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Sierra Club California Executive and Administrative Committees
rev 1/07/26
Mbr: Ronald Martin, Tehipite (2025-26)
Mbr: Nick Pilch, SF Bay (2025-26)
California Legislative Committee: Eric Parfrey (Chair) Patricia Jones (Vice Chair), Steve Birdlebough, Kevin Bundy, Andy Katz, Al Sattler, Ron Stork, Daniel Barad, Matt Williams, Kathy Dervin
(Appointments are made in odd years, appointed for 2 years 2025-2026. )
California Political Committee: Victoria Brandon and Sharon Koch (Co-Chairs), Victoria Brandon, Redwood, Sandra Cattell, Angeles, Derek Cressman, Mother Lode, Mike Ferreira, Loma Prieta, Rue Furch, Redwood, David Gold, Santa Barbara-Ventura, Jason Islas, Angeles, Bhavin Jindal, San Gorgonio, Sharon Koch, Angeles, Richard Miller, San Diego, Alex Mintzer, Santa Lucia, Pat Piras, SF Bay, Susana Reyes, Angeles, John Rizzo, SF Bay, Andy Sawyer, Mother Lode, Howard Strauss, Angeles
(Appointments are made in odd years, appointed for 2 years 2025-2026. )
Candidate Review Committees (appointed by PolCom Chair):
NORTH: Andy Sawyer (Chair), John Rizzo, Pat Piras, Victoria Brandon (alt), Katja Irvin (alt)
SOUTH: Howard Strauss (Chair), Joan Jones Holtz, David Gold, Alex Mintzer (alt), Mark Rush (alt)
Local Ballot Measure Review Committee: Appointed by CCC and approved by ExCom:
Eric Parfrey, Chair (Mother Lode), John Rizzo (SF Bay), Nick Pilch (SF Bay), Pat Piras (SF Bay), Steve Birdlebough (Redwood), Chris Gilbert (SF Bay), Darrell Clarke (Angeles), Ron Askeland (San Diego), and Felicia Gomez Verdin (Angeles)
Task Force to Harmonize the Processes of the Candidate Review Committees and the Local Ballot Measure Review Committee : Appointed by CCC and approved by ExCom:
Alex Mintzer, Chair (Santa Lucia), Eric Parfrey , Andy Sawyer, Marlene Esquivel, Pat Piras, Chris Gilbert, Nick Pilch, Igor Tregub
Nominating Committee: Barbara Brydon (Mother Lode) (Co-chair), Karen Maki (Loma Prieta) (Co-chair), Rue Furch (Redwood), Lisa Ross (San Diego), Emily Engel (Santa Barbara), Igor Tregub (SF Bay)
Elections Committee: Mary Ann Ruiz, Chris Gilbert (Co-chairs), Pam Heatherington, Steve Farrell (online voting consultant)
Awards Committee : Howard Strauss (Chair), Pam Heatherington (San Diego), Nick Pilch (SF Bay), Alex Mintzer (Santa Lucia), Ron Martin (Tehipite), Shruti Chandrasekhar (Loma Prieta), Mary Ann Ruiz (San Gorgonio), Chance Cutrano (SF Bay)
Fundraising Committee: Mary Ann Ruiz, Martha Kreeger (Co-Chairs), Karen Maki, Igor Tregub, Matt Williams, Alex Mintzer, Nathan Chan, Kathy Dervin, Nick Pilch
Legal Committee: Andy Sawyer, Ruben Arizmendi (Co-Chairs), Steve Birdlebough, Jim Pachl, Bob Wright
Finance Committee: The whole ExCom