Background
Chakos, Arrietta was born on October 4, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Chakos and Linda (Sarafis) Bayou.
Chakos, Arrietta was born on October 4, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of George Chakos and Linda (Sarafis) Bayou.
Bachelor in English, California State University, Arcata, 1976; postgraduate, California State University, Arcata, 1976-1978.
Lecturer, California State University, Arcata, 1976-1978; freelance editor, Berkeley, California, 1978-1979; editor, book buyer, Bookpeople, Berkeley, California, 1979-1983; project manager, Live Oak Company, Berkeley, California, 1984-1989; editor, writer, MacMillan/McGraw Hill, Berkeley, California, 1989-1990; legislation liaison, Berkeley Unified Schools, California, 1990-1994; assistant to city manager, City of Berkeley, California, 1994-1998; chief of staff, City of Berkeley, California, since 1998.
Chair emergency prep task force Berkeley Public Schools, 1990. Member citizens disaster prep task force City of Berkeley, 1990-1994, founder town & gown preparedness group, 1991-1995. Policy advisory board alternate Bay Area Earthquake Prep Project, Oakland, California, 1991.
Member blue ribbon task force, emergency prep Cities of Berkeley and Oakland, 1991-1992. Member loss study project oversight committee National Institute Building Sciences/Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, 1993-1997. Member federal advisory panel on pre-disaster hazard mitigation Congress, 1998.
Member American Association of University Women, League of Women Voters, National Women's Political Caucus, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Center for Ethics and Social Policy.
Married Adlai Stevenson Leiby, October 16, 1981. 1 child, Sophia.