PARTICIPANT LIST
SWITZER FELLOWS’ SPRING RETREAT 2011
MARCH 4 - 6, 2011
LESLIE ABRAMSON (2008 SWITZER FELLOW)
Sanctuary Advisory Council Coordinator
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine
Sanctuary
991 Marine Drive, The Presidio
San Francisco, CA 94129
fezlie@hotmail.com
JOHN ANDREW (1995 SWITZER FELLOW)
Assistant Deputy Director
California Department of Water Resources
901 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
jandrew@water.ca.gov
CHRISTOPHER BACON (2001 SWITZER FELLOW)
Assistant Professor
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0563
(831) 419-9936
christophermbacon@gmail.com
CAROLINA BALAZS (2009 SWITZER FELLOW)
PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley
310 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3050
carolinabalazs@gmail.com
ASHLEY BOREN (SWITZER TRUSTEE)
Executive Director
Sustainable Conservation
98 Battery Street, Suite 302
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 977-0380
aboren@suscon.org
JOHN CAIN (SPEAKER)
Conservation Director
California Floodplain Management
American Rivers
2150 Allston Way, Suite 320
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 809-8010
jcain@americanrivers.org
SARAH CONNICK (1998 SWITZER FELLOW)
Manager, Biodiversity
Chevron Services Company
6001 Bollinger Canyon Road
RM K2018
San Ramon, CA 94583
(925) 842-9731
sarah.connick@gmail.com
RAYMOND COSTANTINO (2004 SWITZER FELLOW)
Parks Planner
City of Sacramento
1307 U Street
Sacramento, CA 95818
raymondcostantino@yahoo.com
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JESSICA DAVENPORT (1997 SWITZER FELLOW)
Coastal Planner
San Francisco Bay Conservation &
Development Commission
50 California Street, Suite 2600
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 352-3660
jessicad@bcdc.ca.gov
TERESA DE ANDA (SPEAKER)
Central Valley Coordinator
Californians for Pesticide Reform
1302 Jefferson Street, Suite 2
Delano, CA 93215
(661) 721-2535
teresa@pesticidereform.org
FRANCISCO DOŃEZ (2007 SWITZER FELLOW)
Policy Analyst
US EPA Region 9
600 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1460
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 244-1834
donez.francisco@epa.gov
JIM DOWNING (2003 SWITZER FELLOW)
Freelance Journalist
457 40th Street, Apartment 4
Oakland, CA 94609
jbdown@gmail.com
CAROLINE FARRELL (SPEAKER)
Executive Director
Center on Race, Poverty and the
Environment
1302 Jefferson Street, Suite 2
Delano, CA 93215
(661) 720-9140
cfarrell@crpe-ej.org
ALICIA GASDICK FORSYTHE (SPEAKER)
Acting Program Manager
San Joaquin River Restoration Program
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
(916) 978-5464
aforsythe@usba.gov
LA RONDA BOWEN FRUIN (COLLEAGUE)
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street, 24th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 327-5762
lbowen@arb.ca.gov
SCOTT FRUIN (2000 SWITZER FELLOW)
Assistant Professor, Environmental Health
University of Southern California
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP-236
Los Angeles, CA 90033
fruin@usc.edu
MARIA EUGENIA FLORES GOMEZ (COLLEAGUE)
Community Agroecology Network
ALFRED GONZALEZ III (1996 SWITZER FELLOW)
Biology Faculty
Evergreen Valley College
3095 Yerba Buena Road
San Jose, CA 95135
alfred.gonzalez@evc.edu
CADEN HARE (2009 SWITZER FELLOW)
City of Santa Rosa
7217 Camino Collegio
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
hareca@gmail.com
MARIA HERRERA (SPEAKER)
Community Outreach Coordinator
Community Water Center
311 W. Murray Avenue
Visalia, CA 93291
RACHEL HERZING (COLLEAGUE)
Program Officer
Groundswell Fund
436 14th Street, Suite 1312
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 444-5904
rherzing@groundswellfund.org
