Deadlines
2018 Women in Leadership Conference
Speakers
Candace J. Kay Andersen
Candace currently serves on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors and began her first term in June 2012. In 2016 she ran unopposed and was re-elected to another four-year term. Previously, Candace was on the Danville Town Council from 2003 through June 2012, serving two terms as Mayor. In her role as County Supervisor, Candace sits on 24 local and regional boards and commissions addressing planning and land use, transportation, pensions, mental health, healthcare, reuse and recycling, economic development, and public safety.
Candace also served on the Morgan Hill City Council in the early 1990's. She is licensed to practice law in California and Hawaii, and began her legal career as a Prosecuting Attorney in her hometown of Honolulu. She put her legal career on hold to serve the community and raise her family.
Candace received both her B.A. in Public Policy (1982) and Juris Doctorate (1985) from Brigham Young University. She attended Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii from K-12.
Along with her responsibilities on the Board of Supervisors, Candace remains an active volunteer in the community, working with the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, on the Guyette Leadership Fellows Mentoring Board at St. Mary’s College, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she teaches a Gospel Doctrine class and has served in Public Affairs for the past 21 years. Previous callings have included serving in presidencies of the Young Women and Primary, as a pianist, teacher, and a Ward Missionary.
She and her husband, attorney Philip M. Andersen (JRCLS, 1984), have been married for 34 years and are the parents of six children ranging in age from 20 to 32, have three daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and five grandchildren.