Marie Hurabiell

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Marie Hurabiell

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Georgetown University

Law

University of Pennsylvania Law School

Personal

Birthplace

San Francisco, Calif.

Religion

Catholic

Profession

Entrepreneur

Marie Hurabiell ran for election to the San Francisco Community College Board in California. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Hurabiell was born in San Francisco, California. She earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Her career experience includes serving as the co-founder and director of Ellipsis Health, a mental health technology company. She previously ran her own law firm, served as the General Counsel at two media companies, held a Federal Court clerkship, and worked at Skadden Arps.

Hurabiell has been affiliated with the following organizations:

• Georgetown University
• Presidio Trust
• University of Pennsylvania
• Holy Family Day Home
• Richmond Neighborhood Center
• SOAR-D1
• StopCrimeSF
• Wender Weis Foundation for Children

• San Francisco Ballet
• The Hamlin School
• World Wildlife Fund
• California Academy of Sciences
• San Francisco Zoo
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Elections

2022

See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2022)

General election

General election for San Francisco Community College Board (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for San Francisco Community College Board on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Anita Martinez (Nonpartisan)	14.8	90,612
✔	Submit photo	Vick Chung (Nonpartisan)	13.8	84,646
✔		Susan Solomon (Nonpartisan)	13.8	84,266
	Submit photo	John Rizzo (Nonpartisan)	11.2	68,444
	Submit photo	Brigitte Davila (Nonpartisan)	10.6	64,652
		Thea Selby (Nonpartisan)	10.1	62,010
		Jill Yee (Nonpartisan)	9.1	55,437
		Marie Hurabiell (Nonpartisan)	6.6	40,225
		William Walker (Nonpartisan)	5.8	35,604
		Jason Zeng (Nonpartisan)	4.3	26,103

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2020

See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2020)

General election

General election for San Francisco Community College Board (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for San Francisco Community College Board on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shanell Williams (Nonpartisan)	18.0	195,356
✔		Tom Temprano (Nonpartisan)	17.2	186,583
✔		Aliya Chisti (Nonpartisan)	11.7	126,904
✔		Alan Wong (Nonpartisan)	11.4	123,437
		Anita Martinez (Nonpartisan)	10.8	117,629
		Marie Hurabiell (Nonpartisan)	8.0	86,726
	Submit photo	Han Zou (Nonpartisan)	6.9	74,975
		Victor Olivieri (Nonpartisan)	6.7	72,840
		Jeanette Quick (Nonpartisan)	5.3	57,925
		Geramye Teeter (Nonpartisan)	2.4	25,580
	Submit photo	Dominic Ashe (Nonpartisan)	1.7	18,556

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,086,511
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Marie Hurabiell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hurabiell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Ensuring high quality education for all San Franciscans, from pre-school through college. I've spent 22 years on boards and volunteering for a range of educational institutions. I've got a broad perspective on what works what doesn't, how to make education relevant, how to bring lower-income and first generation students into the fold in a way that ensures they will have the tools to succeed.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Ruth Bader Ginsberg. She's brilliant, hard-working, incredibly accomplished, values family tremendously and values people and friendships above ideology. She understands that you can disagree with someone's views but still maintain a friendship. I see that lacking in modern society and hope that we can return to that kind of civic engagement.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Honesty. Integrity. Compassion. Willingness to do what is right instead of what is easy.

What legacy would you like to leave?

I would always like to leave the world better than how I found it. This is an everyday thought that applies to big and small endeavors, not just loftier goals behind running for office. If I see an elderly person struggling with groceries I carry them, if I see trash on the ground I pick it up, if I encounter someone who needs food I bring them a meal or connect them with services. I volunteer a great deal for many very important causes, including education, but also ranging from rescuing and helping human trafficking survivors to arts and culture. I try to live my life as an agent for good in the world.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

My parents made us work for everything, so I had chores around the house since I could hold a sponge or a broom. As we grew the jobs became a lot less attractive - cleaning the garage, etc... and so, while I still had chores, in order to earn money, I found my first job at a bakery and cafe. I loved it. I greatly enjoyed having my own income - it gave me such a sense of my own abilities. I also loved being in an environment where I was able to connect with so many different people and learn their stories. I worked there all through high school.

What is your favorite book? Why?

Who Moved my Cheese - its a classic, simple and has a fantastic message - I shared it with my daughter when she was three - great point that you shouldn't waste time lamenting, but keep moving forward, even if you feel you were wronged - at some point it doesn't matter and you lose more by worrying about what isn't than choosing to forge on.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Hermoine Granger - she was constantly learning.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

It's Time by Imagine Dragons

What is the primary job of a school board member in your view?

In this particular instance, the primary job of a CCSF Trustee will be to save CCSF from takeover or closure. It has been severely mismanaged and will be a ton of work to fix, but I'm up to the task. We must first make every change required by the audit, then we need to methodically assess the points of failure, the the system down to the studs and rebuild so that CCSF is viable and stronger going forward.

Part of this process will also involve the selection of a new permanent Chancellor. The revolving door of Chancellors in recent years has been a drag on CCSF. It is impossible to move forward with vision without leadership.

How might you support the mental health needs of students/faculty/staff?

This is extremely important to me, as co-founder of a mental health technology company, and luckily I have experience with this from my time on the Georgetown Board of Regents. There we implemented a variety of programs aimed at addressing the mental health and well-being of students. Some of these involved professional counselors, peer counselors, as well as group discussions with a randomly grouped students of all grades, so that friend issues could be discussed outside of a normal friend group, academic concerns could be helped by more experienced schoolmates. We also promoted mental health through campaigns and awareness. We implemented "study breaks," more communication with faculty and administration, yoga work shops, meditation workshops, etc... I have experience and best practices to draw from to make a difference at CCSF quickly and effectively.

What role do you imagine technology playing in (and outside) the classroom in the future? How would you prepare the district for this?

Well, in light of COVID, technology is already playing a huge role in education at CCSF. In light of this experience it is clear that CCSF needs to fix it's website, the login and class selection/ sign-up is a complete disaster. This break-down has ripple effects as to what classes are perceived as undersubscribes and thus canceled. Its also clear that CCSF needs review and improve the online experience overall. With a wealth of technology companies in the Bay Area I would like to create partnerships with several tech companies to help expand and enhance online offerings and the overall experience. I hope to to work with CCSF Foundation as well to provide technology to students where there is a deficit.

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