Sheila Allen, Deputy to Supervisor Jim Provenza Has Officially Launched Her Campaign for Yolo County Supervisor
October 04, 2023
(From press release) Sheila Allen, RN, Ph.D., currently serving as Deputy to Supervisor Jim Provenza, has officially announced her campaign for Yolo County Supervisor (District 4). The Primary Election will be held in March 2024. Supervisor Provenza, who was first elected to the Davis Joint Unified School Board in 2003, announced in late April that after 45 years in public service; he will not seek re-election.
Sheila and her husband, Mitch, moved to Davis to raise their family. Sheila immediately became active in the community and has been an energetic and effective advocate over the years. Sheila’s enthusiasm is clear when she says, “I am excited to bring my nearly three decades of successful local experience supporting Davis families, a rich understanding of the community I love, and a tenacious optimism to county-level decision-making. My passion and life’s work are to bring people together to address local problems and needs. I care about and have served the youngest to the oldest in our community. As we plan for our future, we always have to remember that our choices impact residents' day-to-day lives, and that is really what matters. I thank Supervisor Provenza for his 4 terms of service to Yolo County, his endorsement, and the opportunity to serve as Deputy Supervisor for District 4.”
Noting just a few highlights among an extraordinary list, Sheila was a founding member of Yolo First 5, a Davis School Board Trustee for 9 years, served as President of the Yolo County School Board Association, has run several successful ballot measures in support of Davis students, chaired the Davis Human Relations Commission, was President of the Explorit Science Center Board of Directors, served on the Yolo Aging and Disability Resource Connection Advisory Board, served on the board of Nurses for National Health Care, was nursing faculty at Rush University and CSU-Sacramento, researched and practiced nursing case management, managed Yolo County Public Health programs, and founded and directed the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance for 12 years. Her work has been honored by Congressman John Garamendi and Senator Bill Dodd, each of whom presented Sheila with their Women of the Year Award.
Sheila is honored to have the support of Supervisors Jim Provenza and Lucas Frerichs, State Senator Bill Dodd, former Senator Lois Wolk, former Assemblywomen Helen Thomson and Mariko Yamada, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin, Davis City Councilmember Gloria Partida, Winters City Councilmember Jesse Loren, Woodland City Councilmembers Mayra Vega, Tania Garcia-Cadena, Vicki Fernandez, and Richard Lansburgh, First Five Commissioner Heidy Kellison, former Davis School Board members Gina Daleiden, Richard Harris and Susan Lovenburg, and Davis College Democrats President Frances Haydock.
For more, please visit: Sheila4Supervisor.com.
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