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LandWatch Monterey County Adds
New Members to Its Board of Directors
Rodriguez, Gutiérrez, and Regnier Represent Diverse Community Interests
SALINAS, CA, December 18, 2004 -- LandWatch Monterey County, a public interest, community-based organization that works for land use policies that will strengthen the local economy, protect the environment, and provide greater social equity, has announced the appointment of new members to its Board of Directors:
- Lidia Rodriguez
- Dr. Juan J. Gutiérrez
- Dr. Eva Regnier
Lidia Rodriguez
A resident of East Salinas, Ms. Rodriguez is a community activist and one of the founders of Líderes Comunitarios de Salinas, or Community Leaders of Salinas. Founded in 2001 to focus on the need for better housing and land use policies, the Líderes received the 2003 Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. They were recognized especially for their contributions to the City of Salinas General Plan in supporting policies that require new developments to provide housing for the working people of Salinas, and that will conserve agricultural land through city-centered growth and more densely designed development.
Dr. Juan Gutiérrez
Juan J. Gutiérrez is a professor of anthropology at California State University at Monterey Bay. Dr. Gutiérrez is the Director of the Institute for Mexican and US-Mexico Studies, aimed at promoting the teaching of subjects related to Mexican-American culture, and history. His work focuses on cultural and socio-economic issues related to Mexican migrant workers and their transnational communities. Dr. Gutiérrez received his doctorate in philosophy in anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Dr. Eva Regnier
Eva Regnier is an assistant professor of decision science at the Defense Resources Management Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School, where her research interests include economic analysis of decisions with environmental consequences and decisions involving environmental uncertainty. She previously worked as an environmental engineer at Groundwater Technology, Inc. and Ecology and Environment, Inc. Dr. Regnier received an undergraduate degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master's degree in operations research and a doctorate in economic decision analysis from Georgia Institute of Technology.
“We are very excited to have Lidia Rodriguez and Professors Gutiérrez and Regnier join the LandWatch Board,” said Rod McMahan, President of the LandWatch Board of Directors. "Each one of these new Board members brings new experiences, insights, and networks that we believe will help immeasurably in shaping LandWatch's land use agenda, to ensure that it meets the needs of our diverse community. They really understand how good land use planning can help build healthy and safe communities over the long term, and how grassroots community involvement improves the quality of our government. We expect they will be terrific ambassadors for LandWatch.”
About LandWatch Monterey County
LandWatch Monterey County is a public interest, community-based organization whose mission is to promote land use policies that will result in healthy and safe communities. With about 1,000 members from throughout Monterey County, LandWatch inspires good land use planning through grassroots citizen action. LandWatch's education, research, and advocacy efforts promote housing options for people of all income levels and help conserve valuable natural resources, and save taxpayer dollars.
For further information, please visit LandWatch's website at www.landwatch.org
posted 12.19.04
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