Kate Nitta

Kate Nitta is an attorney with the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), where she works on a wide-ranging area of topics related to solid waste and recycling in the state. Prior to working with CalRecycle, she worked as a legislative advocate at the Judicial Council as part Read more…

Mehrey Vaghti

Mehrey Vaghti

Mehrey grew up in a rural Bay Area community that remains much the same thanks to willing landowners and the local land trust – she has long felt the need to give back. Mehrey works as a vegetation ecologist and has twenty-five years of experience in California in a variety Read more…

Fred Yeager

Fred was employed by Placer County for 33 years, and he was Director of the Planning Department for 17 of those years.  Among many other accomplishments, Fred implemented the award-winning Placer Legacy program for Placer County. In 2005, Fred was awarded the Placer Conservator award for his efforts to improve Read more…