Sessions
NCPA: Five Decades in the Making
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Thu
Bern Beecham is a long-time Palo Alto resident with his wife, Cheryl Lathrop, and has devoted much of the past 30 years to community service. His public service includes serving on the Palo Alto City Council as a councilmember and Mayor. During his tenure, Bern represented the city as a commissioner to the Northern California Power Agency, and as its Chair from 2002 – 2004.
Bern actively serves on the boards of Palo Alto nonprofit organizations and is frequently involved in additional civic activities. Prior to his civic life, Bern worked for more than 20 years in management with several Silicon Valley firms, and spent over 10 years working with Japanese firms in the import to Japan of large, complex electronic systems engineered and produced primarily in Silicon Valley.