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Team

Staff

Garry Brown

Founder & President

Ellen Brown

Associate Director & Chief Financial Officer

Ray Hiemstra

Associate Director of Policy and Projects

Dyana Peña

Associate Director of Programs

Matt Sylvester

Communications Director

Kelsey Reimer

Development and Outreach Coordinator

Sarah Spinuzzi

Legal Director

Erin Barlow

Staff Attorney

Michaela Coats

Education Director

Genesee Ouyang

Education Programs Manager

Kaysha Kenney

Marine Restoration Director

Ives Tejada

Program Coordinator

Johanna Ramos

Program Director at Inland Empire Waterkeeper

Raquel Zelaya

Program Assistant at Inland Empire Waterkeeper

Board of Directors

Garry Brown

Founding Director at Orange County Coastkeeper

President

Vince Zimmerer

Retired

Chair

Janice Sclafani

Director of Healthcare at Essity Professional Hygiene-West US

Vice Chair

Kara Adams

Managing Director at Ernst & Young

Treasurer

Robert King

Retired

Past Chair

Ellen Orange-Brown

Associate Director & CFO at Orange County Coastkeeper

Secretary (non-voting)

Alan Freeman

Retired

Member

Mandana Massoumi

Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Member

Jeff Snow

Regional Manager at Disaster Recovery Center

Member

Robert Budd

Business & Marketing Professional

Membership Advisory Committee

Stephen Mayville Yorba Linda

Stephanie Pacheco – Fountain Valley

Dani Gold – Newport Beach

Esther Julier – Riverside

Tony Quiroz – Coachella Valley

Patricia Leal-Gutierrez – East Coachella Valley