Dale Amaral

Elected by Safety Member

Member Seat 7

Term Expires December 31, 2010

Dale E. Amaral, a Captain in the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, was elected to the position of Safety Members Representative, Seventh Seat, to the ACERA Board in January 2005. His term ends December 31, 2010. He is presently vice-chair of the Investment Committee. He also serves on the Operations and Retirees Committees and sits on the Ad Hoc Actuarial, Audit, and Governance Committees.

Presently, Mr. Amaral manages the criminal investigations unit at the Eden Township Substation in San Leandro. His multifaceted career includes 41 years of law enforcement experience, 31 with the City of Newark’s Police Department. There, he served as a police captain for nine years and is the former president of the Newark Police Department Association. In September 1997, Mr. Amaral joined the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy sheriff, where he also served as a member of the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association of Alameda County (DSA) contract negotiating team for three years helping to implement 3% at 50 for Safety Members.

He remains an associate member of the DSA, serves as a member of the Alameda County Management Employees’ Association, and is a life-long member of the Newark Optimist Club, a youth service agency.

Mr. Amaral was voted the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 2007 for Alameda County.

Mr. Amaral has over 30 years of investment experience in purchasing and managing commercial properties throughout the Greater Bay Area. He also taught administration of justice courses, part-time, for twenty years, at Chabot and Ohlone Community Colleges. An Oakland native, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Administration of Justice from San Jose State University, lives with his wife of 29 years in Danville, and enjoys all water sports.

- Last Modified: 03 / 28 / 2008