Mary Sessom

Bio

Career Experience – Political

• Lemon Grove City Councilmember – 1994-1996
• Lemon Grove City Mayor – 1996-2016
• San Diego Association of Governments – Director, Board of Directors, 1996 - 2016; Vice-Chair 2005-2006; Chair of the Board 2007 and 2008 Chair, Sandag Public Safety Committee and the Regional Planning Committee – 2014-2015 and 2013-2014 respectively
• San Diego County Regional Airport Authority - Director, Board of Directors, 2002-2006, 2013-
  2018
• Family Health Centers – Director, Board of Directors, 2013-2016

Education

• San Diego State University – M.S. in Political Science awarded 2002
• Cuyamaca College – A.S. in Child Development awarded 1992
• Thomas Jefferson University, School of Law – J.D. awarded 1978
• CSU San Bernardino – B.A. in Anthropology awarded 1974

Career Experience – Educational

• Full-time Tenured Faculty – Paralegal Studies, Cuyamaca Community College, 2002-2020, serving as Chair of the Business & Professional Studies Department and Director of the Paralegal Studies Program
• Adjunct Faculty – Paralegal Studies, Cuyamaca Community College – 1992-2002
• Guest Lecturer – USD, Fulbright Scholars Program, -2012, 2013

Career Experience – Legal

• Attorney at Law – active status 1979 – 1999; currently resigned
• Judge Pro Tem, Superior Court, Family Law Division, El Cajon, CA - 1989
• Legal Assistant – Dillaway, Hughes & Wilson 1975-1977

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