New Board Appointments Bring Strong Regional Representation from
throughout Los Angeles and
Ventura Counties
LOS
ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Clean
Power Alliance (CPA) has announced that a new group of elected
officials from its member agencies has joined its 32-member Board
of Directors. These additional voices come as a result of recent
local elections, retirements, term limits, and rotations among city
leadership.
CPA's Board of Directors is comprised of one elected official
from each of its 32 member agencies throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties to provide oversight and
governance of the clean energy provider. These elected officials
are appointed by their respective elected bodies to serve on the
CPA board.
"We are at a critical time in Southern
California's transition to clean energy and must steadfastly
move toward a more sustainable future," said CPA Board Chair Dr.
Julian A. Gold. "I am honored to
have worked beside our outgoing board members in this effort and am
pleased to welcome our new members who will be part of this vital
conversation and determination on steps forward to ensure we are
keeping our communities clean, healthy and resilient."
New additions to the board of directors include:
Los Angeles County: Recently
elected Los Angeles County
Supervisor Lindsey Horvath has
returned to the CPA Board after a brief period away from the board.
Prior to being elected to represent the 3rd supervisorial district
of Los Angeles County, Horvath
served on the board as the City of West
Hollywood's representative and as a member of CPA's
Executive Committee.
Horvath replaces retiring Supervisor Sheila Kuehl as the Los Angeles County representative on the CPA
Board and serves as the Los Angeles County Vice-Chair. Kuehl was a
founding member of the CPA Board serving as the Los Angeles County
Vice-Chair for four years.
Ventura County: County
Supervisor Vianey Lopez has taken
the place of former Supervisor and CPA Vice-Chair for Ventura
County Linda Parks, who was not eligible for re-election due to
term limits. Parks served as the Ventura County Vice-Chair of the
CPA Board for four years.
City of Arcadia: Councilmember
Michael Cao is the new representative and replaces outgoing board
director Sho Tay.
City of Calabasas:
Councilmember David Shapiro replaces Mary
Sue Maurer on the board. Shapiro had previously served as
the city's alternate board director.
City of Carson: Councilmember Cedric Hicks replaced Jawane Hilton in December as board director.
Hicks had been Carson's alternate board director since CPA's
inception and serves on the Board's Legislative & Regulatory
Committee.
City of Culver City: Mayor
Albert Vera steps in for outgoing
Mayor Daniel Lee.
City of Downey: Mayor Pro Tem
Mario Trujillo has been appointed to
represent the city on the board. Trujillo served as the alternate
board director from 2021 to 2022.
City of Hawaiian Gardens: Mayor
Maria Teresa Del Rio has been
appointed to serve on the board.
City of Malibu: Councilmember
Marianne Riggins takes the seat of outgoing Councilmember Mikke
Pierson.
City of Manhattan Beach:
Councilmember Amy Howorth returns to the CPA Board after a
four-year absence, replacing outgoing Councilmember Hildy Stern.
Also appointed as alternate board director for Manhattan Beach is Councilmember David Lesser,
who previously served on CPA's Community Advisory Committee.
City of Moorpark: Councilmember
Renee Delgado now fills the CPA Board seat vacated by former Mayor
Janice Parvin. Parvin was recently
elected to represent District 4 on the Ventura County Board of Supervisors and will
now serve as Ventura County's CPA
Board alternate.
City of Rolling Hills Estates:
Councilmember Debby Stegura has replaced Steve Zuckerman on the CPA Board. Zuckerman
served five years as the Rolling Hills
Estates board director. He is now an alternate board
director and remains a member of the CPA Finance Committee.
City of Simi Valley:
Councilmember Rocky Rhodes replaces outgoing Councilmember Ruth
Luevanos.
City of South Pasadena: Mayor
Jon Primuth steps in for outgoing
Councilmember Diana Mahmud. Mahmud served two terms as CPA's Board
Chair from January 2018 to
June 2022 and remains a member of
CPA's Executive and Energy Planning & Resources Committees.
City of Thousand Oaks:
Councilmember David Newman replaces Kevin
McNamee on the CPA Board. McNamee was recently selected as
Mayor and then appointed Newman to
the CPA Board.
City of Ventura: Councilmember
Liz Campos has taken the seat vacated by outgoing Mayor
Sofia Rubalcava.
City of West Hollywood:
Councilmember John Erickson filled Horvath's recently vacated
City of West Hollywood seat on the
CPA Board in December.
"Clean Power Alliance continues to have strong regional
governance that is purposefully structured to provide
representation and participation from each of the communities we
serve," said Ted Bardacke, Clean
Power Alliance's Chief Executive Officer. "We're confident the
momentum already established by our board to create cleaner and
more sustainable communities will continue to flourish with the
addition of new leaders, perspectives and ideas."
About Clean Power Alliance
Founded in 2017, Clean Power Alliance is the locally operated
not-for-profit electricity provider for 30 cities across
Los Angeles County and
Ventura County, as well as the
unincorporated areas of both counties. CPA is the fourth largest
electricity provider in California
and has the most customers receiving 100% renewable energy in the
nation. CPA serves approximately three million people via one
million customer accounts, providing clean renewable energy at
competitive rates. To view CPA's 2021 Impact Report, click here.
For complete information regarding CPA visit
http://www.cleanpoweralliance.org.
Media Contact:
Joseph Cabral
Clean Power Alliance
External Affairs Manager
jcabral@cleanpoweralliance.org
213-442-8109
Media Contact
Joseph Cabral, Clean Power
Alliance, 2134428109, JCABRAL@CLEANPOWERALLIANCE.ORG
SOURCE Clean Power Alliance