Program Advisors

TBWP advisors bring decades of expertise to help guide the organization's conservation efforts, strengthen partnerships, implement restoration projects, and bring new resources to protect habitat for people and wildilfe.

Jesse Bahm

Position: Area Biologist
Appointing Authority: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Fresno, CA

Leigh Bernacchi, Ph.D.

Position: UC Water Program Coordinator
Appointing Authority: UC Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA

Kayode Kadara

Position: East Bay Environmental Engineer (retired), Chair – Deer Creek Storm Water District, Director – Tri-County Water Authortiy Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Allensworth Community Leader, Allensworth, CA

Timothy Keldsen

Position: Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, Atwell Island Project Manager
Appointing Authority: Bureau of Land Management, Bakersfield, CA

Ruth Ostroff

Position: Assistant Coordinator
Appointing Authority: Central Valley Joint Venture – USFWS Region 9, Sacramento, CA

Erin Tennant

Position: Environmental Scientist, Central Valley Region Office
Appointing Authority: CA Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fresno, CA

Matt Hurley

Position: Tulare Basin region SGMA expert, Secretary/Treasurer

Matt Hurley has held many roles, including the general manager of the McMullin Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency (MAGSA). Hurley led MAGSA in the…