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Linda Adams Linda Adams, former director of the California Department of Water Resources, was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in May 2006 as Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency - making her the first woman to serve as head of the agency. As Cal/EPA's Secretary, Adams oversees the environmental activities of the Air Resources Board, California Integrated Waste Management Board, State Water Resources Control Board, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Pesticide Regulation, and the approximately 4,500 employees that serve the state's diverse environmental programs. www.calepa.ca.gov/About/Bios/
Fred Aguiar Fred Aguiar is Secretary of the California State and Consumer Services Agency. Secretary Aguiar oversees the State of California's civil rights enforcement, consumer protection, the licensing of 2.3 million Californians, and the procurement of $9 billion state goods and services. From 2007-2009, Secretary Aguiar served as a member of the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and served as cabinet secretary in the Office of Governor Schwarzenegger from 2005 to 2007. From 2003 to 2005, Aguiar served as secretary of the SCSA. Prior to that, he served on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors from 1998 to 2003 and served in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1998 representing the 61st district. His experience includes 14 years of service in local government, both as a council member and mayor of the city of Chino from 1978 to 1992.
Greg Albright R. Gregg Albright is the Deputy Director, Planning and Modal Programs at Caltrans. R. He has more than 29 years of state service, beginning in 1976 as a Junior Landscape Architect and working his way to Associate and Senior Landscape Architect. In 2000, he was promoted to District 5's Deputy Director for Planning (Supervising Transportation Planner), and since 2002 he has been District 5 Director. He has worked extensively with local, regional and state-level agencies, and he has experience in departmental policies and procedures and federal laws, rules and regulations. In 1976, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and is in the process of obtaining his Master of Science degree in Transportation Management from San Jose State University.
Cynthia Bryant Cynthia Bryant serves as Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of the Office of Planning and Research for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. She advises the Governor on the state budget, redistricting, political reform, and gambling. As Director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR), she oversees the State Clearinghouse; the OPR Legislative, Policy, and Research units; the Office of the Small Business Advocate; and the Advisor for Military Affairs (AMA). In statute, OPR is the one state agency responsible for developing state land use policies, coordinating planning of all state agencies, and assisting and monitoring local and regional planning. Ms. Bryant is a member of the Commission on State Mandates and she is also a nonvoting member of the Housing Finance Agency Board. In addition, Ms. Bryant sits on the Governor's Prevention Advisory Council and the Environmental Justice Inter-Agency Working Group. Ms. Bryant received her juris doctor from University of California Hastings College of the Law and her B.A. from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
James D. Boyd James D. Boyd was appointed to the California Energy Commission on February 6, 2002, by Governor Gray Davis. He chairs the Energy Commission's Transportation Committee and oversees Climate Change and International Export Programs. He chairs the Natural Gas Committee, which includes the Energy Commission's work on Liquified Natural Gas (LNG). He is the Associate Member of the committee overseeing the preparation of the Energy Commission's 2005 Integrated Energy Policy Report. He chairs the state's Joint Action Climate Change Advisory Committee and the state's Natural Gas Working Group. For more information: www.energy.ca.gov/commission/commissioners/boyd.html
Margo Reid Brown Ms. Margo Reid Brown, a Sacramento native, was appointed as a full-time Board Member by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on January 11, 2006. Ms. Brown, whose term expires on January 1, 2009, represents the public. She was elected as Chair of the Board on February 14, 2006, in a unanimous decision.As Chair of the Board, Ms. Brown led the organization through a strategic development process to focus priorities and programs around legislative mandates and board priorities. In December of 2006, the Board adopted a set of strategic directives with a particular focus on implementation goals to achieve AB 939 mandates as well as focus on achievements of the strategies laid out in AB32. The CIWMB celebrated the milestone of 50% waste diversion in 2006 thereby accomplishing the first strategy of AB 32. They are now focusing on moving toward attainment of their methane emissions reduction and zero waste goals.
Tom Cackette With the Air Resources Board since 1982, Tom Cacketter serves as the Chief Deputy Director of the staff of the ARB. He manages all aspects of the Board's motor vehicle emission control program, which develops regulations and other programs to reduce vehicle emissions. He also manages the Board's Monitoring and Laboratory Division, which performs ambient air quality monitoring and develops test methods. Overall 350 professional and support staff and a budget of $50 million are dedicated to these programs, which are contributing to a steady decline in air pollution in California's major urban areas.
Ruth Coleman Ruth Coleman has served as director of the Department of Parks and Recreation since 2003, under both Governor Gray Davis, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. DPR manages more than one-third of our state beaches, 12 of the 41 most significant Southern California wetlands, and 58% of the remaining old growth coast redwood forest in the world. Before coming to State Parks, Ms. Coleman worked as Policy Director for Assemblywoman Helen Thomson, responsible for legislative issues relating to water, agriculture and land use. Prior to that, she was Legislative Director for State Senator Mike Thompson, providing staff leadership on such major environmental legislation as park bonds, salmon and steelhead restoration, and the protection of the Headwaters Forest. She has worked for the Air Resources Board in the electric vehicle program and the Office of the Legislative Analyst, focusing on fiscal and policy issues in the natural resources area, particularly Department of Parks and Recreation and Department of Fish and Game. Ms. Coleman received her Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, and a B.A. in Economics from Occidental College.
