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About Alice Lai-Bitker
 Alice chairs the Board's Health Committee, serves on the Board's Social Service Committee, and is a member of the Alameda County Interagency Children's Policy Council. In addition, she is a member of the Alameda County Transportation Authority, East Bay Economic Development Alliance and the Alameda County Sexually Exploited Minors Network and also represents the Board of Supervisors on the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the Bay Area Partnership, the Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Joint Powers Authority, and the Tobacco Control Coalition. Within District 3, Alice serves as co-chair of the Alameda Collaborative for Children, Youth and Their Families, and of the Oakland Airport Community Noise Management Forum, and also she sits on the Executive Committee for the San Leandro Collaborative for Children, Youth and Their Families. She serves on the board of the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Community Partnership Board, and Cal State Hayward Institute for Mental Health and Wellness Education Board. During her tenure as Supervisor, Alice has been a strong advocate for increasing health care for children spearheading the No Wrong Door policy in Social Services that allows services to be given quickly and efficiently. Her work on domestic violence includes A Day of Remembrance, honoring victims of domestic violence, and assisting in getting federal funds for a Family Justice Center to streamline services to families suffering with domestic violence. Alice was unanimously appointed to the Board in 2000 and elected in 2002. Prior to serving on the Board, she served as a staff assistant to Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan from 1995 to 2000. In that capacity, Alice was instrumental in shaping the county's policies and programs related to social services and health care, particularly mental health, child welfare, and welfare reform. Alice worked as a social worker at Asian Community Mental Health Services where she provided direct services and therapeutic intervention and treatment. During her ten-year career as a social worker and clinical supervisor, Alice became well versed in mental health policy issues and advocated for these issues. She is a co-founder of the Association of Chinese Families of the Disabled and the East Bay Chinese Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Alice received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology from Hong Kong Shue Yan College in 1981. She earned a Master's degree in Social Work at San Francisco State University in 1987 and has been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker since 1990. Alice came to the United States in 1983 and has lived in Alameda with her family since 1988. Her husband, Steve Bitker, is a sports broadcaster at KCBS radio. Her daughter Janelle attends public school in Alameda, while Mei-Ling is completing her degree at UC Davis. For more information, please contact the staff of Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker:
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