Tom Ammiano

Education

Bachelor in Communication Arts, Seton Hall U., 1963; Master of Arts in Special Education, San Francisco State University, 1965.

Career

Stand-up comic, since 1981; teacher disabled students program, City College San Francisco, since 1991; instructor Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome peer education, City College San Francisco, since 1992; San Francisco city supervisor, San Francisco Board Superintendent, since 1994. Community resource teacher Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome special education project San Francisco UnifiedSch. District; classroom teacher educable mentally retarded.

Teacher of English in Vietnam. With Camp Easter Seal and Recording Center for the Handicapped, San Francisco.

Achievements

• Tom Ammiano has been listed as a noteworthy County and municipal official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active Mission Coalition, Ethnic Minority Coalition, Bay Area Gay Liberation. Organizer demonstrations responsible for including sexual orientation in teacher hiring. Founder Gay Teachers Coalition, Gay Lesbian Speakers Bureau in Schools.

Member community group Project Ten. Member San Francisco Board Education, since 1990, president 1993, vice president 1991. Elected to Sanitary Francisco Board Superintendent, since 1994.

Connections

Life partner; 1 child.