Board Members

John Muller, Chair

Category: Irrigated Agriculture
Term Expires: September 30, 2012

Mr. Muller, of Half Moon Bay, currently serves as Board Chair. Mr. Muller has been the owner and operator of Daylight Nursery since 1991. He was co-owner of the nursery from 1970 to 1991. He has served on the Half Moon Bay City Council and is currently Mayor. He is a former member of the Coast Side County Water District Board, and currently serves on U. S. EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee. Mr. Muller is a past director of the National PromoFlor Council, a member of the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Fruits and Vegetables, and a director of the California Agricultural Education and Foundation. He is a former member of the Secretary of Agriculture's Special Committee to Streamline Management of the United States Department of Agriculture and former Chairman and member of the Society of American Florists Government Relations Committee. He is a past president of the San Mateo County Farm Bureau and continues to serve on its Board of Directors. A veteran of the United States Navy, Mr. Muller is a graduate of the California Agricultural Leadership Program and a past president of the program's Alumni Association.

Mr. Muller and his wife Eda were honored in 2008 by U.S. EPA as winners of U. S. EPA’s Presidential Volunteer Service Award for their leadership in sustainable, urban agriculture.

Terry Young Ph.D, Vice-Chair

Category: Recreation, Fish or Wildlife
Term Expires: September 30, 2014

Dr. Young, of Oakland, has advised environmental organizations and selected corporations on environmental science and policy since 1983. Her expertise includes ecological risk assessment and the use of economic incentives to decrease pollution and protect endangered species. Dr. Young also has served on numerous science boards and advisory committees in Washington, D.C. and California, including the U.S. EPA’s Science Advisory Board; panels of the National Research Council; and projects of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Center for International Environmental Law. Dr. Young holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in Chemistry from Yale University.

Shalom Eliahu

Category: Water Supply
Term Expires: September 30, 2013

Mr. Eliahu, of Lafayette, is the principal of SE Consulting, a geotechnical engineering consulting firm. He has more than 46 years of experience as a project manager and technical resource manager on large geotechnical and civil engineering projects. Mr. Eliahu's expertise includes the design of levees, dams, and other water retaining structures. He is the former Vice President of the Engeo Inc., an engineering corporation that provides a full spectrum of geotechnical and environmental services from planning through the design and construction phases. During his tenure with Engeo Inc., Mr. Eliahu designed levees, canals, water supply systems, and flood control for the Dead Sea Works project in Israel, as well as residential plans for the communities of Canyon Lakes, Blackhawk, and West Pittsburg. He earned a M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jim McGrath

Category: Water Quality
Term Expires: September 30, 2013

Mr. McGrath, of Berkeley, has worked in the environmental field for over 30 years, starting at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1972. He spent five years with U.S. EPA, fourteen years with the California Coastal Commission, and sixteen years with the Port of Oakland, working on a variety of projects and addressing a range of environmental issues.

Mr. McGrath received his formal education at the University of California, Berkeley, initially in the Chemistry Department, and received a B.A. in History in 1973 and a M.S. in Civil Engineering in 1983. During his career he has had the opportunity to work on a number of habitat restoration projects including the Martin Luther King, Jr., shoreline in Oakland, the Sonoma Baylands, Middle Harbor, Hamilton and Montezuma wetland projects, and the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Since retiring from the Port of Oakland in 2005, he has volunteered at Le Conte Elementary School in Berkeley. He also serves on various non-profit boards including the San Francisco Estuary Institute, US Windsurfing, San Francisco Boardsailors Association, and Bay Access as well as the City of Berkeley’s Waterfront Commission. He windsurfs and kayaks and spends over 150 days on San Francisco Bay each year.

Steven M. Moore

Category: Industrial Water Use
Term Expires: September 30, 2012

Mr. Moore, of Sausalito, is currently a civil engineer in Marin County designing and overseeing construction of projects in the North Bay for industrial users, local government and sanitary districts, specializing in work in environmentally sensitive areas. He has designed and contributed to many successful sewer infrastructure upgrades as well as tidal wetland and stream habitat restoration projects throughout the Bay Area. He has a varied twenty-two-year career in the environmental field, including work as a consultant and as an engineer with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Board. His experience includes preparing and approving Environmental Impact Reports, conducting engineering studies, and developing Water Quality Control Plans. As staff to the Regional Water Board for eleven years, Mr. Moore performed a wide range of duties, including the State’s acquisition and permitting of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. He has experience in NPDES and wetland permitting, water quality standards, watershed and stream protection policies, development of the Board’s Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP), and statewide coordination of water quality programs. He served on the Federal Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force from 2002 to 2006, specializing in ballast water management. Mr. Moore was actively involved in the 2007 update of the San Francisco Bay Estuary’s Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, focusing on drainage infrastructure renewal and pollution prevention.

Mr. Moore holds a B.S. in biological sciences and an M.S. in civil engineering, both from Stanford University, and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In his spare time he enjoys recreation in and near the water in the Bay Area watersheds, including kayaking in his home watershed of Richardson Bay.

Rameshwar Singh

Category: Water Quality
Term Expires: September 30, 2012

Dr. Singh, of San Jose, is a professor emeritus after teaching water resources for 43 years. He was a professor of water resources engineering at San Jose State University from 1977 to 2008 and an associate professor since 1967. He received his B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering from Auburn University, and Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1965. Before coming to the United States from India in 1960, he had worked as an engineer for the department of water resources in Bihar province, where he was charged with designing, building, and operating various river development projects. At the University of British Columbia and San Jose State University, Dr. Singh has been involved in teaching, research, and mentoring of students. He served on the San Jose State Academic Senate as representative of the College of Engineering. In 2006, he was honored with the best faculty service award.

Dr. Singh previously was a consultant providing engineering expertise in a wide range of disciplines for a number of organizations including hydrodynamics for Lockheed, fluid mechanics for General Electric, water resources for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, environmental impact studies to Metcalf & Eddy and Ecological Impact, Inc., and flow profiles for Jennings, McDermott & Heiss. Additionally, he served part-time as staff engineer for the nuclear division for General Electric from 1974 to 1975. Dr. Singh has also served as an expert witness to various law firms. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, and American Society for Engineering Education, and is past statewide president of the California Society of Professional Engineers Association.