Darryl's Biography

Darryl Moore was born and raised in Fontana, in Southern California, 60 miles east of Los Angeles.  A graduate of Fontana High School, he was active on the varsity tennis team and chess club.  In his youth, Darryl was very involved in 4-H, showing his prize winning dairy goats at county fairs throughout the state and obtaining the highest rank in 4-H in San Bernardino county.

After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with honors from UC Santa Cruz,  Darryl went on to receive his Master's degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago in order to find some balance in his education.  While in Chicago, Darryl worked for Alderman Larry Bloom, giving him his first taste of local politics.

After Chicago, Darryl moved to the District of Columbia as an Urban Fellow in the local government where we worked as a Budget Analyst in the Mayor’s Budget Office.  Leaving the Mayor’s Budget Office, Darryl became the Senior Budget Analyst for the University of the District of Columbia.

After working in Washington, DC for many years, Darryl decided it was time to come home, so he moved to Berkeley in 1997 where he landed a job as Council Aide to Councilmember Kriss Worthington.  Darryl then worked for the City of Berkeley's Department of Public Works as a Senior Management Analyst, working in the areas of budget, capital projects, and fiscal planning.

In November 2000, Darryl was elected to the Peralta Community College Board of Trustees representing Albany, Emeryville, and Berkeley west of the University.  Darryl also served on the Board of the West Berkeley Foundation, Public Library Foundation, YMCA, and Berkeley Youth Alternatives.  In 2004, Darryl was elected to Berkeley's City Council as the District 2 representative and although he has shed many of his board roles, he continues to work with parents, students, teachers and the Berkeley School Board on educational issues especially closing the Achievement Gap for all students.     

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