Personnel Commission

• Board of Education Appointee
• Original Appointment Date: February 7, 2018
• Latest Appointment Date:  February 7, 2018

Education

• B.S. in Elementary Education & Psychology – Russell Sage College
• Juris Doctor – UC Hastings, College of Law
• Member, California State Bar

Chelsea Bonini joins the Commission with recent experience as a member of the Governing Board of the San Mateo-Foster City School District. During her term, she served on the Executive Board of the San Mateo County School Boards Association and on Assemblymember Kevin Mullin’s Educational Advisory Committee.

Ms. Bonini began her career as a Kindergarten First Grade and Title I reading teacher in the South San Francisco Unified School District from 1994 to 1998. She attended law school at UC Hastings, graduated, and was admitted to the California State Bar in 2001. Ms. Bonini continues to practice law, serving the needs of a variety of individual and business clients, as well as working part-time as In-House Corporate Counsel for Lundberg Family Farms.

Ms. Bonini has consistently served in community-based leadership roles including various task forces and steering committees within San Mateo County. Her work focus is on housing, wellness, early literacy, access to arts, advocacy for equitable opportunities, and support structures for all students including students with special needs.

• Personnel Commission Appointee
• Original Appointment Date: July 14, 1999
• Latest Appointment Date: December 1, 2018

Education

• B.A. in History – Stanford University
• M.A. in Counseling Psychology – UC Berkeley
• Juris Doctor – Santa Clara University

Christine Coffey brings to the Commission a broad-based employment background in education and public service. She has held positions as a college Counselor and Assistant Dean of Students, and worked with the Educational Testing Service in the examination development division. Ms. Coffey has served as Director, Small Claims Advisory in San Mateo County where she held roles advising small claims litigants and resolving matters with California Consumer Affairs Department. In addition, she has served as a consumer board arbitrator and as member on the ADA Compliance Committee for the Commission on Disabilities. 

• Classified Employees Appointee
• Original Appointment Date: March 11, 2020
• Latest Appointment Date:  March 11, 2020

• December 12 (Agenda, Minutes)
• November 14 (Agenda, Minutes)
• October 17 (Agenda, Minutes)
• October 10 - Special Meeting (Agenda, Minutes)
• September 17 (Agenda, Minutes)
• August 22 - Special Meeting (Agenda, Minutes)
• August 8 (Agenda, Minutes)
• July 11 (Agenda, Minutes)
• June 13 (Agenda, Minutes)
• May 9 (Agenda, Minutes)
• April 25 (Agenda, Minutes)
• March 14 (Agenda, Minutes)
• February 14 (Agenda, Minutes)
• January 10 (Agenda, Minutes)