Leadership Advisory Group
Bay Area leaders from multiple sectors and organizations across the region comprise the Bay Adapt Leadership Advisory Group.
A series of LAG meetings will be held throughout the Bay Adapt process. You can access meeting agendas, presentations, and materials here.
Leadership Advisory Group Members
Ana Alvarez
Deputy General Manager East Bay Regional Parks
Tessa Beach, Ph.D
Chief, Environmental Sections
US Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District
David Behar
Climate Program Director
SFPUC/ BayCAN
John Bourgeois
Representative, Adaptation Resiliency Group (CHARG)
Allison Brooks
Executive Director
Bay Area Regional Collaborative (BARC)
Amanda Brown-Stevens
Executive Director
Greenbelt Alliance
Paul Campos
Sr. Vice President
Building Industry Association
Warner Chabot
Executive Director, San Francisco Estuary Institute
(alt. Jeremy Lowe)
John Coleman
CEO, Bay Planning Coalition (alt. Emily Loper)
Dina El-Tawansy
District 4 Director
Caltrans
Tian Feng
District Architect
BART
Julio Garcia
Environmental Justice Caucus Member
Margaret Gordon
Co-Director
West Oakland Indicators Project
Terri Green
Director
Shore Up Marin City
Amy Hutzel
Deputy Executive Officer
State Coastal Conservancy
Alicia John-Baptiste
Executive Director, SPUR
(Alt. Teresa Alvarado)
Melissa Jones
Executive Director, Bay Area Regional Healthy Inequities Initiative (BARHII)
(alt. Matt Vander Sluis)
David Lewis
Executive Director, Save the Bay (alt. Cheryl Brown)
Mark Lubell, Ph.D
Professor
UC Davis
Therese McMillan
Executive Director, MTC/ABAG
(alt. Brad Paul)
Mike Mielke
Sr. Vice President
Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Michael Montgomery
Executive Officer, SF Regional Water Quality Control Board
(alt. Lisa McCann)
Barry Nelson
Commissioner (Alternate)
Sheridan Noelani Enomoto
Resilience Hubs Coordinator, NorCal Resilience Network
David Pine
San Mateo County Supervisor/Chair, SF Bay Restoration Authority
Erika Powell
Chair, Coastal Hazards Senior Project Manager US Army Corps of Engineers
Bruce Riordan
Director, Bay Area Climate Adaptation Network
Caitlin Sweeney
Executive Director
SF Estuary Partnership
Laura Tam
Program Officer
Resources Legacy Fund
Will Travis
Independent Consultant
Zack Wasserman
Chair, BCDC
Jim Wunderman
President, Bay Area Council (alt. Adrian Covert)
LAG Meeting #1 (May 22, 2019)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group discussed BCDC’s intention to lead a regional shoreline adaptation plan, review and get feedback on current concepts and timeline, composition of the advisory committee, and gauge level of interest and commitment of Advisory Group members.
Meeting Materials:
LAG Meeting #2 (July 22, 2019)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group discussed the approach and timeline for advancing a regional effort, gained agreement on an organizational structure and process, and began identifying specific partnership opportunities.
Note: this effort was called the Regional Shoreline Adaptation Strategy (RSAS) prior to being named Bay Adapt.
LAG Meeting #3 (January 28, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group affirmed the approach for developing a regional strategy, guiding principles, and confirming the process, timeline and next steps to develop a Joint Platform.
Meeting Materials:
LAG Meeting #4 (April 3, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group affirmed working group and public engagement approach to developing a Joint Platform, shared draft guiding principles, and discussed how to define “success” to provide direction to working groups.
LAG Meeting #5 (May 29, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group explored how to embed its guiding principles on inclusion and equity into Bay Adapt as a planning process, a platform, and advancing implementation. Members had an opportunity to share stories, lessons learned, and best practices for Bay Adapt.
LAG Meeting #6 (July 31, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group learned about the ideas generated by the three Bay Adapt Working Groups, which have been organized by: 1) Regional Consistency, 2) Local Planning, and 3) Project Implementation, and provided direction on actions for the Working Groups.
LAG Meeting #7 (October 30, 2020)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group reviewed and provided feedback on the initial Joint Platform Draft summary and provided direction on next steps for conducting broader outreach.
Meeting Materials:
LAG Meeting #8 and #9 (June 21 & 24, 2021)
Meeting Overview:
BayAdapt reached a major milestone!
On June 21, 2021, the Leadership Advisory Group reached consensus that Joint Platform 2.0 is ready to advance for additional public outreach and implementation planning.
On June 24, 2021, the Leadership Advisory Group received a briefing on legislation and state budget, explored the path forward on Bay Adapt Implementation, and conferred on next steps for public and leadership engagement.
LAG Meeting #10 (October 12, 2021)
Meeting Overview:
During this meeting, the Leadership Advisory Group confirmed their support for the Bay Adapt Joint Platform. Additionally, the meeting clarified opportunities to advance shared responsibility and leadership for implementing the Joint Platform.