Chris Mei lived in New York State, Saudi Arabia, Italy and London prior to his arrival in the San Francisco Bay Area. He earned a BA degree in Liberal Arts at Santa Clara University and worked in the San Francisco public schools as a substitute teacher for four years. His work history includes assignments with the California departments of Social Services, Industrial Relations, and the PUC. His primary duties for those departments were in purchasing and property management. He comes to Commissioner Simon’s office from the Transportation Licensing Section of the PUC. He is an advocate of solar energy and plans to install PV panels on his roof.