Lahontan Regional Board Members

California Water Code Section 13201 provides for the Governor to appoint nine members to the Regional Water Quality Control Board. Each member shall reside or have a principal place of business within the region. Appointments are made to fulfill seven categories of representation; water supply; conservation and production; irrigated agriculture; industrial water use; municipal government; county government; recreation, fish and wildlife; public; and two water quality members. Appointments are subject to confirmation by the state Senate.

Don Jardine, Chair, County Government

Mr. Jardine, of Alpine County, has been a member of the Alpine County Board of Supervisors for over 21 years. He is currently a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion, Carson Water Subconservancy District, Alpine County Water Agency, Alpine County Local Agency Formation Commission, Alpine County Board Liaison to the Alpine Watershed Group and Alpine Fire Safe Council and is a member of the Markleeville Volunteer Fire Department. In past years, he has served with Alpine County Search and Rescue and Alpine County Library Commission, and as an Alpine County Reserve Deputy Sheriff and Alpine County Emergency Medical Technician. Mr. Jardine’s term expires on 9/30/12.

Peter C. Pumphrey, Vice Chair, Water Quality

Peter Pumphrey lives near Bishop, California. He is a retired attorney, most recently having been an environmental prosecutor for the Office of the District Attorney, San Joaquin County, California. He is the treasurer of the State Bar of California Environmental Law Section, a member of the Board of Directors of the Sierra Nevada Alliance, President of the Eastern Sierra Audubon Society, Chair of the Chalfant Valley Fire District, and an Advisory Board member of the Eastern Sierra Land Trust. He is a volunteer docent for the Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education. He is a licensed fishing guide, teaches fly fishing and contributes to California Fly Fishing magazine. In his retirement, he works in the household garden, and hikes, fishes, backpacks and skis in the Sierra backcountry. Mr. Pumphrey’s term expires on 9/30/15.

Jack Clarke, Water Supply

Mr. Clarke, of Apple Valley, has more than 30 years of experience in water utility management and has extensive knowledge of high desert water issues. Mr. Clarke recently retired with the Apple Valley Ranchos Water Company where he served as vice president and general manager since 1982. From 1974 to 1982, Mr. Clarke worked as an area manager for the Southern California Water Company. He also served as foreman and purchasing agent for Granite Construction from 1969 to 1974 and was the water quality inspector and filter plant operator for the Contra Costa County Water District from 1962 to 1969. Mr. Clarke is currently doing some private consulting with regard to water supply issues in the high desert. His term expires on 9/30/14.

Keith Dyas, Industrial Water Use

Mr. Dyas, of Rosamond, has been an environmental and civil engineer at Edwards Air Force Base for 20 years. Previously, he was an engineer at Occidental Petroleum Corp. He has served on many local boards including, the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency and the Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District. Mr. Dyas served as a director of the Rosamond Town Council. Mr. Dyas earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly, Pomona and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Fresno State University. Mr. Dyas’s term expires on 9/30/12.

Amy Horne, Ph.D., Rec. Fish or Wildlife

Dr. Horne, of Truckee, has served as a board member of the Lahontan Water Board since 2003. An independent scholar since 2009, she was adjunct professor for Sierra Nevada College in 2008. Dr. Horne was a science writer for the University of California, Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center from 2007 to 2009. Dr. Horne was research director for the Sierra Business Council from 1998 to 2005 and research forester for the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Station from 1993 to 1997. She holds a doctorate degree in forest science from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. She also holds a masters degree in public administration and bachelors in economics, both from the University of Wisconsin. She is a member of the California Native Plant Society. Dr. Horne’s term expires on 9/30/14.

Eric Sandel, P.E., Water Quality

Mr. Sandel, of Truckee, has been a member of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board since 1992. He is the principal of S.A. Engineering, an electrical engineering firm in Truckee. Mr. Sandel also serves as a member of the Nevada County Elections Board and the Truckee-Tahoe Engineers Association. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Massachusetts. Mr. Sandel’s term expires on 9/30/13.

Vacant, Irrigated Agriculture

Vacant, Municipal Government

Vacant, Public at Large

(Updated 1/17/12)