City of Salem
Councilor, Ward 3

BRAD NANKE

OCCUPATION: Environmental Manager, Mitsubishi Silicon America (MSA) 1988-Present

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Field Engineer, Fullman Company 1987-1988; Associate Engineer, Anicon Inc. 1983-1987; Sr. Process Technician, Advanced Micro Devices 1982-1983; Electro-mechanical Process Technician, Applied Materials Inc. 1978-1982

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: West High School, Waterloo, Iowa, Graduated 1977; Mission College, Santa Clara, California, Electronics and Mathematics Courses; Certified Hazardous Materials Manager.

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE:ýStudent Body President, West High School, Waterloo, Iowa 1976-1977; Chair, Morningside Neighborhood Association, 1998-2000; President, Salem Neighborhoods Incorporated (SNI), 1999-2000; Salem Futures Citizen Advisory Committee, 1999-Present; Pringle Creek Watershed Council, 1996-2000

What I Have Done For Salem:

• As President of SNI and Chair of Morningside Neighborhood Association, I have worked to enhance neighborhood livability.

• As a corporate member of the Pringle Creek Watershed Council, I have helped organize educational events, citywide stream cleanups and watershed enhancement projects.

• As a member of a concerned group of citizens and the Morningside Neighborhood Association, I helped defeat the construction of a five-lane roadway next to Morningside Elementary School on 12th Street.

• As a member of the Salem Futures Project, I am involved with the comprehensive review of the City’s long range vision about how to manage future growth to maintain our quality of life.

What I Will Do:

• As a councilor for the City of Salem I will bring my expertise, as a member of the business community and as a leader in watershed council and neighborhood groups, to provide fair and balanced leadership aimed at improving and enhancing neighborhood livability, volunteerism, business viability and Salem’s overall quality of life.

What We Can Do Together:

• We can look for opportunities and solutions that benefit all members of our community.

• We can begin to make behavioral changes toward sustainability.

• We can get involved and let our voices be heard.

 



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