Committee Roster
CSDA relies on the participation of our members in order to guide the Association. Committee involvement is crucial to the success of activities and the development of CSDA policies.

The talent and energy of the individuals who serve on CSDA’s committees and to the issues that concern special districts in California are the critical components of CSDA’s success.

Executive Committee
President – Jim Acosta, Saticoy Sanitary District, Region 5
Vice-president – Arlene Schafer, Costa Mesa Sanitary District, Region 6
Treasurer - Peggy Shirrel; Moss Landing Harbor District, Region 3
Secretary – Mark Bryant, Garberville Sanitary District, Region 1
Past president – John Fox, Goleta Sanitary District, Region 5

Audit
Chair – Jack Curtis, Ojai Valley Sanitary District, Region 5
Vice-chair – Peggy Shirrel, Moss Landing Harbor, Region 3
Ginger Root, Tuxedo Country-Club Rural Fire Protection District, Region 2
Melvin Matthews, Kinneloa Irrigation District, Region 5
Tara Meinke, Mount San Jacinto Winter Park Authority, Region 6
Danna McGrew, Bartlett Pringle and Wolf LLP, Region 5
Sally Webster, Mendocino Transit Authority, Region 3
John Wooner, Semitropic Water Storage District
CSDA staff: Neil McCormick & Bill Luikart

Education
Chair – Sherry Sterrett, Pleasant Hill RPD, Region 3
Vice-chair – Mark Bryant, Garberville Sanitary District, Region 1
David Aranda, Stallion Springs Community Services District, Region 4
Betty Boatmun, Contra Costa Water District, Region 3
Larry Brilliant, El Dorado Hills CSD, Region 2
Anne De Jarnatt, North Coast County Water District, Region 3
Caren Galloway, U.S. Bank, Region 2
Joe Gibson, Conejo Recreation and Park District, Region 5
Dave Gomez, Palmdale Water District, Region 5
Ron Greenwood, Carmichael Water District, Region 2
Robert Hollis, Springfield Meadows Community Services District, Region 2
Pete Kampa, Tuolumne Utilities District, Region 2
Leslie Keane, Orange County Cemetery District, Region 6
Kara Partridge, Camarillo Health Care District, Region 5
Karl Wandry, Contra Costa Water District, Region 3
David Kulchin, Management Consultant
CSDA Staff: Darcel Harris

Election/Bylaws
Chair – Ann Mathews, Kern County Water Agency, Region 4
Vice-chair – Jack Curtis, Ojai Valley Sanitary District, Region 5
Patrick Truman, Trinity County Resource Conservation District, Region 1
Sandy Young, Stallion Springs Community Services District, Region 4
CSDA staff: Laura Labanieh

Finance Corporation
President – John Fox, Goleta Sanitary District, Region 5
Vice-president - Arlene Schafer; Costa Mesa Sanitary District, Region 6
Treasurer - Judy Cofer; Oxnard Harbor District, Region 5
Secretary - Jack Curtis; Ojai Valley Sanitary District, Region 5
Past president – Jim Acosta, Saticoy Sanitary District, Region 5
Steve Ruettgers; North Bakersfield RPD, Region 4
John Rossi; Western Municipal Water District, Region 6
Peggy Shirrel; Moss Landing Harbor District, Region 3
Dennis Shepard, North County Cemetery District, Region 6
CSDA staff: Neil McCormick & Laura Labanieh

Fiscal Committee
Chair – Peggy Shirrel, Moss Landing Harbor, Region 3
Vice-chair – Phil Schoefer, Western Shasta RCD, Region 1
Dewey Ausmus, North County Cemetery District, Region 6
Stanley Caldwell, Mt. View Sanitary District, Region 3
Dave Gomez, Palmdale Water District, Region 5
Melvin Matthews, Kinneloa Irrigation District, Region 5
Danna McGrew, Bartlett Pringle and Wolf LLP, Region 5
Ed Muzik, Hi-Desert Water District, Region 5
Kara Partridge, Camarillo Health Care District, Region 5
Ginger Root, Tuxedo Country Club Rural County Fire, Region 2
Alan Schoenstein, McCloud CSD, Region 1
Tracey Towner-Yep, Amador County Recreation Agency, Region 2
Sally Webster, Mendocino Transit Authority, Region 3
CSDA staff: Neil McCormick & Bill Luikart

