Who is
the Air
District?

air district image

THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE CREATED
THE AIR DISTRICT IN 1955 AS THE FIRST
REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS GOVERNED
BY A 24-MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COMPOSED OF LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS
FROM EACH OF THE NINE BAY AREA
COUNTIES,
WITH THE NUMBER OF BOARD
MEMBERS FROM EACH COUNTY BEING
PROPORTIONATE TO ITS POPULATION.

Executive
Management

down triangle icon 1 JACK P. BROADBENT
Executive Officer / Air Pollution
Control Officer

ADAN SCHWARTZ
Acting District Counsel

DAMIAN BREEN
Senior Deputy Executive Officer

VERONICA EADY
Senior Deputy Executive Officer

GREG NUDD
Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer

JEFF MCKAY
Chief Financial Officer

REX SANDERS
Chief Administrative Officer

VANESSA JOHNSON
Manager, Executive Operations

Division Directors
and Officers

down triangle icon 2 ALAN ABBS
Legislative Officer

BLAIR ADAMS
Information Systems

RANYEE CHIANG
Measurements and Meteorology

JOHN CHILADAKIS
Information Services

JUDITH CUTINO
Health Officer

LISA F. FASANO
External Affairs Officer

ANTHONY FOURNIER
Technology Implementation

JEFFREY GOVE
Compliance and Enforcement

HENRY HILKEN
Planning and Climate Protection

PAMELA LEONG
Engineering

TERRI LEVELS
People and Engagement Officer

PHILIP MARTIEN
Assessment, Inventory and Modeling

MARICELA MARTINEZ
Administrative Resources

SUMA PEESAPATI
Environmental Justice and Community Engagement

KRISTINE ROSELIUS
Communications

KAREN SCHKOLNICK
Strategic Incentives

ELIZABETH YURA
Rules and Strategic Policy

Current Board
Members

down triangle icon 3 ALAMEDA
John J. Bauters, Vice Chair
Pauline Russo Cutter
David Haubert
Nate Miley

CONTRA COSTA
John Gioia
David E. Hudson
Karen Mitchoff, Chair
Mark Ross

MARIN
Katie Rice

NAPA
Brad Wagenknecht

SAN FRANCISCO
Tyrone Jue (Mayor’s Appointee)
Myrna Melgar
Shamann Walton

SAN MATEO
David J. Canepa
Carole Groom
Davina Hurt, Secretary

SANTA CLARA
Margaret Abe-Koga
Cindy Chavez
Rich Constantine
Rob Rennie

SOLANO
Erin Hannigan
Lori Wilson

SONOMA
Teresa Barrett
Lynda Hopkins