarters

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2015

  Director

  Directed a Democratic Campaign Headquarters over 4 election cycles in La Jolla and Pacific Beach that resulted in an affiliation of seven Democratic Clubs on the west coast of San Diego, which established a Democratic presence in La Jolla in 2006, turned La Jolla and San Diego County Blue in 2008, stopped the Red Tide in 2010, and helped turn Congressional District 52 Blue and elect a Democratic county supervisor, Democratic city mayor, Democratic majority of the city council, a Democratic majority on the school board, and pass a school bond in 2012. Show less

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  Focus on Change in Education-San Diego

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Facilitator and Group Leader

  Initiated a focus group structure (matching individuals with a passion for a topic with experts with a specialization in that topic) for researching and taking meaningful action to address critical issues important to members of our community, one of them being Education in San Diego.

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  Neighborhoods for Clean Elections

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Chair, Steering Committee

  Chaired the meetings of a group of dedicated activists working to amend the city charter to fund city elections (mayor, city attorney, city council) with public money, which successfully received the endorsement of almost a dozen town councils, including all of the town councils in the Central Coast Area of San Diego.

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  Rotary Club of Mission Bay

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2014

  President

  Provide leadership and service to the local Rotary Club in the Greater Mission Bay Area of San Diego (Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Bay Ho, Bay Park, and Mission Bay), which is known as the "Small Club with the Big Heart" because of the small size of our club membership and the number of successful community, regional, and global projects completed each year.

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  Pacific Beach Town Council

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2023

  Board of Directors-Secretary

  Served as secretary and board member of the Pacific Beach Town Council (a community of 45,000 residents and 2,000 businesses) with additional responsibilities with the Governance Committee, Communications Committee, Rose Creek Cottage Committee, and representative to the Board of the Business Improvement District's Discover PB.

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  California Democratic Council

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2015

  President

  President of the California Democratic Council (CDC), which represents Democratic Clubs in California. CDC was the forerunner and is affiliated with the California Democratic Party and is currently an organization of more than 200 clubs with 20,000 members and supports all 400 Democratic Party Clubs and all Democratic Party County Central Committees in California.

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  School Board President, San Diego Unified School District

  Mar 2014 - Dec 2023

  In June 2014, Dr. Mike (Michael) McQuary won the nomination election for District C of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD), which represents the coastal communities of La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma, Midway, Linda Vista, Old Town, and parts of downtown San Diego. He won the November 2014 General Election with 138,604 votes, the largest number of votes of any candidate on the ballot except those running for statewide office. The San Diego Unified School District has more than 133,000 students, 11,000 children of military families, 6,500 teachers, 225 schools, 51 public charter schools, $1.2 billion annual budget, and $5 billion voter approved school bonds. In round numbers, the SDUSD spends close to $4 million a day to support excellent instruction in every classroom, quality schools in every neighborhood, outstanding support services across the district, in what will become the finest school district in the nation.The SDUSD is the second largest school district in California and the twentieth largest school district in the nation, and it is in the eighth largest city and fifth largest county in the USA. Show less

  • SDUSD Board President and School Board Trustee Sub-District C (Coastal San Diego)

    Dec 2015 - Dec 2023

  • School Board Member

    Dec 2014 - Dec 2023

  • School Board Trustee - District C

    Mar 2014 - Dec 2023
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  San Diego Unified School District

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  Board President
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  San Diego International Sister City Association (16 International Sister Cities in 15 Countries)

  Sept 2017 - Dec 2023

  Chairman Of The Board Of Directors

  San Diego International Sister City Association, on behalf of the City of San Diego, coordinates and facilitates the partnership activities of 16 International Sister Cities in 15 different countries. The first Sister City was Yokohama, Japan (1957) and the most recent was Panama City, Panama (2016).

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  Sister Cities International

  Jul 2020 - now

  Board of Director

  During the July 8-9, 2020, annual meeting of Sister Cities International, I was elected to the Board of Directors of Sister Cities International, an organization that pairs cities in the United States with partner cities around the world in an effort to promote global relationships, international understanding, and world peace. These City-to-City partnerships are based on culture, education, information, and trade exchanges, conferences, and events. Currently, there are more than 1,800 paired city partnerships in more than 140 countries. To learn more about SCI, link to <https://sistercities.org>. Show less

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  San Diego International Sister Cities Association (SanDISCA)

  Jul 2023 - now

  Director & Chair Friendship City Committee

  The City of San Diego authorizes San Diego International Sister Cities Association (SanDISCA), which is affiliated with Sister Cities International (SCI), to develop, oversee, and administer international Sister City partnerships. San Diego currently has 16 Sister Cities and 8 Friendship Cities in 23 countries.