GOVERNING BOARD

Director Tracy Jensen, City of Alameda

Elected to the Alameda City Council in 2022 after serving on both the Alameda school board and the Alameda hospital board, Tracy is a human services advocate who grew up in Alameda. Tracy represents Alameda on the Alameda County StopWaste board of directors and the League of California Cities Environmental Quality Policy Committee. Tracy is a member of the board of Alameda Youth Basketball and Oakland YouthAlive, and her previous board service includes Alameda County Community Food Bank, Alameda Health System, and Elder Care Alliance. Past statewide positions include the board of the Association of California Healthcare Districts, where Tracy worked to ensure that all Californians had access to acute care services. Tracy's professional legislative experience includes work in the Office of Vice President Al Gore, policy positions with the US Department of Health and Human Services, and staff to the Maryland House of Delegates Health Care Committee. Most recently, Tracy held the position of Senior Services Administrator for the City of Oakland, where she focused on expanding housing, nutrition and social services for the city's most vulnerable older residents. Tracy received her undergraduate degree from Cal State University East Bay; a Master's in Business Administration and a Master's in Public Health from Emory University in Atlanta Georgia.

Councilmember Igor Tregub, City of Berkeley

On May 28, 2024, Igor Tregub was elected to the Berkeley City Council following a 20+ year career of public service at all levels of government, including eight years on the Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, twelve local commission appointments, and oversight of a multimillion-dollar federal budget. Outside of City Hall, Igor serves as the Strategic Partnerships Director and Senior Policy Advisor at Reimagine Power, a women-owned boutique consultancy providing legislative and regulatory advocacy for renewable energy solutions benefitting renters and all who have been historically left out of the clean energy transition.

Igor has served in a variety of volunteer roles, including the Berkeley Rotary, and has chaired the 35,000-member strong Sierra Club San Francisco Bay Chapter as the youngest chair and first immigrant to serve in that role. He currently serves as Co-Vice Chair of Sierra Club California and Executive Committee of the Sierra Club's Council of Club Leaders. He continues to mentor and support elected and appointed public servants and emerging leaders through organizations like Water Education for Latino Leaders, the Clean Energy Leadership Institute, Local Progress, and Young Elected Officials Network, and serves as an East Bay Division Representative to the Environmental Quality Committee of the California League of Cities.

On the international front, he is organizing to bring distributed solar and storage and energy democracy through the deployment of an Energy Security Marshall Plan to his homeland of Ukraine. He holds an M.A. in Public Leadership from the University of San Francisco, M.S. in Engineering Management from Duke University, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering/B.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley (GO BEARS!).

Councilmember Courtney Welch, City of Emeryville

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Councilmember Noel Gallo, City of Oakland

Councilmember Noel Gallo, City of Oakland (Board Vice-Chair), represents Oakland District 5. Noel is a lifelong resident of Oakland; he grew up in Oakland's Fruitvale/San Antonio District neighborhoods. He attended local schools and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Business Degree.

Noel previously served on the Oakland Board of Education for twenty years representing Oakland District 5. As a City Councilmember, Noel currently serves as Chairperson of the Public Works Committee and is a member of the Community and Economic Development Committee, Public Safety City Council and the Education Partnership Committees. He represents the City of Oakland on the National League of Cities, the California League of Cities and the AC Transit BRT Policy Steering Committee. He believes through an active partnership amongst the City of Oakland, community residents and businesses, Oakland can be a clean and safe community for all, with quality housing, transit access, businesses and job creation opportunities for Oakland residents.

Councilmember Gallo invites all to join him every weekend from 8am-12pm in The Fruitvale District leading community beautification efforts with many community volunteers.

Supervisor Nate Miley, County of Alameda

Nate Miley was first elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors representing District 4 in November 2000 and is currently serving his sixth term representing portions of the City of Oakland and the City of Pleasanton, as well as Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, El Portal Ridge, Fairmont Terrace, Fairview and Hill Crest Knolls.

In January 2023, he was appointed President by his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors, this is the second time that Supervisor Miley has served in this capacity during his tenure on the Board. Throughout his time in elected office, Supervisor Miley has fought to protect open space, strengthen our healthcare system, and create more livable and safe neighborhoods, while improving transportation, agriculture and urban farming, air quality, healthcare, public safety, and social services.

Supervisor Miley authored legislation to hold pharmaceutical companies accountable by creating nation's first no-cost drug disposal ordinance, championed the successful passage of Measure A which raises $100 million annually to support vital health care programs within Alameda County and worked to ensure that communities have a voice within local government.

Community Representative, Gwen Hardy, PUEBLO

Gwen Hardy, Community Representative has served on the JPA Board since the Lead Program's inception in 1992. She is one of the original members of People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO), a group of activists who launched a community education and advocacy campaign, demanding a response to high levels of lead poisoning and lead hazards in Oakland resulting in the formation of the Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. She has a long history of commitment to improving the lives of children through community organizing and advocacy work.