Alice Lai-Bitker (CA)
Former Alameda County Board of Supervisors President (Alameda, CA)
2003: Leadership Academy for Elected Officials
Biography
Alice Lai-Bitker was the president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors.
Lai-Bitker first joined the board after being unanimously appointed in December 2000. She was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. The District 3 seat represents Alameda, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, portions of Ashland, and the Chinatown and Fruitvale areas of Oakland.
In her tenure as supervisor, the Alameda resident has been a strong advocate for children, working families and seniors.
She is proud of spearheading the No Wrong Door policy in social services, which calls for services to be given quickly and efficiently, she said.
Lai-Bitker also has fought for access of health care for the uninsured and has championed increased services for sexually abused children and domestic violence victims.
Each October she holds A Day of Remembrance program to honor victims of domestic violence.
Raised in Hong Kong, Lai-Bitker moved to the United States in 1983 with her husband, Steve Bitker, the sports broadcaster on KCBS radio. She has two daughters, ages 23 and 18.
Lai-Bitker earned a master's degree in social work at San Francisco State in 1987 and has been a licensed clinical social worker since 1990.
Before joining the board of supervisors, she served as a staff assistant to Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan from 1995 to 2000.
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