Stan L. Dixon
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| 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.
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Lloyd Bradshaw
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| Lloyd Bradshaw |
LLOYD BRADSHAW, of McCloud, was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger on March 16, 2007. Mr. Bradshaw serves as an industry member. He is a Registered Professional Forester. Since 1996, he has served as resource manager for The Hearst Corporation, where he oversees all forest operations. Mr. Bradshaw started at The Hearst Corporation in 1991, workings as a forester until he was promoted in 1996. Prior to that, he was an area forester for the Simpson Timber Company from 1978 to 1991. Additionally, Mr. Bradshaw has served on the Board of Directors of the California Forest Products Commission from 2004 to 2007 and the California Forestry Association since 1996 (2006 chairman of the Board).
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Pam Giacomini
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| 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.
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Gary Nakamura
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| Gary Nakamura |
GARY NAKAMURA, of Redding, was been appointed to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection on February 14, 2007. Mr. Nakamura serves as a public member. He is a Registered Professional Forester and has served as a forestry specialist with Cooperative Extension, Center for Forestry at the University of California, Berkeley since 1985. From 1980 to 1985, Mr. Nakamura was the supervisor of research and development for the California Region of Champion International Corp, where he conducted applied forest research. Prior to that, he was a soil scientist and forest fertilization study coordinator for the U.S. Forest Service.
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David Nawi
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| David Nawi |
DAVID NAWI, of Sacramento, was appointed by Governor Gray Davis on August 27, 2002, and serves as a public member. Mr. Nawi is an attorney with the law firm of Shute, Mihaly and Weinberger. He was previously appointed by President Clinton to serve as the Regional Solicitor for the Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Department of the Interior from 1993 to 2001. Mr. Nawi was County Counsel to Santa Barbara County from 1989 to 1993 and General Counsel to the California Air Resources Board from 1979 to 1989. Mr. Nawi earned a bachelor or arts degree from Harvard University, a Fulbright fellowship from the University of Vienna, and an LL.B. degree from Harvard Law School.
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Douglas Piirto
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| Douglas Piirto |
DOUGLAS PIIRTO, of Atascadero, was appointed to the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection on April 9, 2007 by Governor Schwarzenegger. Dr. Piirto serves as a public member. He is a Registered Professional Forester. He is the department head of the Natural Resources Management Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo since 2000. As a professor and department head at Cal Poly, Dr. Piirto has also served as a forest consultant with the U.S. Forest Service in the Sequoia National Forest from 1995 to 2003 and Sierra National Forest from 1990 to 1996. He previously served as a timber management officer and district silviculturist for the Pineridge Ranger District under the U.S. Forest Service from 1980 to 1985. Prior to that, he was forester for the Kings River Ranger District under the U.S. Forest Service from 1977 to 1980. Dr. Piirto is a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester. Dr. Piirto has undertaken a number of forest and wood science research studies for which he has developed peer reviewed published papers.
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James Ostrowski
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| 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.
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Bruce Saito
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| 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.
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