Executive Management
Meet the CalEPA executive management team and read their biographies.
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Yana Garcia
Secretary for Environmental Protection
Anna Naimark
Undersecretary for Environmental Protection
Marlene De La O
Deputy Secretary
for Public Policy
Jason Boetzer
Deputy Secretary for
Local Program Coordination and Emergency Response
Kate Folmar
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
Scott Lichtig
Deputy Secretary for
Environmental Policy
Alana Mathews
Deputy Secretary for
Law Enforcement and General Counsel
Jeannie Lee
Assistant General Counsel
Vacant
Agency Information Officer
Vacant
Deputy Secretary and
Special Counsel for Water Policy
Sophia A. Carrillo
Assistant General Counsel for
Enforcement
Yvonne Chi
Deputy Secretary for
Equity and Environmental Justice
Maurice Lyles
Deputy Secretary for
Intergovernmental Relations