Candidate for
Humboldt Bay Harbor Recreation & Conservation; Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation; Division 3

Qualifications:

• Commissioner, 3rd Division, HBHRCD
• Member of Humboldt Bay Management Plan Committee
• Member of the Humboldt Bay Economic Development Committee
• Board member of Redwood Regional Economic Development Commission (RRDEC)
• Professional Licensed Civil Engineer
• M.S. Environmental Systems Engineering from Humboldt State University
• Thesis: "The Efficacy of Ultraviolet Disinfection of Marsh Wastewater Effluent"
• Over 18 years engineering and planning experience
• CEQA and permitting experience
• Board member of Friends of the Dunes
• Business and Commercial property owner
• Raised in Humboldt County and raising my family here

• Providing leadership for the district's request for funds for to establish a Marine Highway Support project that could result in up to $20 million dollars of support to help us start up our a short sea shipping program.
• Established the Economic Development committee that has brought substantive dialogue about how the district can help diversify and stabilize our local economy.
• Advocated for the creation of and participated in a multi-agency trail planning effort resulting in the City of Arcata receiving 1.1 million in funding for design and permitting for a trail from Arcata to Breacut (half way to Eureka) and California Costal Trail planning.
• Lead the effort to attain $100,000 in funding to partner with RCAA to establish a water trail program and worked closely with the project team
• Worked to obtain matching funds with the City of Arcata and Friends of the Arcata Marsh for a new dock for the boat ramp at the Arcata Marsh.
• Worked to obtain matching funds with the USFWS for a tide gate survey used to protect wetlands from oil spill and prioritize repairs for fish passage upgrades.
• Advocated for the district to lease the Samoa round house to the Timber Heritage Association for their museum complex and train collection.
• Advocated for the NCRA to restart of an effort to get billboards removed from their easement that pollute the shore of our bay.
• Supported multiple wetland restoration projects around Humboldt Bay.
• Supported ban on offshore oil drilling
• Institutionalized the Humboldt Bay Symposium as a District Program
• Partnered with USFWS on Coho salmon acoustic tagging project and
• Activated Foreign Trade Zone #248 with City of Eureka
• Initiated and coordinated SeagrassNet international eelgrass monitoring project in Humboldt Bay

• United Indian Health Services, Inc., Potawot Health Village, Arcata, Ca.
• Indian Island Cultural and Environmental Restoration Project, Humboldt Bay, Ca.
• Ma-le'l Dunes Access Planning Project, Manila, Ca.
• Yurok Tribe Water Quality Needs Assessment, Klamath, Ca.
• South Bay Union School District Educational Wetland, Eureka, Ca.
• Noyo Bluffs Overlook Management Plan, Mendocino, Ca.

• Ecological Society of America, Corporate Award
• Jefferson Development Initiative Founders of the New Northwest, Sustainability Award
• Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Lewis Mumford Award for Development
• City of Arcata, Design Award

• Northcoast COOP
• Arcata Chamber of Commerce
• Arcata Mainstreet
• Northcoast Environmental Center
• Sierra Club
• Water Environment Federation
• Society for Ecological Restoration
• California Native Plant Society
• Engineers Without Borders
• Architects, Planners and Designers for Social Responsibility

• Fishing
• Traveling
• Hiking
• Bicycling
• Music