Executive Management

Meet the CalEPA executive management team and read their biographies.

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Jared Blumenfeld
Secretary for Environmental Protection

CalEPA Undersecretary Serena McIlwain

Serena McIlwain
Undersecretary for Environmental Protection

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Alex Barnum
Deputy Secretary for
Communications and External Affairs

Ashley Conrad-Saydah
Deputy Secretary for
Climate Policy

Grant Cope
Deputy Secretary for Environmental Policy

Val Dolicin CalEPA's Deputy Secretary for Agriculture

Val Dolcini
Deputy Secretary for
Agriculture

Anna Ferrera Legislative Affairs

Anna Ferrera
Deputy Secretary for
Legislative Affairs and External Partnerships

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Julie Henderson
Deputy Secretary for
Health and Public Policy

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Vacant
Deputy Secretary for
Border and Intergovernmental Relations

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Christina Morkner Brown
Deputy Secretary for
Law Enforcement and Counsel

Yana Garcia
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs

Eric Jarvis
Assistant Secretary for
Fiscal and Administrative
Programs

Kristin Peer
Assistant General Counsel

Alejandro Rodarte
 Assistant Secretary for
Border Affairs

Greg Vlasek
Assistant Secretary for
Local Program Coordination and Emergency Response

John Blue
Manager of Climate Program

Sergio Gutierrez
Agency Chief Information Officer