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Sherri S. Lightner
Sherri Lightner's 2008 Ballot Photo
Member of San Diego City Council representing the First District
Incumbent
Assumed office  December 2006
Preceded by	Scott Peters
Born	1950 (age 60–61) Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Bruce D. Lightner (1949-present)
Residence	La Jolla, California
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego
Profession	Mechanical Engineer, Businessperson
Website	District 1 Website

Sherri Schuler Lightner (born 1950) is a San Diego, California politician and community activist. She is the councilmember for San Diego City Council District 1,^[1] elected to a four-year term in November 2008. She and her husband live in La Jolla Shores.^[2]

According to the San Diego Association of Governments,^[3] Lightner's district has a population of 188,625 people. Council District 1 includes the communities of Carmel Valley, Del Mar Heights, the North City Future Urbanizing Area (Black Mountain Ranch, Del Mar Mesa, Pacific Highlands Ranch, and Torrey Highlands), most of La Jolla and Bird Rock, Rancho Peñasquitos, Rose Canyon, the lower San Dieguito River Valley, Sorrento Hills, Sorrento Valley, Torrey Hills, Torrey Pines, University City, and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus.

Contents 1 Life and Career 2 San Diego City Council 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Life and Career

Lightner was born in western Pennsylvania in 1950 as Sherri Ann Schuler. She moved to San Diego during elementary school and graduated from Crawford High School in San Diego. Lightner then went on to UCSD where she received her B.A. in Mathematics and Sociology and her M.S. in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. She is licensed by the State of California as a Professional Mechanical Engineer.^[4]

Lightner worked in private industry as an engineer for 23 years. She started her professional career as an Engineering Aide at General Atomics (GA), hired by the High Temperature Gas Cooled Reactor Division after graduating from UCSD. Lightner later earned an M.S. degree from UCSD and worked as an engineer in the Structural Engineering Department at General Atomics for eight years, and the company's Fusion Division for another five years. She then accepted a senior engineering position with the Structural Dynamics group at Rohr Industries to work on high velocity (ballistic) impact analysis. After five years at Rohr, Lightner returned to General Atomics to work on the New Production Reactor (NPR).^{[citation needed]}

After another five years at General Atomics, Lightner retired from the engineering profession and formed with her husband a small technology hardware and software consulting firm. Lightner also took up public service work, serving as a volunteer for several San Diego nonprofit organizations. She was the president of the La Jolla Town Council and La Jolla Shores Association and secretary for the La Jolla Community Planning Association.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] San Diego City Council

Lightner was one of three candidates to represent San Diego City Council District 1 in the 2008 election. Lightner led the pack in the June primary, gaining 36.5 percent of the vote compared to her Phil Thalheimer's 33.8 percent and Marshall Merrifield's 29.5 percent. Since no candidate got a majority of the votes, Lightner and Thalheimer were forced into a runoff election.^[5][6] During the primaries, the three candidates spent just over $1 million, a record for City Council elections: between December 31, 2007 and June 30, 2008, Lightner spent $115,298, Thalheimer spent $359,678, and Merrifield spent $653,628.^[7][8] These amounts do not include any independent expenditure or "member communication" money from the Republican and Democratic parties.

Lightner won the San Diego City Council general election in November with 51.9 percent of the vote, compared to Thalheimer's 48.1 percent.^[9] Lightner replaced termed-out San Diego City councilmember Scott Peters on December 8, 2008.^[10] Lightner was elected to a four-year term.

Lightner is chair of the Land Use and Housing Committee. She also serves on the Budget and Finance Committee, the Natural Resources and Culture Committee, and the Rules, Open Government and Intergovernmental Relations Committee.^[11]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/cd1/ (City of San Diego Council District 1 Website)

v · d · eSan Diego City Council Lightner • Faulconer • Gloria • Young • DeMaio • Zapf • Emerald • Alvarez

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Name	Lightner, Sherri
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Date of birth	1950
Place of birth	Pennsylvania
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