Legislative
Chair – Jo MacKenzie, Vista Irrigation District, Region 6
Vice-chair – Joan Gallegos, Kensington Police Protection & Community Services District, Region 3
Jolene Allred, Eastern Municipal Water District, Region 6
Tim Anderson, Sonoma County Water Agency, Region 3
Everett Ascher, Coastside County Water District, Region 3
Gregg Atkins, Dixon Public Library District, Region 2
Dewey Ausmus, North County Cemetery District, Region 6
David Breninger, Placer County Water Agency, Region 2
Malinda Chadwick, Southwest Health Care District, Region 4
Kathy Cole, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Region 5
Sam Crawford, Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District, Region 2
Tacy Currey, California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, Region 2
Marlaigne Dumaine, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Region 3
George Emerson, Goleta Sanitary District, Region 5
Glenn Farrell, Friant Water District, Region 3
Brenda Fotos, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Region 2
Elaine Freeman, Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District, Region 5
Patty Friesen, Contra Costa Water District, Region 3
Darrell Gentry, Vallecitos Water District, Region 6
Sam Goepp, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District, Region 6
Shasta Greene, Meyers Nave, Region 3
Rudy Jurgensen, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Region 3
Julie Maclay, Santa Clara Valley Water District, Region 3
Ray Marquez, Chino Valley Independent Fire District, Region 5
Jeffrey Massey, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Region 2
Ann Mathews, Kern County Water Agency, Region 4
Kirsten McLaughlin, Irvine Ranch Water District, Region 6
Bill Miller, North of the River Municipal Water District, Region 4
Phil Rosentrater, Western Municipal Water District, Region 6
Jo Lynn Russo-Pereyra, Cucamonga Valley Water District, Region 5
Arlene Schafer, Costa Mesa Sanitary District, Region 6
Paul Sensibaugh, Mountain House Community Services District, Region 2
John Stovall, Reclamation District 1608, Region 2
Eleanor Torres, Orange County Water District, Region 6
Carol Victor, East Bay Regional Park District, Region 3
Amber Wiley, Association of California Healthcare Districts, Region 2
Mary Zauner, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Region 6
CSDA staff: Neil McCormick, Executive Director; Tom Vu, Legislative Advocate/Specialist; Ralph Heim, Legislative Advocate Kris Gross, Public Policy Advocates; David McMurchie, Legal Counsel

Membership and Recruitment
Chair – Pete Kampa, Tuolumne Utilities District, Region 2
Vice-chair – Sherry Sterrett, Pleasant Hill RPD, Region 3
Mark Bryant, Garberville Sanitary District, Region 1
Stanley Caldwell, Mt. View Sanitary District, Region 3
Jim Doud, Sweetwater Authority, Region 6
Dave Edwards, Wallace Community Services District, Region 2
John Fox, Goleta Sanitary District, Region 5
Joan Gallegos, Kensington Police Protection & Community Services District, Region 3
Dave Gomez, Palmdale Water District, Region 5
Robert Hollis, Springfield Meadows Community Services District, Region 2
Roy Imai, Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District, Region 2
Ray Marquez, Chino Valley Independent Fire District, Region 5
Cathy Monaghan, El Dorado County Water Agency, Region 2
Kathryn Slater-Carter, Montara Water and Sanitary District, Region 3
Bertha Underhill, Calaveras County Water District, Region 2
Sandy Young, Stallion Springs Community Services District, Region 4
CSDA staff: Laura Labanieh

Planning Committee
Chair – Arlene Schafer, Costa Mesa Sanitary District, Region 6
Vice-chair – Jo MacKenzie, Vista Irrigation District, Region 6
David Edwards, Wallace CSD, Region 2
Joe Gibson, Conejo Recreation and Park District, Region 5
Brent Ives, BHI Management Consulting, Region 2
Tom LeClair, West Kern Water District, Region 4
Valerie Lord, Placer County Water Agency, Region 2
Jim Doud, Sweetwater Authority, Region 6
CSDA staff: Neil McCormick

Special Task Forces
Chair – John Fox, Goleta Sanitary District, Region 5
Victoria Beatley, Mesa Consolidated Water District, Region 6
Malinda Chadwick, Southwest Health Care District, Region 4
John Demonaco, Chino Valley Independent Fire District, Region 5
Jon Elam, Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District, Region 3
Steven Elliott, Potter Valley Irrigation District, Region 3
Judy Cofer, Oxnard Harbor District, Region 5
Caren Galloway, U.S. Bank, Region 2
Sam Goepp, Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District, Region 6
Stephen Hanson, Sacramento Suburban Water District, Region 5
Pete Kampa, Toulumne Utilities District, Region 2
Valerie Lord, Placer County Water Agency, Region 2
Ray Marquez, Chino Valley Independent Fire District, Region 5
Ann Mathews, Kern County Water Agency, Region 4
Phil Rosentrater, Western Municipal Water District, Region 6
Herb Schwartz, Garberville Sanitary District, Region 1
Terry Thomas, Sweetwater Authority, Region 6
Patrick Truman, Trinity County Resource Conservation District, Region 1
Karl Wandry, Contra Costa Water District, Region 3
CSDA staff: Based on project

Next Generation Task Force
Jon Elam, Tamalpais CSD
Robert May, Burney Fire District

CSDA/CRWA Liaison
John Fox, Goleta Sanitary District, Region 5
Pete Kampa; Tuolumne Utilities District, Region 2
Jim Acosta, Saticoy Sanitary District, Region 5
David Aranda (CRWA), Stallion Springs CSD, Region 4
Bill Miller (CRWA), North of the River Municipal Water District, Region 4
Rick Bedal (CRWA), Florin County Water District, Region 2