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DAVE KOEHLER (SPEAKER)
Executive Director
San Joaquin River Parkway and
Conservation Trust
11605 Old Friant Road
Fresno, CA 93730
dkoehler@riverparkway.org
CHRIS LARSON (2008 SWITZER FELLOW)
Principal, New Island Capital
Management
505 Sansome Street, Suite 1925
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 692-5757
clarson@newislandcap.com
CAROLE MARTIN (CONSULTANT)
64 Masonic Street
Rockland, ME 04841
carolemartin365@hotmail.com
LUPE MARTINEZ (SPEAKER, MUSICIAN)
Assistant Director, Center on Race,
Poverty and the Environment
1302 Jefferson Street, Suite 2
Delano, CA 93215
(661) 720-9140
lmartinez@crpe-ej.org
EYAL MATALON (SPEAKER)
Research Associate
The Pacific Institute
654 13th Street, Preservation Park
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 251-1600 ext. 104
ematalon@pacinst.org
JENEFER MERRILL (COLLEAGUE)
P. O. Box 519
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
DUSTIN MULVANEY (2004 SWITZER FELLOW)
Postdoc Fellow, UC Berkeley
and Research Scientist,
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
650 Pedro Avenue
Ben Lomond, CA 95005
dustin.mulvaney@gmail.com
STEVE PARRY (SWITZER TRUSTEE)
Managing Director
NGEN Partners, LLC
1114 State Street, Suite 247
Santa Barbara, CA 94101
parry@ngenpartners.com
JASQUELIN PEŃA (2006 SWITZER FELLOW)
Postdoc Fellow
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2737 Garber Street, Apt. 4
Berkeley, CA 94705
jpena@lbl.gov
JACKIE PRANGE (2008 SWITZER FELLOW)
Clerk, U.S. District Court, Los Angeles
12808 Matteson Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90066-4129
jackieprange@gmail.com
BECKY QUINTANA (SPEAKER)
(559) 736-2869
rj_quintana@yahoo.com
STEVE ROTHERT (1994 SWITZER FELLOW)
California Director
American Rivers
432 Broad Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
(510) 644-2900
srothert@americanrivers.org
PHOEBE SEATON (SPEAKER)
Directing Attorney
California Rural Legal Assistance
629 Main Street
Delano, CA 93215
(661) 725-4350
ELIZABETH SODERSTROM (1993 FELLOW)
Senior Director of Conservation
American Rivers
432 Broad Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
(510) 644-2900
esoderstrom@americanrivers.org
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BRUCE STEELE (COLLEAGUE)
steele8458@earthlink.net
NANCY STEELE (1993 SWITZER FELLOW)
Executive Director, Los Angeles & San
Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
700 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
nancy@lasgrwc.org
MARK SWITZER (SWITZER TRUSTEE)
P. O. Box 519
Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
markswitzer@earthlink.net
MARK TOMPKINS (2004 SWITZER FELLOW)
Principal, NewFields River Basin
Services, LLC, and
Technical and Policy Advisor,
American Rivers
1668 Capistrano Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707
mtompkins@newfields.com
RANDY TURNER (2009 SWITZER FELLOW)
Santa Barbara County Water Agency
4521 Vieja Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Randyturner24@gmail.com
JOHN URGO (2010 SWITZER FELLOW)
Master’s Student
UC Berkeley
2736 Russell Street, Apt. A
Berkeley, CA 94705
(646) 715-4023
john.urgo@gmail.com
PETER VORSTER (1989 SWITZER FELLOW)
Hydrologist
The Bay Institute
3901 Balfour Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
(415) 550-0150
vorster@bay.org
LISSA WIDOFF (1992 SWITZER FELLOW)
Executive Director
Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation
P. O. Box 293
Belfast, ME 04915
(207) 338-5654
lissa@switzernetwork.org
GERI YANG (COLLEAGUE)
Program Officer
Fresno Regional Foundation
5250 North Palm Avenue, Suite 424
Fresno, CA 93704
(559) 226-5600
geri@fresnoregfoundation.org
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