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 |
Rincon Consultants, Inc. Santa Barbara, CA |
LynneDee Althouse* | Principal Scientist |
Althouse and Meade Inc. Paso Robles, CA |
Jesse Barnett* | District Forester |
Sierra Pacific Industries Anderson, CA |
Devin Best | Executive Director |
Upper Salinas-Las Tablas RCD Atascadero, CA |
Alana Callagy* | Project Coordination Manager |
Transbay Joint Powers Authority San Francisco, CA |
Matt Carpenter* | Vice President, Environmental Resources |
Five Point Holdings Valencia, CA |
Emma Chow | District Conservationist | USDA National Resources Conservation Service
Santa Maria, CA |
Brady Dubois* | Forester/Appraiser |
American AgCredit Murphys, CA |
Elicia Goldsworthy | Forest Policy and Communications Manager |
Green Diamond Resource Company Korbel, CA |
Eric Huff* | Staff Chief |
Forest Practice Program CAL FIRE Sacramento, CA |
Nicole Kho | Director, Corporate Sustainability |
Gilead Sciences Foster City, CA |
Catherine Reheis-Boyd* | President |
Western States Petroleum Association Sacramento, CA |
Walter Ruzzo* | Retired | Mountain View, CA |
Torin Snyder* | Principal |
Rincon Consultants, Inc. Carlsbad, CA |
Christina Terzich* | Environmental Technology and Regulatory Lead |
San Diego Gas & Electric San Diego, CA |
Dan Turner* | Retired |
San Luis Obispo, CA |