ABOUT MARGARET

Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Margaret graduated from Oxford University in England with a degree in Zoology, and from the University of Manchester with a PhD in Biochemistry. She moved to California with her husband, Jamis, in 1976 and worked at SRI in Menlo Park for a year before they bought property in the South Skyline area and started a family. They raised three sons, all of whom still live in the Bay Area. 

In 1991 Margaret and Jamis established Buck’s Restaurant in Woodside, which they personally operated until the pandemic struck.  It became a Silicon Valley icon. When covid restrictions were lifted, Buck’s reopened as a 2.0 version, with their sons at the helm.  

Margaret has always been inspired to give back to her community. Over the years she has served as:

• PTA President, Woodside Elementary School, 1990-91.                      Co-founded the school garden 
• PTA President, Woodside High School, 1996-98.                           Served on the committee that started the Green Academy program
• Bond Oversight Committee, Sequoia Union High School District    Measure G, 2002-04 $88M, and Measure H, 2004-06 $70M
• Bond Oversight Committee, Woodside Elementary School        Measure D, 2015-16 $13M,
• San Mateo County History Association, Co-chair capital campaign, 2018-present

She has served on several local environmental and educational nonprofit boards:

• Green Foothills, Palo Alto. 2005-2013, with two terms as President of the Board
• Pie Ranch, Pescadero. 2015-2021, with three terms as treasurer
• Woodside Library, mid-1980s-present
• Living Classroom, Los Altos. 2013-2016