Executive Management
Meet the CalEPA executive management team and read their biographies.
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Yana Garcia
Secretary for Environmental Protection
Catalina Hayes-Bautista
Undersecretary for Environmental Protection
Krystal Acierto
Deputy Secretary
for Public Policy
Jason Boetzer
Deputy Secretary for
Local Program Coordination and Emergency Response
Nefretiri Cooley
Deputy Secretary for
Communications and External Affairs
Eric Jarvis
Deputy Secretary for
Fiscal and Administrative
Programs
Scott Lichtig
Deputy Secretary for
Environmental Policy
Linda Lye
Deputy Secretary for
Law Enforcement and General Counsel
Anna Naimark
Deputy Secretary and
Special Counsel for Water Policy
Craig Scholer
Deputy Secretary for
Legislative Affairs
Rachel Zwillinger
Assistant General Counsel for
Enforcement
Vacant
Deputy Secretary for
Environmental Justice, Tribal Affairs and Border Relations
Vacant
Agency Chief Information Officer
Vacant
Deputy Secretary for
Climate Policy and
Intergovernmental Relations
Vacant
Assistant General Counsel