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.
California Natural Resources Agency
Wade Crowfoot
Secretary
Lisa Lien-Mager
Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildfire Resilience
Designee for Secretary
Department of Finance
Joe Stephenshaw
Director
Michele Perrault
Chief Deputy Director
Designee for Director
Local Government Appointments
Our service area is divided into six subregions, each represented by a county supervisor.
Ed Valenzuela
Siskiyou County Supervisor
Northwest Subregion Representative
Elizabeth Cavasso
Modoc County Supervisor
Northeast Subregion Representative
Cindy Gustafson
Placer County Supervisor
North Central Subregion Representative
Jack Garamendi
Calaveras County Supervisor
South Central Subregion Representative
Jeff Griffiths
Inyo County Supervisor
Southeast Subregion Representative
Dennis Townsend
Tulare County Supervisor
Southwest Subregion Representative
Governor’s Appointments
John Brissenden
Public Member
Nathan Voegeli
Public Member
Barnie Gyant
Public Member
Legislative Appointments
Bob Johnston
Senate Rules Committee Appointee
Victoria Rome
Speaker of the Assembly Appointee
Non-Voting Liaison Advisors
Elizabeth Berger
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture’s Appointee
Cicely Muldoon/Clayton Jordan
National Park Service
U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Appointee
Christopher Heppe
Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Appointee