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 Each month in 2005, ARS will be introducing its Board members and Associates. This month, we introduce James Gibson, Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Social Policy, and Robert Grow, Founding Chair Emeritus of Envision Utah.
 Rebecca Q. Morgan was born in Vermont. She holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and an MBA from Stanford University. Ms. Morgan has a long-standing commitment to community service as demonstrated by her career. She served as a member of the Palo Alto Board of Education from 1973 to 1978. Chairing the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for one year, she served there from 1981 to 1984. Ms. Morgan was a California State Senator from 1984 to 1993, and President/CEO of Joint Venture Silicon Valley from 1993-1998.
For her dedication and commitment to the community, Ms. Morgan has received many honors. These include; Santa Clara County Woman of Achievement, the Juliette Gordon Low Award from the Girl Scouts, Senator of the Year from the California School Boards Association and the California State University Students Association, the Dean's Award for Public Service from Cornell University, the 1994 Woman of Vision honor from the Career Action Center, the 1994 Presidential Award of Distinction from De Anza College, the 1995 Community Service Award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews, an honorary law degree from Peninsula Law School in 1991 and Golden Gate University in 1992, and an honorary doctorate in public service from Santa Clara University in 1996.
She also is a former Stanford Trustee, a member of the Stanford Business School Advisory Council, a director of PG&E, a member of Women's Forum West and the International Women's Forum.
Rebecca Morgan is currently the President of the Morgan Family Foundation.
 Manuel Pastor, Jr. chairs the Latin American and Latino Studies department at the University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz and serves as Director of the Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community. Dr. Pastor is increasingly sought out as one of America?s most acute observers and dynamic speakers in his fields of expertise.
In 1997, Pastor headed a team of academics producing a major report Growing Together: Linking Regional and Community Development in Los Angeles. The report received wide press coverage (click here for Peirce column), and was subsequently published by a the University of Minnesota Press under the title Regions That Work --How Cities and Suburbs Can Grow Together. A similar Pastor-led report, Community Building, Community Bridging: Linking Neighborhood Improvement Initiatives and the New Regionalism in the San Francisco Bay Area, was released by UC Santa Cruz in 2004.
From 1984 to 1996, Pastor, who holds a doctorate in economics, taught at Occidental College, where he also served as Director of the International and Public Affairs Center. He has carried out extensive research on urban issues and economic development in both the US and Latin America. His fellowships have included Danforth, Guggenheim, Kellogg, and Fulbright. In support of his research, Pastor has received grants from the Irvine, MacArthur and Rockefeller Foundations, the Heinz Endowment, the National Science Foundation, and many others.
Pastor has frequently played a lead role in assembling urban planners, community activists, and government and business leaders to explore more effective models for economic development and social justice. For example, in 1989, under the auspices of the Kellogg Foundation, he co-founded the New Majority Task Force, seeking to promote equitable economic growth in Los Angeles. He also helped lead a three year project The California Dilemma reviewing environmental integrity, economic development and social equity across the state.
Pastor?s research includes a study of Latino poverty in the Los Angeles region, a review of the Community Development Block Grant program in Los Angeles and Newport Beach, and an econometric study of concentrated poverty in Los Angeles. He co-authored a 1996 work Is There Environmental Racism? providing a detailed review of the geographic location of toxic wastes in Los Angeles County.
Visit Dr. Pastor's website at the University of California--Santa Cruz at http://lals.ucsc.edu/faculty/mpastor/WebPage.htm.
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