Linda Seifert represents District 2 on the Solano County Board of Supervisors. Her district includes Benicia, Cordelia, Green Valley and portions of Vallejo. Elected in June 2008, she began her term in January 2009 and will serve through 2012.

Seifert’s service to Green Valley and Solano County has earned her support from citizens and organizations that champion open and transparent government and value community participation in the civic process. She is an advocate for preserving the agricultural character and way of life. She is committed to ensuring that health and social services are available to the very young and seniors in our community. Of equal importance to Seifert is improving the quality of education in our communities.

Her community service included terms as member and Vice President of the Solano County Library Foundation, member of the Child Haven Board of Directors, member and President of the Green Valley Landowners Association Board of Directors, and member of the Advocates for the Arts Board of Directors.

She graduated from California State University in Fullerton [English 1971] and the University of the Pacific Mc George School of Law [1984]. She was a member of the Law Review, the Moot Court Competition team, and the Traynor Honor Society.

The first woman partner at the firm of McNamara Law Firm in Walnut Creek [1985-1997], Seifert represented individuals, cities, school districts, non-profit agencies, businesses and homeowners associations. She served as President of the Contra Costa County Women’s Bar Association and as a member of the board of directors of the Contra Costa Bar Association. She was admitted to the California Bar in 1984.

In 1998, she joined the staff of the California Dental Association, a large health care non-profit located in Sacramento, as General Counsel. She advised the board on legal issues and oversaw legal matters for the organization.  She retired in 2003, and pursued her passion for community work.

She and her husband Roddy Feldman, a retired Fairfield dentist, live in Green Valley.

Seifert’s Board assignments to local boards, commissions and committees are as follows:

• First 5 Solano Commission (Vice Chair, 2011)
• Partnership Healthplan of California
• Solano Land Trust Board of Directors
• Yolo-Solano Air Quality Board (Vice Chair, 2011)
• Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
• Law and Justice Committee
• Law Library Commission
• Local Mental Health Advisory Board
• Northern California Counties Tribal Matters Consortium
• Solano County Water Agency
• Solid Waste Independent Hearing Panel (Chair, 2009, 2010)
• Tri-City and County Cooperative Planning Group (Chair, 2009, 2010)
• Association of Bay Area Governments, Executive Board (Alternate)
• Association of Bay Area Governments, General Assembly (Alternate)
• Association of Bay Area Governments, Regional Planning Committee (Primary)
• Delta Protection Commission (Alternate)
• Health & Social Services & Family Justice Committee (Chair, 2010)
• Legislative Committee (Alternate)
• Senior Issues Committee (Primary)
• Public Art Committee (Alternate)
• Solano Local Agency Formation Commission
• Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District (Alternate)
• City County Coordinating Council
• East Vallejo Fire Protection District
• In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority

In addition, Seifert is a member of the following:

• National Association of Counties (NACo)
• California State Association of Counties (CSAC)
• California Women Lead
• Women of NACO
• Benicia League of Women Voters
• Benicia Historical Society
• Vallejo Chamber of Commerce
• Sierra Club

Seifert and her staff, Catherine M. Ritch and Belinda T. Smith, are available Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM to hear constituent concerns and to meet as follows:

Open Office Hours: 1st and 3rd Monday nights, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (except holidays), Benicia City Hall, 250 E. L Street, Benicia.

Board of Supervisors meetings are held on the first, second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. To review agendas, view streaming video of live Board meetings or videos of past Board meetings dating back to June 2005, go to www.solanocounty.com/agenda. Rebroadcasts of the Board meetings are local cable channels include Benicia Channel 27 on Fridays at 10 a.m., Fairfield Channel 26 at 10 a.m. on Fridays, and Vallejo Channel 3 on Fridays at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.