Kelli Valle:
CLASS OF 1977
Harry Ells High SchoolClass of 1977
Richmond, CA
Kelli's Story
Life
After graduation I spent the summer working for our family owned and operated ambulance company. The staff was Teamster 315 and all decided to go out on strike right before I was to leave to go to college in Oregon. I stayed to help as part of the skeleton crew to keep the business going and to keep the community protected with emergency medical services. Well that lasted 2.5 months until we broke the union and hired all new staff and I ended up working for my family for the next 13 years or so. I received a great practical business education OTJ that I eventually used in 1990 when President Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities ACT July 1990. I grew up in specialized t...Expand for more
ransportation for the next 10 years in Marin as the Director of Transportation for Whistlestop Wheels. There I learned to write grants, speak in public and advocate for very needed Paratransit services for those with special needs. I am now back in the East Bay as the Assistant General Manager for the East Bay Paratransit Program. I've been here for 2 years. Personally, I've been with my husband, Joe (a 28 year veteran with Richmond Police Department) for 22 years, married for 21 of them. We have two beautiful daughters, Rachel 16 and Samantha 9. We live in El Sobrante and still love the Bay Area. We hope to open our own PI business after Joe retires and someday travel the world.
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