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Personnel Biographies working on SCA3 voter research projects for the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments. Dr. McLarney has recently com- pleted public opinion surveys for Kings County and the cities of Lake Forest, Cerritos and Santa Monica. Prior to joining GRA, Dr. McLarney worked as a Management Consultant for Quest Consult- ing and Training Corporation in Monterey, California, a firm that provides organizational development and training systems to clients such as PE Applied Biosystems, Toshiba, NEC, Baskin Robbins and the Pebble Beach Company. Dr. tMcLimey has also spent time working with the Regional Alliance for Progressive Policy, the Monterey Coun Sheriff's Office Crime Lab, and between 1997 and 1999 was honored as a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Gov- ernmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. McLamey holds a M.A. and Ph. 1). in Government from Cornell University, as well as a bachelor's degree in politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. His academic training and dissertation research focused on public opinion, public policy and mass politi- cal behavior, with an emphasis on advanced statistical techniques, sampling design and sur- vey methodology. Dr. McLarney has presented his research findings at numerous national conferences, has several articles forthcoming, and lectures on research methodology. Senior Research Analyst Dr. Amy Flowers Dr. Flowers specializes in the areas of public policy research and quantitative analysis. She has developed research methodologies to accommodate a wide range of client objectives, using focus groups, interviewing and survey research methods. She has extensive experience in the field of jury research, including mock trials, jury selection, case theme development and witness preparation. Her clients include Read Consulting, a project regarding the com- pletion of the 710 freeway in Southern California, the Redwood City School District, the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office, and the Contra Costa Clean Water Program's Resident Opin- ion Survey. Dr. Flowers earned her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor's from the University of California at Berkeley. Her academic research has focused on communications technology and popular culture. She has published a book and several • articles on technologically mediated communication which have been reviewed in journals including the Australian National Review, Publisher's Weekly, and The New Yorker. Senior Research Analysl Halls Fine Ms. Fine develops many of GRA's corporate market research projects, including recent projects for Hewlett- Packard and Agilent Technologies, Microsoft, Bidcom and Lucent Tech- nologies. To this end, she leads GRA's research team through questionnaire development, 6 e Gfy of San Leandro Godbe Research & Atwl }sis Page 4 Godbe Brunch 1 Analysis