Judith Karen Poole was born at Doctor’s Hospital in Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 11, 1950 and passed away peacefully in Santa Barbara on March 8, 2024.

Judy was predeceased by her parents Naomi Fine and Charles Poole, and her brother Jonathan Poole. She is survived by her nephews Neal and Bobby Poole.

After growing up first in New York City, then moving to Scarsdale, New York, for Quaker Ridge Elementary School and then Scarsdale High School, Judy pursued her college education at Cornell University studying in government and history, and graduating Phi Beta Kappa Summa Cum Laude.

She took time off from her college studies to work in Washington, D.C. with Sen. Charles Goodell as a legislative assistant. One of the most important initiatives she worked on was to free political prisoners including the Berrigan brothers during the Vietnam anti-war protests.

She also worked for Sen. Sam Ervin, who was the chair of the subcommittee on constitutional rights. Judy wrote her honors thesis on Privacy and Surveillance covering databanks, dossiers and wiretapping.

After college her first job was with the ACLU national office. Originally intending to go to law school, she instead formed her own company Poole Associates, which was an executive search company hiring people for managements positions in the tech world, which morphed into exclusively placing CEOs.
 
She moved the company to Palo Alto, California, on her 40th birthday in 1990.
 
Judy has many lifelong friends she would like to thank for their care and concern, particularly: Carman Moore, Peter Yarrow, Norman Silverman, Judi Weisbart, Laurie Livingston, Rabbi Arthur Gross Schaeffer, Peggy Fulton, Lois Kaplan, Kate Carter
 
In lieu of flowers, donations in Judy’s name may be made to the American Technion Society or the ADL.

Arrangements entrusted to McDermott-Crockett Mortuary.