Governing Board Members
The Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy is currently governed by a board of twenty members. The board members represent local jurisdictions, the public at large, several state agencies, and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. The board meets on a bi-monthly basis at regularly scheduled public meetings.
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Savana Saubel, Secretary-Treasurer
Margaret Park, Chief Planning Officer (Alternate)
CA State Assembly Appointee
Beatriz Gonzalez, Private Citizen
CA Governor’s Appointee
Joan Taylor, Private Citizen
CA Senate Appointee
Ellen Lloyd Trover, Private Citizen
CA Department of Fish & Wildlife
Richard Kim, Environmental Scientist
CA State Parks
Enrique Arroyo, District Superintendent, Ocotillo Wells District
CA Department of Finance
Joe Stephenshaw, Director
CA Natural Resources Agency
Madeline Drake, Assistant Secretary for Biodiversity
Andrea Scharffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, (Alternate)
City of Cathedral City
Rita Lamb, Council Member (Chair)
Mark Carnevale, Council Member (Alternate)
City of Coachella
Denise Delgado, Mayor Pro Tem
Frank Figueroa, Council Member (Alternate)
City of Desert Hot Springs
Gary Gardner, Mayor Pro Tem
City of Indian Wells
Brian Penna, Council Member
City of Indio
Elaine Holmes, Mayor Pro Tem
Benjamin Guitron, Council Member (Alternate)
City of La Quinta
Deborah McGarrey, Mayor Pro Tem
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Council Member (Alternate)
City of Palm Desert
Evan Trubee, Mayor Pro Tem
Gina Nestande, Council Member (Alternate)
City of Palm Springs
Grace Garner, Council Member
Ron deHarte, Mayor (Alternate)
City of Rancho Mirage
Steve Downs, (Vice Chair)
Lynn Mallotto, Mayor Pro Tem (Alternate)
County of Riverside, District 4
V. Manuel Perez, Riverside County Supervisor
Patricia Cooper, Riverside County Deputy Chief of Staff (Alternate)
University of California
Christopher Tracy, Director, Deep Canyon Desert Research Center
Wildlife Conservation Board
Jennifer Norris, Executive Director
