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Coastal Conservancy

The Coastal Conservancy acts with others to preserve, protect and restore the resources of the California Coast. Our vision is of a beautiful, restored and accessible coastline.


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 Board Member Biographies

Douglas Bosco, Chairman

Douglas Bosco was appointed to the State Coastal Conservancy by Governor Gray Davis in November 2003. From 1982 to 1990 Mr. Bosco worked as a United States Representative from the First District of California, which stretches from Sonoma County to the Oregon Border, and served on the Foreign Affairs and Public Works and Transportation committees. In Congress he authored the California Wilderness Act, the 1990 legislation that created the Smith River National Recreation Area, the Klamath-Trinity Restoration Act, the Hoopa-Yurok Settlement Act, and the Laguna de Santa Rosa National Wildlife Preserve Act.

From 1978 to 1982 he was a member of the California State Assembly, where he wrote the California Renewable Resources Investment Act. He is a member of the California Industrial Welfare Commission and has served as past chair of capital campaigns to provide a $3 million building for the Sonoma County Food Bank and raise $7 million for the Sonoma County Children’s Home.

He is a pro-bono attorney for the West Sonoma County HIV-AIDS Ministry and serves on numerous boards, associations, and community groups. He earned his J.D. and B.A. degrees from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He practices law and resides in Sonoma County with his wife Gayle and children John and Cassie.

Jeremy Hallisey

Jeremy Hallisey was appointed to the Coastal Conservancy in October 2003 by Governor Gray Davis. Mr. Hallisey, of Alamo, has been the Project Manager of Business and Economic Development for the City and County of San Francisco since September 2000. In this capacity he has served as a liaison to many city and State agencies. Mr. Hallisey served as President of JMH Enterprises, a consulting firm, from 1998 to 2000, and as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Jack Davis & Associates in San Francisco from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Hallisey earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of California, Davis.

ALTERNATE MEMBERS

Fred Klass

Fred Klass directs the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Capital Outlay units of the California Department of Finance, where he has worked since 1988. Earlier, he was Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations for the California Community Colleges. He also served four years with the Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy (Little Hoover Commission).

Mr. Klass is a graduate of UC-Berkeley and holds a master's degree in public administration from California State University, Sacramento.

 


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