Kirsten Keith

Kirsten Keith was appointed by the City of Menlo Park to the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) in 2013. The city provides water to about 10,000 residents in two enclaves of the city, while other water purveyors serve the rest of the city’s residential, commercial and industrial customers. 

Ms. Keith was elected to two four-year terms on the Menlo Park City Council in November 2010 and 2014. She served as Mayor in 2012 and 2016.  Ms. Keith currently serves as a Director on the Boards of BAWSCA and Sustainable San Mateo County.  Prior to her election on the City Council, Ms. Keith's volunteer work with community organizations throughout San Mateo County spanned over 25 years.  She served on the Board of Directors of Sor Juana Inez, a battered women's service agency, and was a member of the Advisory Board of the Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA).  She served as President for two consecutive years on the San Mateo County Commission on the Status of Women, an organization she was activley involved in for eight years.  Ms. Keith is a member of the San Mateo Cunty Legal Aid Society'y fundraising committee for over fifteen years, which raises money to help people in the County obtain legal services they could not have otherwise afford.  She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Service League of San Mateo County.

In Menlo Park, Ms. Keith served on the Community Mediation Services Committee, Housing Commission and was then appointed to the Planning Commission in 2004 where she served as Chair in 2007. 

Ms. Keith was the President of the League of California Cities Peninsula Division during her Council time.

Ms. Keith also served on a number of committees when on City Council, including Vice Chair of the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG), County of Santa Clara Community Resources Group for Stanford University, Vice Chair of the Dumbarton Rail Policy Committee, Grand Boulevard Task Force, and Chair of the San Francisquito Joint Powers Authority. She also represented the City of Menlo Park on the Caltrain Modernization Local Policy Group. 

She served as Council Liaison to the Menlo Park Bicycle Commission, Stanford Parcel Negotiation and Community Grant Funding Committees. 

Ms. Keith has had her law practice in San Mateo County for over twenty years. She is a long time resident of Menlo Park.  She loves to hike, swim, kayak and walk her dogs in her free time.