To: Board of Supervisors
From: Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Report Title: Resolution recognizing Ann Appert as the 2025 Lafayette Citizen of the Year
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Resolution recognizing Ann Appert as the 2025 Lafayette Citizen of the Year
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact
BACKGROUND:
Resolution recognizing Ann Appert as the 2025 Lafayette Citizen of the Year
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
No negative action
The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California
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Whereas, Ann Appert grew up in San Rafael, attended Cornell University, followed by a 10-year career in finance, including working on Wall Street, before moving to Lafayette in 1994 with her husband, Peter, and three daughters; and
Whereas, Ann has transformed the Lafayette Community through three decades of outstanding contributions to the community, through a long list of achievements; and
Whereas, Ann championed local education, first volunteering in the local schools, then serving on the Lafayette School District Governing Board for eight years; and
Whereas, Ann served on the Community Foundation of Lafayette Board for ten years, spearheading the fundraising effort with a small group she calls ‘the library cabinet’ to create the innovative Lafayette Library and Learning Center; and
Whereas, these community organizing experiences led to a second career at WestEd, coordinating the collaboration of over 20 state education agencies efforts to implement their Race to the Top Grants; and
Whereas, upon retiring from WestEd, Ann returned to the Community Foundation of Lafayette as the Grant Committee Chair, is a long-time member of the JF Kapnek Trust Board, and bakes custom birthday cakes for foster children; and
Whereas, Ann’s spirit of service is part of what makes Lafayette a special place to live.
Now, therefore be it resolved that the District 2 Supervisor of Contra Costa County does hereby honor and thank
Ann Appert
for her continued dedication and volunteer work
supporting the Lafayette community.