Mark Cowin Mark Cowin is the Deputy Director for Regional Water Planning and Management of the Department of Water Resources. His primary responsibilities include implementing Integrated Regional Water Management, coordinating DWR's efforts related to climate change, and updating and implementing the California Water Plan. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Cowin served for five years as Chief of DWR's Division of Planning and Local Assistance. As Division Chief, Mr. Cowin oversaw development of the California Water Plan Update 2005, administered Propositions 13 and 50 grant and loan programs, and participated in development of the water management components of the Governor's Strategic Growth Plan. In previous assignments, Mr. Cowin served as an Assistant Director for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Mr. Cowin has worked at the Department of Water Resources for over 25 years.
Tam Doduc Tam Doduc serves for Governor Schwarzenegger as the Chair and fills the position of civil engineer on the State Water Resources Control Board. Ms. Doduc most recently served as Deputy Secretary at the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), where she directed the agency's environmental justice and external scientific peer review activities. She also coordinated various environmental quality initiatives, and provided general oversight of children's environmental health programs. A licensed civil engineer, Ms. Doduc earned a Bachelor of Science in BioEngineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the California State University in Sacramento. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley.
Karen Douglas Karen Douglas was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in February 2008. She fills the Attorney position on the five-member Commission where four of the five members by law are required to have professional training in specific areas - engineering or physical science, environmental protection, economics, and law. From 2005 to her appointment, Ms. Douglas served as director of the California Climate Initiative at Environmental Defense. Prior to going to Environmental Defense, Ms. Douglas spent four years at the Planning and Conservation League as the Natural Resources Director, General Counsel, and most recently, acting Executive Director. She has worked on a wide range of California natural resource and environmental protection issues, including the Imperial Irrigation District / San Diego water transfer, forest policy, and the California Environmental Quality Act. Ms. Douglas is a 2001 graduate of Stanford Law School. She holds a Masters Degree in public policy from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Dian M. Grueneich Dian M. Grueneich was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in January 2005 and unanimously confirmed by the State Senate in May 2005 to a full six year term. Commissioner Grueneich is a nationally recognized expert in energy and environmental issues, with more than 27 years of experience in these areas. For more information: www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/aboutus/Commissioners/03Grueneich/01bio/
Melissa Jones Ms. Jones was appointed as the California Energy Commission's Executive Director in January 2008. Prior to this appointment, she served as the Commission's Chief Deputy Director and has served as an energy policy advisor to Chairman Charles Imbrecht, Commissioner John Geesman and Commissioner Michal Moore. Ms. Jones has worked at the Energy Commission since 1977. She has program experience in electricity supply and demand analysis, transmission line infrastructure planning and permitting issues, natural gas supply and demand forecasts, transportation fuels, energy research and development, and renewable energy. For more information: www.energy.ca.gov/commission/bios/jones.html
Mark Leary Mark E. Leary has served as the Executive Director of the California Integrated Waste Management Board since September 2001. He has over 25 years experience in environmental protection within both public and private sectors. With over 20 years with the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), Mr. Leary has also held positions with the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). While at DTSC (1982-1994), Mr. Leary was a branch chief, managing more than 50 scientists, engineers, and geologists engaged in various aspects of environmental regulatory work including the cleanup and management of high priority Superfund sites. Mr. Leary received a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1980 and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Bradley University, Illinois in 1978.
Mary Nichols Mary D. Nichols, JD, was appointed Chair of the California Air Resources Board in July 2007, a post she held previously under Gov. Edmund H, Brown Jr. from 1979 to 1983. At CARB she is responsible for implementing California's landmark greenhouse gas emissions legislation as well as setting air pollution standards for motor vehicles and fuels. After graduating from Cornell University and Yale Law School Ms. Nichols practiced environmental law in Los Angeles, bringing cases on behalf of environmental and public health organizations to enforce state and federal clean air legislation. President Clinton appointed her to head the Office of Air and Radiation at US EPA, where she was responsible for, among many other regulatory breakthroughs, the acid rain trading program and setting the first air quality standard for fine particles. She also served as California's Secretary for Natural Resources from 1999 to 2003. Prior to her return to the ARB, Ms. Nichols was Professor of Law and Director of the Institute of the Environment at UCLA.
Nancy Ryan Nancy Ryan is the advisor to California Public Utilities Commission President, Michael Peevy.
Steve Shaffer Steve Shaffer is Director of the Office of Agriculture and Environmental Stewardship for CDFA, the position he has held since November 2000. The office is comprised of an outstanding team of scientists who address environmental issues related to agriculture using a multidisciplinary approach. In this capacity, Steve represents CDFA on a number of environmental and natural resource management planning, implementation and monitoring activities as they relate to agriculture.
Eileen W. Tutt Eileen Wenger Tutt has worked at the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) since 1990. She currently serves as Deputy Secretary External Affairs. Prior to that, Eileen worked in the ARB's Executive Office managing three projects: the California Hydrogen Highway Network Blueprint Plan, Motor Vehicle Climate Change regulations, and joint effort with the California Energy Commission to make recommendations to the Governor and Legislator addressing the issue of California's petroleum dependence. While at the ARB Eileen worked in the Mobile Source Control and Stationary Source Divisions on many high-priority projects including, California's low-emission vehicle efforts which have been emulated by other states, reducing diesel emissions and state planning processes to address pollution. Eileen received her degree in Mathematics and Statistics and spent two years working for the U.C. Davis air quality lab prior to coming to the Air Resources Board.
Crawford Tuttle Crawford Tuttle is the Chief Deputy Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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Andrew Altevogt, PhD
Climate Change Program Manager
California Environmental Protection Agency
1001 I Street, P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812-2815
Phone: (916) 322-2628
E-mail: climatechange@calepa.ca.gov

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