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thumb Schuyler Hudak, (pronounced Sky-ler) is a Bay Area native who is currently a candidate for the Office of the Supervisor from District 2 in San Francisco.

Schuyler was born and raised in the Bay Area and is a UCLA alum.

From a very young age, Schuyler knew that she wanted to devote her life to public service; serving and caring for the community she was born and raised in. Her father served the country as a member of the armed forces, overseas, and instilled the value and importance of service to one’s country and community in Schuyler from childhood.

After graduating, Schuyler had dedicated all the years to public service in one form or another. She began her career by serving as an aide to Mayor Gavin Newsom on public education policy. After that she served as the Director of External Affairs and statewide Field Director for Governor Jerry Brown’s gubernatorial campaign in 2010, leading and organizing a 58-county strategy in partnership with the CDP for the coordinated campaign that helped Democrats sweep the 2010 Statewide races. She also worked as the a Director for the San Francisco School Alliance (Warren Hellman’s non-profit), building public-private partnerships and raising millions of dollars to improve the city’s public schools in 2009. Schuyler has also worked with the City Attorney Dennis Herrera. As Founder and CEO of the documentary video news startup Cor Media, Schuyler was chosen by President Barack Obama and the U.S. State Department to represent the U.S. at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, Kenya in 2015. Cor, was specifically created to better inform and engage citizens in civic engagement. Schuyler has been selected for several leadership programs including Emerge California, Leadership San Francisco with the SF Chamber of Commerce, and the New Leaders Council. As a member of San Francisco General Hospital’s Board of Directors, Schuyler has chaired the hospital’s major fundraisers, raising millions of dollars for one of San Francisco’s most critical safety net institutions. She helped raise over $125 million to fund the new San Francisco General Hospital, prioritizing funding for mental health and psychiatric services for the city’s homeless population.

She has contributed over 10,000 volunteer hours and raised over $10 million dollars for community-based organizations in San Francisco, including millions of dollars to fund public schools in the city during the economic downturn of 2009. Schuyler, currently serves on the Board of Directors at SF General Hospital where she focuses on funding Psychiatric Care and Homeless Services. She is a past board member of the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee; and, has worked alongside NARAL, Planned Parenthood, Homeless Prenatal Program, The American Heart Association, Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Center, Larkin Street Youth Services, San Francisco Ed Fund, the Commonwealth Club, The Exploratorium, Global Giving, International Museum of Women, La Cocina, Samasource, and The United Way Bay Area.

Schuyler’s philosophy is to improve the lives of people by building bridges and partnerships across various institutions, both public and private, and individuals to achieve better results more efficiently, in order to better serve the needs of the community. In this, Schuyler is extremely passionate and completely dedicated and committed to her cause.