About Greg Schmid

Greg Schmid
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto 94301
(650) 444-6313
greg.schmid@cityofpaloalto.org

Personal

• Born in San Francisco; lived in Palo Alto since 1973.
• Married with four children, all brought up in Palo Alto

Occupation

• Economic Forecasting and Strategic Planning with businesses and governments

Education

• B.A. Yale College, Philosophy and History
• PhD Columbia University, Economics and History

Council Service

• Elected to City Council, 2008, re-elected 2013 
• Member, Policy & Services Committee, 2009
• Member, Finance Committee, 2008, 2009, 2013, Chair, 2010
• Member, Council/CAO Committee, 2008, 2009 
• Member, City/School Liaison Committee, 2010
• Member, Regional Housing Mandate Committee, 2013 
• Liaison, Midpeninsula Community Media Center, 2010
• Liaison, Santa Clara Valley Water District Commission, 2013 
• Liaison, SCVWD Lower Peninsula Flood Control & Water Shed Advisory Committee, 2010
• Liaison, Avenidas, 2008, 2009 
• Liaison, Historic Resources Board, 2009 
• Liaison, Lytton Gardens, 2009, 2013
• Liaison, Palo Alto Housing Corporation, 2008
• Liaison, Art Center Foundation, 2013 
• Liaison, Palo Alto/Stanford Citizen Corps Council, 2013
• Liaison, Association of Bay Area Governments, 2013
• Liaison, Grand Boulevard Task Force, 2013 

Community Service

• Palo Alto Unified School District, Board, 1989-1993
• Co-Chair, PAUSD Committee 2000 (worked to build a consensus on longer term demographic and economic projections for the school district)

Professional Experience

• Director, Managing Uncertainty-a consulting group doing economic and demographic forecasting and strategic planning for government and business, 2003-2009.
• Director and Treasurer at the Institute for the Future, Menlo Park CA, 1973-2003.
• Head of a research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1967-1973.