Board of Directors & Staff
OUR BOARD
Serving The Chino Basin Water Conservation District
Chino Basin Water Conservation District’s Board is made up of seven directors representing seven divisions within the district’s boundaries. Directors are elected to four-year terms.
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Board Member District Map Redistricting
Every ten years, local governments use new census data to redraw their division boundaries to reflect how local populations have changed over the pas decade. CBWCD completed its redistricting process in March of 2022 to reflect the 2020 Census data. Learn more about the Redistricting process.
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Board Meetings take place on 2nd Monday of every month at 2:00 p.m.
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Our Dedicated Team
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| Alicia Fernandez joined the CBWCD in May of 2023. Alicia has over 18 years of combined experience serving both the private and public sectors in the areas of Development Services/Public Works, Administration, City/Board Clerk Services, and Human Resources. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management with a concentration in Human Resources from the University of La Verne. She also holds the Certified Municipal Clerk certification from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks and is a commissioned State of California notary public. Alicia enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, the beach, jogging, and working on her succulent garden. |
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| Kassandra holds a Master of Science in Business Ethics and Compliance with a concentration in Corporate Social Responsibility and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Management. Throughout her professional life she has gathered 6 years of administrative experience in the non-profit and private sector but is excited for the opportunity to serve the District and work for a purpose. In her spare time, she enjoys off-road trails, family adventures, and quiet days with her husband and daughter. |
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| Brandon Yoshida holds over five years of experience in municipal administration. Brandon served as Deputy City Clerk for the City of Hemet before his position as Board Clerk for the Chino Basin Water Conservation District. Brandon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration as well as a Master of Public Administration, both from California Baptist University. In his spare time, Brandon enjoys hiking, adventuring new places, and spending quality time with his family. His favorite pastime is visiting new places and collecting various souvenirs to commemorate his trips. |
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| Scott Kleinrock is the Conservation Programs Manager for the Chino Basin Water Conservation District. A sustainable landscape advocate, educator, designer, and horticulturist, he is passionate about the multiple-benefits of regionally adapted landscapes and land planning. Scott holds a master’s degree in landscape architecture from Cal Poly Pomona and a bachelor’s in communications studies from UCLA. Prior to joining CBWCD, Scott was the Landscape Design and Planning Coordinator for the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino where he led the planting design of the Brody California Garden, a 6.5 acre Mediterranean and California native landscape. While not at work, he enjoys hiking in the local mountains and spending time in his garden surrounded by native plants, fruit trees, and life they bring to the yard – except the squirrels. |
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| With more than 10 years of experience in landscaping and 8 years experience in the irrigation industry, Brandon serves as our Conservation Technician II. He specializes in auditing smart controllers to help individuals reduce water use on residential properties. After working in the landscaping industry, Brandon became an educator with Irrigator Technical School, where he aided individuals in obtaining certifications for irrigation repair and installation. He is excited and enjoys to now lead the QWEL certification classes for our facility. In his leisure, Brandon is fond of creating YouTube videos and capturing images of nature’s beauty to artistically merge humanity and mother earth into one. |
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| With 18 years of experience in sustainable horticulture and 8 years in education, Maia looks forward to blending her two passions of education and conservation as the Community Programs Manager at the District. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Development and a Multiple-Subject Teaching Credential from the University of La Verne. In her free time, she loves hiking, yoga, being outdoors and spending time with her family and three dogs. |
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| Monica Curiel, our Program Educator II, grew up in Pomona before moving to the San Francisco East Bay to complete her undergraduate degree at UC Berkeley in Conservation and Resource Studies with a minor in Geography. Always dedicated to the intersection of human and environmental health, she worked in sustainable agriculture in Brazil, toxics and mercury contamination in Baton Rouge, sustainable ecotourism in Senegal, environmental education in the San Bernardino Mountains, green space and community gardens in Los Angeles and active transportation in the San Gabriel Valley. Monica enjoys being outdoors, languages, and riding bicycles. |
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| Azucena is our Program Educator II and has over 5 years of experience in outdoor and environmental education. She holds a bachelors in Environmental Studies from the University of California Santa Barbara and is excited to join our team to educate our local students on the importance of our groundwater. With her passion for the environment she has worked in outdoor forest schools hiking the Santa Monica, San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains educating students through place based education and hands on interaction. You can catch her safely handling species anywhere from snakes to tarantulas. She has also worked on a wetland educating students on the importance of native species and drought tolerant plants. She strives to make nature accessible to all and creates inclusive spaces for all students. In her free time Azucena enjoys hiking, hanging out with her cat Sage, and spending time with her family and friends. |
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| Billy Mercado is a Programs Educator II, and has been with Chino Basin Water Conservation District for over 5 years. He grew up in the Montclair/Ontario area and slowly developed an interest in Environmental Education, which begun when he took his high-school AP Environmental Science course. This interest would lead him to Orange County, where he enrolled in the University of California, Irvine and earned a bachelors in Earth System Science. During Billy’s time at UC Irvine, he dedicated 2 years interning with the Center for Environmental Biology, where he gain meaningful experience in informal education, community science, and native California plant and animal communities. He’s worked alongside other interns and professionals from UC Irvine, the Back Bay Science Center, Davey’s Locker whalewatching, and Crystal Cove Conservancy, who he later joined as a part-time educator before finally joining CBWCD. Billy is proud to serve his community alongside the rest of the District and loves to show others about the importance of water conservation in the face of a changing climate. In his free time, Billy likes to try new foods, take photos of flowers, hang out with friends, and explore different genres of music. |
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| Dave has been with the Chino Basin Water conservation District for over 25 years. A graduate of Cal Poly with BS and MS degrees in Fruit Industries/Horticulture and Agricultural Science respectively, he loves his position of managing the District’s facilities. While working with a great staff, the challenges of overseeing the percolation basins for water recharge bring Dave a great sense of pride. The associated landscape management of these basins and the park along with the caretaking of the District’s animal population, i.e. tortoises, goats and llama make Dave’s job one that he feels he really never has to ‘go to work’. Dave is able to spend his free time working on both his home and his mountain cabin, and enjoying his dogs and restoring his 1953 Studebaker. |
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| Robert has been with the Chino Basin Water Conservation District for 9 years and sticks around because he likes working outdoors with nature. More than ever, Robert is interested in water conservation because of the drought, and he believes in using water resources as efficiently as possible. Robert enjoys observing the fruits of his labor, like planting a sapling and watching it grow over the years. When not working, Robert loves to play sports and his guitar. |
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| James has spent a lifetime involved with landscaping projects. Now with more than 7 years at CBWCD James has progressed his skills and knowledge in the landscaping industry and has acquired several types of certificates along the way. In his free time, you can find James enjoying the great outdoors with his loved ones. |
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| Judy is an Office Assistant II with the CBWCD and has 30 years of experience in front office and customer service. She has 37 years of gardening experience and became a certified Master Gardener in 2011. During that time, she developed a passion for composting, recycling, and repurposing which serves her well in her role with the Water Conservation District. |
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| Elizabeth Willis was born and raised in Upland and a graduate of Upland High School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and her Masters in Public Administration from the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Elizabeth worked on a host of environmental issues in City Hall in Los Angeles for eight years. For the last five of those years, Elizbeth led City Plants, L.A.’s tree planting initiative. She worked across departments and with seven non-profit organizations to fund, plant, and distribute 100,000 trees during her tenure. She has also worked as a communications consultant for SAWPA and in community relations for Waste Management. |
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