Leadership Advisory Group
Bay Area leaders from multiple sectors and organizations across the region comprise the Bay Adapt Leadership Advisory Group
A series of LAG meetings will be held throughout the Bay Adapt process. You can access meeting agendas, presentations, and materials here.
Leadership Advisory Group Members
Ana Alvarado
Deputy General Manager East Bay Regional Parks
Tessa Beach, Ph.D
Chief, Environmental Sections
US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District
David Behar
Climate Program Director
SFPUC/ BayCAN
Allison Brooks
Executive Director
Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC)
Amanda Brown-Stevens
Executive Director
Greenbelt Alliance
Paul Campos
Sr. Vice President
Building Industry Association
Warner Chabot
Executive Director, San Francisco Estuary Institute
(alt. Julie Beagle & Jeremy Lowe)
John Coleman
CEO, Bay Planning Coalition (alt. Emily Loper)
Julio Garcia
Program Director
Nuestra Casa
Margaret Gordon
Co-Director
West Oakland Indicators Project
Terri Green
Director
Shore Up Marin City
Anne Halsted
Vice Chair
BCDC
Alicia John-Baptiste
Executive Director, SPUR
(Alt. Teresa Alvarado)
Melissa Jones
Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Healthy Inequities Initiative (BARHII)
(alt. Matt Vander Sluis)
David Lewis
Executive Director, Save the Bay (alt. Cheryl Brown)
Mark Lubell, Ph.D
Professor
UC Davis
Therese McMillan
Executive Director, MTC/ABAG
(alt. Brad Paul)
Mike Mielke
Sr. Vice President
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Michael Montgomery
Executive Officer, SF Regional Water Quality Control Board
(alt. Lisa McCann)
Barry Nelson
Commissioner (Alternate)
Sheridan Noelani Enomoto
Climate + Environmental Justice Community Organizer, Greenaction
David Pine
San Mateo County Supervisor/Chair, SF Bay Restoration Authority
Erika Powell
Chair, Coastal Hazards Adaptation Resiliency Group (CHARG)
Bruce Riordan
Director, Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network
Sam Schuchat
Executive Director
State Coastal Conservancy & SF Bay Restoration Authority
Caitlin Sweeney
Executive Director
SF Estuary Partnership
Laura Tam
Program Officer
Resources Legacy Fund
Tony Tavares
District 4 Director
Caltrans
Will Travis
Independent Consultant
Zack Wasserman
Chair, BCDC
Jim Wunderman
President, Bay Area Council (alt. Adrian Covert)
LAG Meeting #1 (May 22, 2019)
Agenda, Presentations, and Meeting Materials to be posted shortly!
LAG Meeting #2 (July 22, 2019)
Agenda, Presentations, and Meeting Materials to be posted shortly.
LAG Meeting #3 (January 28, 2020)
Agenda, Presentations, and Meeting Materials to be posted shortly.
LAG Meeting #4 (April 3, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group affirmed working group and public engagement approach to developing a joint platform, shared draft guiding principles, and discussed how to define “success” to provide direction to working groups.
LAG Meeting #5 (May 29, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group explored how to embed its guiding principles on inclusion and equity into Bay Adapt as a planning process, a platform, and advancing implementation. Members will have an opportunity to share stories, lessons learned, and best practices for Bay Adapt.
LAG Meeting #6 (July 31, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group learned about the ideas generated by the three Bay Adapt Working Groups, which have been organized by: 1) Regional Consistency, 2) Local Planning, and 3) Project Implementation, and provided direction on actions for the Working Groups.
LAG Meeting #7 (October 30, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group reviewed and provided feedback on the initial Joint Platform Draft summary and provided direction on next steps for conducting broader outreach.
Meeting Materials: