Watershed Resilience Project Advisory Group

The Ventura River Watershed Resilience Pilot (VRWRP) Project is directed by the Ventura River Watershed Council, which serves as the primary project network. In January 2025, the Council’s Leadership Committee formed a technical sub-group—the WRP Advisory Group—to provide technical review, collaborative guidance, and recommendations to strengthen the WRP planning effort. This Advisory Group includes interested members of the Leadership Committee and other entities and interested parties invited to lend their expertise and ideas. The Advisory Group’s priority is to support equitable, collaborative, and sustainable watershed resilience planning. The Advisory Group advises both the WRP technical consultant team and the Council, which retains final decision-making authority

Members

Ventura County Board of Supervisors – Office of Matt LeVere

City of Ventura – Jennifer Tribo, Sarah Mulder

Upper Ventura River Groundwater Agency – Bryan Bondy

Ventura River Water District – Alma Quezada, Bruce Kuebler

Ojai Valley Sanitation District – Allison Young, Scott Meckstroth

Meiners Oaks Water District – Christy Cooper

Ojai Basin Groundwater Management Agency – Cece Vandermeer

Ventura County Resource Conservation District – Jamie Whiteford, Heidi Ortloff

Ojai Valley Land Conservancy – Tom Maloney, Vivon Crawford Sedgwick, Martin Schenker

Ventura Land Trust –  Melissa Baffa, Laura Pavliscak, Dan Hulst 

Surfrider Foundation – Paul Jenkin, Kathy Bremer

Santa Barbara Channel Keeper – Molly Troup, Nate Irwin

Ojai Valley Fire Safe Council – Chris Danch, Kalli O’Conner

Ventura County Farm Bureau – Jodi Switzer

MERITO Foundation – Rocío Lozano-Knowlton

CAUSE – Cameron Yee

Meetings

Date Agenda Meeting Minutes Resources

3/17/2025

2:00 PM

5/19/2025
7/21/2025
9/15/2025
11/17/2025
1/19/2025