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YEO Bios
Andy Katz

Utility District Board Member Director
Berkley, California
Andy Katz was first elected to the East Bay Municipal Utility District in 2006,
serving as board president from 2013-2014. Katz is an environmental,
public health, and workers’ rights attorney and is a former chair of Sierra
Club California. Prior to his election to the EBMUD Board, he served for
five years as a member of the City of Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board.
Katz supported EBMUD’s efforts to expand water conservation programs
and double recycled water projects, protect water quality, and efforts to protect climate, including
expanding solar energy and converting food scraps into renewable energy. He initiated the policies
protecting tenants in apartment buildings from water service termination, and addressed gaps which
led to the expansion of the Customer Assistance Program, which provides lifeline rates for lowincome households. He has a B.A. and Master of City Planning degree from U.C. Berkeley and a law
degree from Santa Clara University. @andykatz

Kevin Killer

State Representative
Pine Ridge, South Dakota
State Representative Kevin Killer is currently serving his third term in the
South Dakota State Legislature, where he serves on the Judiciary and
State Affairs Committee. Killer is the treasurer for the Native American
Caucus of State Legislators and on the State Agricultural and Rural Leaders
Association. He is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. Killer has
worked for his state political party, South Dakotans Against Discrimination,
and the election campaigns for President Barack Obama, Senators Tom Daschle and Tim Johnson,
and Representative Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin. Representative Killer is currently a trainer for the
Native American Leadership Program for Wellstone Action. Killer is a proud alumnus of the Young
People For fellowship program in addition to the YEO Network’s Front Line Leaders Academy.
@Kevinck04

Jeffery Demond Kilpatrick
Mayor

Mayor Jeffrey Kilpatrick was first elected to serve the city of Drew in 2005,
and re-elected for a second term in 2009. He earned a bachelor of science
in health physical education and recreation and a master of science in
criminal justice from Mississippi Valley State University. He is a graduate
of the Mississippi Police Academy. Kilpatrick rose through the ranks as a
correctional lieutenant at Mississippi State Penitentiary, where he has been
employed for the last 18 years. In 2007, he founded the Drew Boys and Girls Club, where he serves as
a role model and mentor for young men in the community.

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