Dear Friends and Del Mar RESIDENTS,
I am running for re-election to continue to serve you and our community.
Many challenges to the well-being of our neighborhoods have arisen in recent years.
I have been involved in addressing these challenges, and I want to continue to work for your benefit and for the benefit of our community.
It has been an honor to serve as your Del Mar City Council Member for two terms including as your Mayor in 2021 and 2025.
My motivation for running for City Council has always been to listen to residents' problems and help to solve them.
If elected, I pledge to continue to work with the City Council to make the best decisions for all of our Del Mar residents.
My top priorities for Del Mar are listed below.
I would appreciate and be honored to have your vote for re-election to City Council on November 3rd.
Let's Preserve and Protect Del Mar Together.
Sincerely,
Terry
Protect our environment
Address Climate Change Proactively in Del Mar and Beyond
- Update our Climate Action Plan with the latest science and continue to implement the elements of the plan
- Convert organic waste into soil locally to capture and re-use the methane to power EDCO Waste Management trucks
- Expand use of renewable energy sources through CEA (Clean Energy Alliance)
- Encourage residential rooftop solar with battery-backup
- Push to relocate nuclear waste stored at San Onofre 100 feet from high tide line
- Push to fix the ongoing Tijuana River sewage and air pollution crisis by increasing sewage treatment capacity on both sides of the border
About Terry Gaasterland
25-year resident of Del Mar
CIty Council Member (2018 - present)
Mayor (2021 and 2025)
Sea Level Rise Advisory Committee Chair (2014 - 2018)
Design Review Board member (2017 - 2018)
Finance Committee member and Chair (2008 - 2010)
SANDAG Board Member for Del Mar (2021-2026)
NCTD Board Member for Del Mar (2020-2021)
Scientist
Tenured Professor, Computational Biology and Genomics, University of California, San Diego
Muir College Faculty, UCSD
Chair, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Graduate Program, UCSD
Faculty Mentor, Undergraduate BioInformatics Majors (UBIC), UCSD
Member, Institute for Genomic Medicine, UCSD
Co-Founder and Vice-President (re-elected 5 terms) International Society for Computational Biology
100+ published research articles on genomes and genetic basis of human disease
Education - Training - Experience
Duke University, 1984 - BS, Computer Science & Russian/Slavic Studies (A.B. Duke Scholar, full scholarship)
University of Maryland, 1988 - MS, Systems, Computer Science
University of Maryland, 1992 - PhD, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science
Design Engineer 1984-1988 - Texas Instruments, Process Control Systems
Enrico Fermi Scholar, 1992-1994 - US Department of Energy
Computer Science Faculty, 1994-1998 - University of Chicago
Head of Lab, 1998 - 2003 - The Rockefeller University
Presidential Award (PECASE), 2000 - US National Science Foundation (President Bill Clinton)
NYC Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science & Technology, 2003 (Mayor Mike Bloomberg)
Director, Scripps Genome Center, UCSD, 2004-2017
Fellow, International Society for Computational Biology
Chair, Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Graduate Program, UCSD, 2020-present
Terry Gaasterland For Del Mar
Please help me continue to represent the citizens of Del Mar and work for the benefit of our community and our residents.
Any contribution you could comfortably make to bring this about would be very much appreciated.
LET'S PRESERVE AND PROTECT DEL MAR TOGETHER
