sentences:  As a corporate planner, she served on the team that advocated expansion into a then new technology area, cellular phone service, resulting in PacTel Mobile, finally acquired by Vodafone.Eastin began her political career in 1980 as a Member of the Union City Council.As a council member she represented the city on a variety of boards including as a Member of the Alameda County Library Commission, which she chaired for 5 of the 6 years she served on it.