Hon. Kathleen M. King
Kathleen King retired from Applied Materials, Inc. after twenty years and is currently the CEO of the Healthier Kids Foundation (HKF), a non-profit foundation focused on the health needs of low income residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo County. Kathleen became a Santa Clara County Board Trustee in February 2018.
Kathleen was elected to the Saratoga City Council in November of 2002 and served as Mayor of the city in 2005 and again in 2010. Ms. King has just finished her term on the California State Dental Board and is a board member of Valley Medical Center Foundation board, Trustee of the Lincoln Law School of San Jose, and a member of American Leadership Forum (ALF) class XVII.
Kathleen King is a native of California. She attended public schools in San Jose, graduated from West Valley College, and Santa Clara University. She resides in Saratoga with her husband, Mark Stark; they have five children, Marie, Allyssa, Nick, Matthew and Robert. Robert has been through 38 surgeries and two bone marrow transplants.
Kathleen is endorsed by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Assemblymember Evan Low, Supervisor Mike Wasserman, Los Gatos Mayor Rob Rennie, Saratoga Mayor Mary-Lynn Bernald, City of Santa Clara Mayor Lisa Gillmor, and the California Teachers Association.
