NRES Advisory Council
The mission of the NRES Advisory Council is to support and promote the Natural Resources Management & Environmental Sciences Department in its program and activities. These dedicated men and women provide focus and direction and assist the department in carrying out the Learn by Doing mission of the college and the university.
These Advisory Council members are people who care deeply about the future of Cal Poly and NRES. It is their responsibility, on behalf of the students and alumni, college contributors, the state of California and the environmental and agricultural industries, to provide our department leadership with vision and discipline. It is their responsibility to challenge the process and to keep true to a strong internal compass — the compass that always points the way to a better future for graduates and to a more successful future for Cal Poly. You may contact the Advisory Council or the department at nres@calpoly.edu.
Members (* denotes alumnus)
| Name | Title | Company / Location |
| Melissa Pechter* | Chair | Cardno, Santa Barbara |
| LynneDee Althouse* | Principal Scientist | Althouse and Meade Inc. Paso Robles |
| Jesse Barnett* | District Forester |
Sierra Pacific Industries |
| Devin Best | Executive Director |
Upper Salinas-Las Tablas RCD |
| Alana Callagy* | Environmental Planner | City & County of San Francisco |
| Matt Carpenter* | Vice President, Environmental Resources | Five Point Holdings |
| Brady Dubois* | Forester/Appraiser | American AgCredit, Murphys |
| Jeff Gaarder* | Principal | GHD, Lynnwood, Washington |
| Elicia Goldsworthy | Forest Policy and Communications Manager | Green Diamond Resource Company |
| Eric Huff* | Staff Chief | Forest Practice Program CAL FIRE, Sacramento |
| Nicole Kho | Director, Corporate Sustainability | Gilead Sciences |
| Andy LaVelle* | President and CEO | Arbor MD Tree Care, Inc. |
| Raj Nichols* | Senior Environmental Specialist | G3 Enterprises, Ripon |
| Catherine Reheis-Boyd* | President | Western States Petroleum Association, Sacramento |
| Walter Ruzzo* | Retired | Mountain View |
| Torin Snyder* | Principal | Rincon Consultants, Inc., Carlsbad |
| Chris Terzich* | Environmental Technology and Regulatory Lead |
SDG&E, San Diego |
| Dan Turner* | Retired | San Luis Obispo |
| Dennis Webb* | Forester | Big Creek Lumber Company, Davenport |
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