David Leon Zink was raised in Oroville, graduated from Las Plumas High School and CSU Chico, and now lives in Magalia. He is married to his college sweetheart, Lori, and they have a lovely daughter.
Throughout his career, David raised hundreds of millions of dollars for organizations that make our world better – faith-based charities, California cities and counties, hospitals and health services, colleges and universities, and non-profit institutions. He has guided social service associations to listen to their customers, so they can solve tough problems and grow, and he developed novel solutions when the old methods stopped working.
I’m married to a retired educator and understand the calling. I’m committed to the vision of a California that once again leads the nation in providing quality public education for all, and will look for ways to reward great classroom teaching. I support equity in pay and benefits for early childhood educators, and will look for ways to reward post-high school civil service with funding for higher education.