Ken Yeager

Former Santa Clara County Supervisor

Yeager / Sivertsen Lifetime Achievement Award

Ken was the first openly gay elected official in Santa Clara County. He was first elected to public office in 1992 as a Trustee of the San José Evergreen Community College District and served for two terms from 1992-2000. He then served for served six years on the San José City Council–first elected in November 2000 and re-elected to a second term in 2004. Two years later, Ken was elected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors where he served as Board President in 2010 and 2013. He served for a total of 12 years finishing his last term in 2018. 

Besides holding elected office, Ken has completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, as well as the Ethics in Public Service Program sponsored by the Josephson Institute of Ethics. He has chaired the San José City Council’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Ethics, Caltrain Joint Powers Authority Board, Valley Transportation Authority, Health and Hospital Committee, and FIRST 5 Santa Clara County.