Alexandra Hart, of Montague, has been a Senior Appraiser with LandVest Real Estate since 2022. She was an Appraiser with Yosemite Farm Credit, ACA from 2015 to 2022. Hart has been a member of the Appraisal Institute since 2015 and a member of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers since 2022. Hart earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agribusiness Management and Food Marketing from the University of Kentucky. Ms. Hart was first appointed to the Regional Board in 2023.

Jake Mackenzie, of Rohnert Park, was a Council Member for the City of Rohnert Park from 1996 to 2020. He was Director of the Western Region in the Office of Pesticide Programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1990 to 2002. Mr. Mackenzie is a member of the Greenbelt Alliance Board of Directors. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Crop Science from the University of Edinburgh, a Master of Science degree in Pesticide Research and Development from Oregon State University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Pesticide Research and Development from Oregon State University. Mr. Mackenzie was first appointed to the board in 2024.

Gregory Giusti, of Kelseyville, has been appointed to the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board. Giusti has been an advisor and director of forest and wildlands ecology at the University of California Cooperative Extension since 1985. He was an agricultural biologist at the San Mateo County Department of Agriculture from 1981 to 1985 and chief biologist at the Marine Ecological Institute from 1979 to 1981. He earned a Master of Arts degree in ecology and population biology from California State University, San Francisco. Mr. Giusti was first appointed to the Regional Water Board on November 25, 2013.

Hector Bedolla, of Healdsburg, has been a Consulting Agronomist in the western United States and internationally since 1985. He was the Viticulturist at Chenoweth Vineyards from 2020 to 2022. He has been an Adjunct Professor in Viticulture at Santa Rosa Junior College since 2017. He was Vineyard Manager at Navarro Vineyards in 2018 and at North Pacific Vineyard Management from 2016 to 2018. Bedolla was Crop Advisor, Pest Control Advisor, and Agronomist at Crop Production Services from 2013 to 2016 and Vineyard and Ranch Manager at Stuhlmuller Vineyards from 2011 to 2013. He was a Consulting Viticulturist at Windsor Oaks Vineyards in 2011 and an Agricultural Biologist in the Sonoma County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office in 2010. He was a Vineyard Manager at Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates from 2000 to 2010 and at Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars from 1999 to 2000. Bedolla was Vice President of Vineyard Operations at Hambrecht Vineyards from 1995 to 1999. He was Vineyard Manager at Hambrecht and Peterson Vineyards from 1988 to 1995 and at Iron Horse Vineyards from 1983 to 1988. Mr. Bedolla was first appointed to the Regional Board in 2016.

Dale Romanini of McKinleyville was Lab Manager/Director in the Materials Testing Services at LACO Associates (multi-discipline engineering consulting firm) from 2003 until his retirement in 2023. He was also an owner and board member for the company. He served on the company’s Board of Directors until his retirement in 2023. He worked at various timber companies in Humboldt County from 1978 to 1999. Mr. Romanini was first appointed to the board in 2026.