Stan L. Dixon

Stan L. Dixon

STAN L. DIXON, of Eureka, was appointed by Governor Gray Davis on July 13, 1999, reappointed and named Chair by Governor Davis in 2002, and serves as a public member. He served as Mayor and Councilman, City of Ferndale, for 16 years. He also served on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 1997. Mr. Dixon also served on several boards and commissions including the Eel Russian River Commission as chair and the North Coast Air Quality Management District. Mr. Dixon, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University at Humboldt.

Mark Andre

Mark Andre

Mark Andre was appointed by the Governor on March 12, 2010. Mr. Andre has served as director of environmental services for Arcata since 2006, where he previously held the position of deputy director of environmental services from 1992 to 2006, forester and geographic information system specialist from 1988 to 1992 and forest tech from 1984 to 1987. He is a member of North Coast Regional Land Trust, Humboldt County Forestry Review Committee, Forest Guild and the California Licensed Foresters Association.

Pam Giacomini

Pam Giacomini

PAM GIACOMINI, of Hat Creek, was appointed to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection on December 22, 2005. Giacomini has owned and operated Hat Creek Grown, a natural beef production and sales company since 2003. She served as director of natural resources and commodities for the Government Affairs Division of the California Farm Bureau Federation from 2001 to 2005. Giacomini is a member of California Cattlemen's Association.

James Ostrowski

James Ostrowski

JAMES OSTROWSKI, of Mount Shasta, was appointed to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection on December 22, 2005. Ostrowski has served as timberland manager for Timber Products Company since 1994. Previously, he was Mount Shasta's district manager from 1988 to 1994 and a logging engineer for Sierra Pacific Industries from 1983 to 1988. Ostrowski is a member of the French Creek Watershed Advisory Group and the Siskiyou Forestry Roundtable.

Bruce Saito

Bruce Saito

BRUCE SAITO, Long Beach, was appointed to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection on December 22, 2005. Saito has served as executive director of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps since 1995. Previously, he served as the deputy director of the Corps from 1985 to 1995 and prior to that, as program manager from 1976 to 1986. Saito is a member of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Advisory Committee and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust Board.

SUSAN BRITTING

SUSAN BRITTING

SUSAN BRITTING, of Coloma. Ms. Britting has been a consulting biologist since 1987, advising on habitat conservation in foothill and forest environments. She received a doctorate in biology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

J. KEITH GILLESS

J. KEITH GILLESS

J. Keith Gilless, of San Francisco. Mr. Gilless has been the dean of the College of Natural Resources since 2008 and professor of forest economics since 1983 at the University of California, Berkeley. He received a doctorate in forestry and agricultural economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

MICHAEL MILES

MICHAEL MILES

MICHAEL MILES, of Eureka. Mr. Miles has been area manager and watershed analysis manager at Humboldt Redwood Company since 2008. He was a watershed analysis manager for Scotia Pacific Company from 2005 to 2008 and compliance forester at Pacific Lumber Company from 2001 to 2004. He is a California-licensed registered professional forester.

RICHARD WADE

RICHARD WADE

RICHARD WADE, of Pollock Pines. Mr. Wade has been a district manager at Sierra Pacific Industries since 2006, after working as a district forester there from 1995 to 2006. He is a California-licensed registered professional forester.