California Coastkeeper Alliance

Summary

The California Coastkeeper Alliance (CCKA) unifies twelve regional Waterkeeper programs whose mission is to advocate for clean water for communities and ecosystems in California . The CCKA was established in 1999, and their home office is located in San Francisco, CA. The regional Waterkeeper programs include:

• Humboldt Baykeeper
• Inland Empire Waterkeeper
• Klamath Riverkeeper
• Los Angeles Waterkeeper
• Monterey Coastkeeper
• Orange County Coastkeeper
• Russian Riverkeeper
• San Diego Coastkeeper
• San Francisco Baykeeper
• San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper
• Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
• Ventura Coastkeeper

The CCKA is operated by a nine member Board of Directors:

• Liz Crosson, President

(Waterkeeper, Los Angeles Waterkeeper)

• Kira Redmond, Vice President

(Executive Director & Channelkeeper, Santa Barabara Channelkeeper)

• Garry Brown, Treasurer

(Executive Director, Orange County Coastkeeper & Acting Waterkeeper, Inland Empire Waterkeeper)

• Konrad Fisher, Secretary

(Executive Director, Klamath Riverkeeper)

• Gordon Hensley

(Coastkeeper, San Luis Obispo Coastkeeper)

• Don McEnhill

(Executive Director and Riverkeeper, Russian Riverkeeper)

• Sejal Choksi-Chugh

(Program Director, San Francisco Baykeeper)

• Steve Shimek

(Executive Director, Monterey Coastkeeper & The Otter Project)

• Mati Waiya

(Executive Director, Ventura Coastkeeper & Founder, Wishtoyo Foundation)

• Matt O'Malley

(Coastkeeper, San Diego Coastkeeper)

• Jennifer Kalt

(Executive Director, Humboldt Baykeeper)