Ken Yeager

American politician

Ken Yeager (born December 12, 1952) is an American politician. He served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4. First elected to the board in 2006, he represented the cities of Campbell and Santa Clara, as well as west San Jose and the Burbank and Cambrian neighborhoods. Previously, Yeager served on the San Jose City Council from 2000 to 2006. Before that, he served two terms on the San Jose/Evergreen Community College Board. He was a candidate for the 23rd district seat in the California State Assembly in 1996, coming in second.

Ken Yeager was born December 12, 1952. His parents were Ernest Eugene "Gene" Yeager (1924–2010) and Carolyn French Yeager (d. 2003). Yeager attended San José State University, where he earned a B. A. in political science. He went on to Stanford University, earning an M. A. in sociology, and a Ph. D. in education from the Stanford Graduate School of Education. In 2004, Yeager completed Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.

Prior to his career in politics, he taught political science at San Jose State University for 12 years full time. In 1992 he became when he was named as trustee of the San Jose Evergreen Community College District. Yeager served on San Jose City Council from his election in November 2000 until March 2004, when he was re elected for a second term and in January 2009 the governor appointed him the BAAQMD representative on the California Air Resources Board for four years. extending Bay Area Rapid Transit to San Jose, and building California High Speed Rail. In late 2010 he joined the board of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. He is a member of the Caltrain Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors, having served as its chair in 2013. and he is also chairman of the California State Association of Counties Health and Human Services Committee. He is furthermore a member of the First 5 Commission of Santa Clara County. By 2014, he had published Trailblazers: Profiles of America's Gay and Lesbian Elected Officials. Yeager is a triathlete and cyclist and frequently commutes to work by bike.