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
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
- Audubon Canyon Ranch – Tom Gardali
- Bay Planning Coalition – John Coleman
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife – Greg Martinelli
- California Natural Resources Agency – TBD
- California State Coastal Conservancy – Jessica Davenport, Moira McEnespy
- California Wildlife Conservation Board – Scott McFarlin, Rebecca Fris
- Citizens’ Committee to Complete the Refuge – Arthur Feinstein, Carin High
- Ducks Unlimited, Inc. – Jeff McCreary
- Mosquito and Vector Control Districts – Erika Castillo
- Natural Resources Conservation Service – Dean Kwasny
- NOAA Fisheries – Sara Azat
- Pacific Gas & Electric Company- Matt Putnam
- Point Blue Conservation Science – Mani Oliva, Sam Veloz, Julian Wood
- San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission – Lawrence Goldzband, Steve Goldbeck
- San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board – Keith Lichten
- San Francisco Estuary Partnership – Caitlin Sweeney
- Save The Bay – David Lewis, Jessie Olson
- TOGETHER Bay Area – Annie Burke
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Tessa Beach
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Luisa Valiela
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Chris Barr
- U.S. Geological Survey – Tom Kimball
- Independent Member – Barbara Salzman
- Independent Member –Rebecca Schwartz Lesberg