The Directors Group (DiG) meets annually to approve the Work Plan and discuss WRP initiatives. The Secretary of the State Resources Agency chairs the Directors Group which comprises the top officials from the 18 state and federal partner agencies.
The 2020 Director’s Group (formerly the Board of Governers) meeting will take place on February 27, 2020 at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. For more information and to RSVP to the meeting, please click here. Agenda topics will include: approval of the 2020 Work Plan, discussion of funding for Work Plan projects and coordinated permitting. See the draft agenda here.
Directors Group
Federal Partners
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9
Tomas Torres, Director, Water Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
Chris Yates, Assistant Regional Administrator
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Carlos Suarez, State Conservationist
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colonel Kirk Aaron C. Barta, Commander of the Los Angeles District
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Southwest Region
Paul Souza, Regional Director
State Partners
California Natural Resources Agency
Wade Crowfoot, Secretary (Chair of the Directors Group)
State Coastal Conservancy
Sam Schuchat, Executive Officer
California Coastal Commission
Jack Ainsworth, Director
California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Charlton Bonham, Director
California Department of Parks & Recreation
Lisa Mangat, Director
State Lands Commission
Jennifer Lucchesi, Executive Officer
Wildlife Conservation Board
John Donnelly, Executive Director
California Environmental Protection Agency
Matthew Rodriguez, Secretary for Environmental Protection
State Water Resources Control Board
Jon Bishop, Chief Deputy Director
Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
John Robertson, Executive Officer
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Deborah Smith, Executive Officer
Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board
Hope Smythe, Executive Officer
San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board
David Gibson, Executive Officer