Program Leadership: Board of Directors & Advisory Board Members

Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, District 2 Vito Chiesa, of Hughson, in July 2017 was appointed chair of the Partnership Board where he …

Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross was appointed Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in January …

Central California Legal Services, Inc. Luisa Medina, of Fresno, was reappointed in March 2015 to the Partnership Board of which she has been …

Merced County Board of Supervisors, District 5 Scott Silviera was appointed to the California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley board in December …

In February 2018, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. appointed Brian Annis as Secretary of the California State Transportation Agency where he has served …

  Julie A. Su is the Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Su in January of …

Wade Crowfoot was appointed California Secretary for Natural Resources by Governor Gavin Newsom on January 11, 2019. Crowfoot brings more than 20 years …

California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Lourdes Castro Ramírez to serve as Secretary of the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency. She brings more …

Jared Blumenfeld, 49, of San Francisco, has been appointed Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA),the state cabinet-level agency established in 1991 to …

Dr. Mark Ghaly was appointed Secretary of the California Health and Human Services by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2019. In this role, Dr. …

James A Aleru, of Fresno, was reappointed to the Partnership Board in December 2010 having served since August 2007. He has owned and …

Lynne Asbeck, of Clovis, was reappointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. Ashbeck has been senior vice president of community engagement and …

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Steve Bestolarides, of Stockton, was reappointed to the Partnership Board in March 2015. Bestolarides served as a member of the San Joaquin County …

DeeDee D’Adamo, of Modesto, was reappointed to the Partnership Board in June 2013 where she has served since May 2007. D’Adamo was most …

Amarpreet Dhaliwal, of San Joaquin, was reappointed to Partnership Board in July 2017. Dhaliwal has served as mayor pro tem of the City …

Lee Ann Eager, of Fresno, was reappointed in March 2015 to the Partnership Board of which she has been a member since 2013. …

John Eisenhut, of Turlock, was reappointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. Eisenhut has been manager of grower relations at Hilltop Ranch …

Bryn Forhan, of Fresno, was reappointed in March 2015 to the Partnership Board of which she has been a member since 2013. Forhan …

Frank Gallegos, of Fresno, was appointed to the Partnership Board in March 2015. Gallegos has been chief executive officer and executive director at …

Andrew Genasci, of Turlock, was appointed to the Partnership Board in June 2014. Genasci has been a field staffer at the California Farm …

Carole Goldsmith, of Fresno, was reappointed in March 2015 to the Partnership Board of which she has been a member since 2012. Goldsmith …

Genoveva Islas, of Tulare, was appointed to the Partnership Board in June 2013. Islas has been program director at Cultiva La Salud (formerly …

Carlton Jones, of Tulare, was appointed to the Partnership Board in March 2015. In 2016, Jones became mayor of the City of Tulare, …

Ellen Junn is the 11th president of California State University, Stanislaus. As President of Stan State, she has implemented new and innovative programs …

Daniel Leavitt, of Davis, was appointed to the Partnership Board in March 2015. Leavitt has been manager of regional initiatives at the San …

Andrew Mendoza, of Stockton, was reappointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. Mendoza has been a community and government relations manager at …

David Nelson, of Los Angeles, was reappointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. Nelson has been senior vice president at AG Spanos …

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Patricia Poire, of Bakersfield, was appointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. She is the Planning Manager at the Kern Groundwater Authority. …

Mary Renner, of Fresno, was appointed to the Partnership Board in June 2013. Renner is chief operations officer at the Central Valley Health …

Charles Riojas, of Fresno, was appointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. Riojas has been a business agent for the International Brotherhood …

Max Rodriguez, of Madera, was appointed to the Partnership Board in June 2013. Rodriguez has served on the Madera County Board of Supervisors …

Luis Santana, of Fresno, was appointed to the Partnership Board in March 2015. Santana has been executive director of Reading and Beyond since …

Gary Serrato of Fowler, was appointed to the Partnership Board in January 2014. Serrato is general manager of Fresno Irrigation District where he …

Ted Smalley, of Visalia, was appointed to the Partnership Board in December 2010. He is the executive director for Tulare County Association of …

Cherylee Wegman, of Wasco, was appointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. Wegman has served on the Wasco City Council since 1998. …

Jim Yovino, of Fresno, was appointed to the Partnership Board in July 2017. Yovino has been superintendent of schools at the Fresno County …