Boardmembers

Our Governing Board is made up of 13 voting members and 3 non-voting members. Meetings are held quarterly, and members of the public are invited to attend.

Board Chair

Terrence O'Brien

Terrence O'Brien

Public Member, Governor's Appointment

California Natural Resources Agency

Wade Crowfoot

Wade Crowfoot

Secretary

Lisa Lien-Mager

Lisa Lien-Mager

Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildfire Resilience, Designee for Secretary

Department of Finance

Joe Stephenshaw

Joe Stephenshaw

Director

Michele Perrault

Michele Perrault

Legislative Director, Designee for Director

Local Government Appointments

Our service area is divided into six subregions, each represented on the Board by a county supervisor (selected by the county).

Ed Valenzuela

Ed Valenzuela

Siskiyou County Supervisor
Northern Representative (Modoc, Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta, and Lassen counties)

Dwight Ceresola

Dwight Ceresola

Plumas County Supervisor
North Central Representative (Tehama, Butte, Plumas, and Sierra counties)

Cindy Gustafson

Cindy Gustafson

Placer County Supervisor
Central Representative (Yuba, Nevada, Placer, and El Dorado counties)

Brian Oneto

Brian Oneto

Amador County Supervisor
South Central Representative (Amador, Calaveras, Tuolumne, and Mariposa counties)

Phillip Peters

Phillip Peters

Kern County Supervisor
Southern Representative (Madera, Fresno, Tulare, and Kern counties)

Jeff Griffiths

Jeff Griffiths

Inyo County Supervisor
Eastern Representative (Alpine, Mono, and Inyo counties)

Governor’s Appointments

John Brissenden

John Brissenden

Public Member

Heather Bernikoff

Heather Bernikoff

Public Member

Legislative Appointments

Bob Johnston

Bob Johnston

Senate Rules Committee Appointee

Victoria Rome

Victoria Rome

Speaker of the Assembly Appointee

Non-Voting Liaison Advisors

Elizabeth Berger

Elizabeth Berger

U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture's Appointee

Jim Richardson

Jim Richardson

National Park Service, U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Appointee

Christopher Heppe

Christopher Heppe

Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Secretary of the Interior's Appointee