From September 2008 through December 2018
Dennis was elected to the McKinleyville Community Services District Board on September 10, 2008 to fill a vacancy with a term ending November 2009. He was then re-elected in November 2009 and again in 2013 for another 4 year term. He is also a past member of the Humboldt County Planning Commission, serves on the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) state wide Board and the ACWA Region 1 Board as Vice President and is a lobbyist for the California Commercial Beach Fisherman's Association. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Redwood Region Economic Development Commission (RREDC), started the MCSD No Drugs and Toxics Down the Drain committee and was a founding member of the Humboldt Open Door Clinic. Dennis is a local organic rancher and horse breeder and is active in the Pony Express Days, McKinleyville Rodeo Association and California State Grange.
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David Couch, Vice President
From December 2009 through December 2018
Mary Burke, Director
From March 2017 through December 2020
John Corbett, Director
From October 2002 through December 2020
Mr. Corbett, of McKinleyville, has more than 30 years experience in water quality issues. Mr. Corbett received his Juris Doctor from Hastings Law School and a Masters in Law from the University Of Stockholm School Of Law in Sweden, with his thesis on Water Quality Administration. He has previously lectured at Humboldt State University on water quality law, Indian water rights, air quality law, and the politics of natural resources. He is the head hearing officer for the Unified North Coast Air Quality Management Hearing Board and was formerly a Federal Magistrate for Indian Fishing Rights on the Klamath River. He was a sponsored participant for the Program in Environmental Policy Management of the School of Public Health and John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is a former Humboldt County Supervisor and has previously served on the California Coastal Commission. Mr. Corbett has successfully drafted legislation amending the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and was formerly senior legal counsel for the Yurok Tribe. Mr. Corbett was appointed to the Regional Water Board on December 21, 2001.
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George Wheeler, Director
From December 2013 through December 2018
I bring a lifetime of experience to help me in the decisions we will be making on the McKinleyville Community Services Board. I hope you will be well pleased with my service. Once upon a time, I was a United States Marine (68/69), serving with the First Marines in Viet Nam. Subsequently I worked as a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier for 16 years. In my middle years, I returned to school, earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and a Masters in Business Administration. I busied myself for almost a decade, as an Associate Professor at Humboldt State. All along the way I’ve always been involved in residential construction at some level, from tradesman to Owner/Builder. Being parents to five and grandparents to three has kept my wife and I busy for a long time. Today, all but one of our children has launched, leaving me with time to give back to the community that has given so much to our family over the years. I look forward to serving McKinleyville as we collectively develop the partnerships that will determine what our town is going to look like when it's all grown up.
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