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
Vacant
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
Sarah Izant
Deputy Secretary for
Climate Policy
Brandy Hunt
Deputy Secretary for
Fiscal Policy and Administration
Ana Jovel Melendez
Deputy Secretary for
Legislative Affairs
Jeannie Lee
Assistant General Counsel
Scott Lichtig
Deputy Secretary for
Environmental Policy
Linda Lye
Deputy Secretary for
Law Enforcement and General Counsel
Mike Marshall
Agency Information Officer
Anna Naimark
Deputy Secretary and
Special Counsel for Water Policy
Vacant
Assistant General Counsel for
Enforcement
Yvonne Chi
Deputy Secretary for
Equity and Environmental Justice
Sabine Talaugon
Deputy Secretary for
Intergovernmental Relations