Preceded by David Chiu Name Julie Christensen Occupation Politician | Nationality United States Succeeded by Aaron Peskin Role American Politician | |
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Residence San Francisco, California, United States | ||
Julienne "Julie" Christensen is an American politician, who served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from January 2015 to December 2015, representing District 3.
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Biography
After studying sculpture, painting, and pre-law, Christensen worked for design firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in San Francisco before starting her own firm, Surface Work, in 1981. Among her designs is the KitchenAid candy apple red mixer.
Political career
In January 2015, Christensen was appointed by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to fill the District 3 supervisorial vacancy left by former Board of Supervisors President David Chiu upon his election to the California State Assembly. In the closely fought supervisorial election in December 2015, she was defeated by Aaron Peskin, who had previously held the seat from 2001 until 2009.
She has also served on the Advisory Board for the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association and is an active proponent of extending San Francisco's Central Subway to North Beach.
Christensen currently serves as the Executive Director of the Dogpatch & NW Potrero Hill Green Benefit District.