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Personnel Biographies Research Analyst Rick Li Mr. Li has extensive training in all phases of survey research methodology, including sam- pling design, questionnaire development and quantitative data analysis. At GRA, he is responsible for ensuring high quality data collection and data processing for the firm's research projects. He also assists GRA's staff in proposal writing, questionnaire design, data analysis, report writing and results presentation. His experience with media and public opin- ion research makes him a valuable addition to GRA's research team. Mr. Li has currently assisted the finn's senior staff with research projects for the City of San Leandro, the City of Santa Monica, Kings County, Latino Issues Forum, the Redwood City School District and the • Hueneme Elementary School District. Prior to joining GRA, Mr. Li worked for MetaResearch in Sacramento on customer satisfac- tion evaluation surveys. Mr. Li received his MA. from the School of Journalism and Commu- nication at the Ohio State University concentrating on public opinion and media research. There he participated in several public opinion research projects and assisted in teaching research methods courses. His research interests include quantitative research methodology, advanced statistics, pre- election lolling evaluation techniques and new media technologies. He is also fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese and sensitive to the cultural subtleties of con- ducting research in the Asian community'. Statistical Analyst Dr. Herbert Medina Dr. Herbert Medina works out of GRA's Los Angeles office where he provides statistical and methodological support. Dr. Medina is a tenure -track Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Dr. Medina received Doctorate and Masters degrees in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Medina is well versed in a number of complex statistical techniques and optimization analysis techniques. He has been published in such academic journals as the Michigan Mathematics Journal (Unitary Operators Arising from Irrational Rotations on the Circle Group) and the Illinois Journal of Mathematic (Connections Between Additive Cocycles and • Bishop Operators). Dr. Medina recently published a paper for the American Mathematical Society on Functions That Are Trivial Cocycles for a Set of Irrationals. Dr. Medina serves on the board of directors for the Central American Resource Center and he is a member of the American Mathematical Society (TUNS) and the Society for the Advance - anent of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SAGAS). • s,. ° i� Cy of San Leandro Gdbe Re azrtb 6 Analysis ;odbeSararth I',anis page 6