We are guided by the commitment and care of a diversity of leaders.
Our management board is comprised of Bay Area leaders who support our mission and can advocate for and/or represent our interests throughout the nine county Bay Area. As a self-directed partnership, the management board is responsible for overall policy and direction, while day-to-day operations are lead by the SFBJV Coordinator. The primary responsibility of the Board is to set, revise, and accomplish the goals established in our Implementation Plan.
Rebecca Schwartz Lesberg, Chair
Rebecca is the president of Coastal Policy Solutions, a boutique environmental consulting firm, where she works with nonprofits and government agencies to advance conservation projects around the state. Prior to this, Rebecca spent ten years working with the Audubon Society at the chapter and state level on coastal habitat restoration and protection projects. Rebecca became chair of the SFBJV’s Management Board in August 2023, and prior to that, she served as the SFBJV’s vice chair from 2020-2024 and chair of SFBJV’s Policy Committee from 2019-2024.
Sara Azat, Vice Chair
Sara is a fish biologist for NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) West Coast Region in the California Coastal Office since 2012. Her work with NMFS focuses on minimizing impacts to estuarine and marine habitat through implementation of the Endangered Species Act and the Magnuson Stevens Act. Prior to working with NMFS, Sara worked at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as a marine biologist on the San Francisco Bay herring fishery and on the Marine Life Protection Act.
Management Board Member Organizations and Agencies
- Audubon California – Casey Skinner, Mike Lynes
- Audubon Canyon Ranch – Tom Gardali
- Bay Planning Coalition – Cameron Carr
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife – Greg Martinelli
- California Natural Resources Agency – Meghan Hertel, Madeline Drake
- California State Coastal Conservancy – Jessica Davenport, Evyan Sloane
- California Wildlife Conservation Board – Scott McFarlin, Rebecca Fris
- Citizens’ Committee to Complete the Refuge – Arthur Feinstein, Carin High
- Ducks Unlimited, Inc. – Jeff McCreary, Renee Spenst
- Mosquito and Vector Control Districts – Erika Castillo
- Natural Resources Conservation Service – Dean Kwasny
- NOAA Fisheries – Sara Azat
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company- Matt Putnam, Sara Morton Sadler
- Point Blue Conservation Science – Mani Oliva, Sam Veloz, Julian Wood
- San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission – Lawrence Goldzband, Julie Garren
- San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board – Eileen White, Keith Lichten
- San Francisco Estuary Partnership – Caitlin Sweeney, Karen McDowell
- Save The Bay – David Lewis, Jessie Olson
- TOGETHER Bay Area – Annie Burke
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Tessa Beach, Tami Church
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Luisa Valiela, Lyndsey Tu
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Chris Barr, Joy Albertson
- U.S. Geological Survey – Tom Kimball, Susan De La Cruz
- Independent Member – Barbara Salzman
- Independent Member –Rebecca Schwartz Lesberg