Board Members

The Governor of California appoints the seven-member Regional Board, whose members serve four-year terms once they are confirmed by the State Senate. Members of the Regional Board serve part-time and conduct their business at regular meetings where public participation is encouraged. The Board normally holds public meetings 10 times per year to make decisions on water quality matters.

Regional Board members must reside in, or have a principal place of business within, the Region.

The Board relies on the Regional Board staff to conduct the day-to-day tasks associated with water quality management. Most of them are engineers, geologists and biologists.

Implementing programs according to state and federal law and following the Board's direction, staff recommends water quality standards, drafts permits, oversees remediation of contaminated sites, conducts enforcements activities, and deals directly with the public on a regular basis.

(updated 7/25/2012)

The Mission of the Regional Board

Maria Mehranian (Chair)
City of Residence: La Canada

Ms. Mehranian has served at Cordoba Corporation as managing partner since 1992 and previously served as Vice President of Urban Transportation Planning from 1986 to 1992.

Appointment Date:

11/27/2012

Term Expiration Date:

09/30/2016

Charles Stringer (Vice Chair)
City of Residence: Los Angeles

Mr. Stringer is Principal and General Counsel with the Renewable Resources Group. He began his career as a commercial litigator, and then served as legal counsel and senior policy advisor to the US Environmental Protection Agency and over 20 American Indian tribes in the western United States.

Appointment Date:	12/21/2010	Effective Date:	12/22/2010
Confirmation Date:	08/29/2011	Term Expiration Date:	09/30/2013

Francine Diamond
City of Residence: Pacific Palisades

Fran Diamond serves on the Board of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, the California League of Conservation Voters and is member of the City of Los Angeles’ Proposition O Citizens Oversight Advisory Commission.

Appointment Date:	11/15/2010	Effective Date:	12/07/2010
Confirmation Date:	08/29/2011	Term Expiration Date:	09/30/2014

Madelyn Glickfeld
City of Residence:Malibu

Madelyn Glickfeld is the Assistant Director of the UCLA Institute of the environment and Sustainability. She serves on the California Advisory Board for the Trust for Public Land.

Appointment Date:	11/15/2010	Effective Date:	12/03/2010
Confirmation Date:	09/08/2011	Term Expiration Date:	09/30/2014

Maria Camacho
City of Residence: Beverly Hills

Maria Camacho is a Director at Consensus, Inc., a strategic communications and engagement firm. She is a certified mediator. She is also an active Board Member on the Westside Urban Forum and Stanford Board of Governors.

Appointment Date:	11/21/2011	Effective Date:	12/08/2011
Confirmation Date:	08/16/2012	Term Expiration Date:	09/30/2015

Irma Muñoz
City of Residence: Los Angeles

Irma Muñoz is President and CEO and founder of Mujeres de la Tierra, an environmental equity organization that teaches women and their children to take ownership and leadership of neighborhood issues and challenges. She currently serves as Co-chair to L.A. Greens, and Urban ecosystems workgroup

Appointment Date:

11/27/2012

Term Expiration Date:

09/30/2015

Lawrence Yee
City of Residence: OJAI

Lawrence Yee currently serves as the Co- founder and Coordinating Director for the Food Commons, a large national project dedicated to designing and developing a new economic paradigm and whole systems approach for regional food. He is retired from the University of California, and director of the Ventura County UC Cooperative Extension office which operated the UC Hansen Agricultural Center.

Appointment Date:	02/02/2012	Effective Date:	02/10/2012
Confirmation Date:	08/16/2012	Term Expiration Date:	09/30/2013