Art Kiesel

Candidate for City Council Member, Foster City, District 1 · Mayor

Art Kiesel is a third-generation San Franciscan and more than 30-year Foster City resident who served in the U.S. Army. He has been involved in Foster City government since 2000, starting on the Information Technology Advisory Committee, followed by three and a half years on the Planning Commission, eight years on the City Council, and two prior terms as mayor; he currently serves as mayor again. His professional background is in software development and consulting, and he recently retired after 13 years as chief financial officer of a privately owned government-and-military-contracting company generating about $15 million a year in revenue. He is a longtime member of the Foster City Lions Club, having served as its president and received the club's Lion of the Year honor.

Available biographical sources describe Kiesel's decades of service on Foster City boards, commissions, and the council, along with his regional roles on League of California Cities policy committees, but do not lay out specific positions on the core city-council issue areas for this race.

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