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# Shamey won’t seek reelection
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/shamey-wont-seek-reelection/
- Published: 2004-05-26T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:24:53.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

SMC — After 12 years on the Santa Monica College board of trustees, Annette Shamey announced Tuesday she won’t seek reelection this November.

Candidates will vie for three open seats on the SMC board Nov. 2\. Incumbents Graham Pope and Margaret Quiñones are expected to run alongside a host of challengers.

Among the expected challengers is former judge and City Councilman David Finkel, entertainment attorney and political activist Rob Rader, Susan Aminoff, a benefit coordinator for Los Angeles Community College, and Charlie Donaldson, a retired SMC faculty member.

SMC President Dr. Piedad F. Robertson praised Shamey for her dedication and hard work.

“Trustee Shamey has brought intelligence and her unique contributions as a long-time educator to a board of trustees that has provided the leadership to make Santa Monica College the outstanding institution of higher education that it is,” Robertson said in a prepared statement.

Shamey was elected to the board in 1992 and reelected in 1996 and 2000\. She served twice as chair to the board and twice as vice chair to the board.

An educator, Shamey has held administrative posts and taught at Santa Monica High School, where she was vice principal from 1968 to 1974, SMC and SMC’s Emeritus College for older adults. She has extensive experience in curriculum, supervision and evaluation of instruction on the secondary level. Shamey has received awards as woman and teacher of the year.

Shamey remains active with the Los Angeles Westside chapter of the National Women’s Political Caucus, NAACP, the Board of Directors of the Santa Monica Police Activities League, Santa Monica Democratic Club, Malibu Democratic Club, Southern Poverty Law Center and the League of United Latin American Citizens. She is a member of the Association of Community College Trustees and the Community College League of California, and served on the statewide CCLC Advisory Committee for Educational Services from 1995 to 2000, chairing it for one year.

“It has been exciting and gratifying to be a part of the marvelous progression of increased services and educational opportunities for students,” Shamey said in a prepared statement. “I am grateful for that, and I thank the voters of Santa Monica and Malibu for giving me the opportunity to serve the community in this way.”

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 26, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/052604.pdf?ref=smdp.com)