Elizabeth Patterson, AICP	e-mail Elizabeth
EDUCATION:  M.A., Urban and Regional Planning, California State University at San Jose B.A., History, California State University at Los Angeles

 
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

2008-present	Vice President, Planning and Government Relations, Morrison & Associates, Inc.
2001-2008	California Department of Water Resources, Delta Vision Process (DPLA), State Water Project Analysis Office, State Floodplain Management Task Force, advisor; Flood Plain Management Environmental Compliance Planning and Analysis, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basins Comprehensive Study, staff Environmental Scientist
1999-2001	Partnership for Regional Livability, Executive Director
1997-1999	Town of Fairfax, Planning Director
1995-1997	Environmental Consultant
1994-1995	California State Senate River Protection and Restoration Subcommittee, Committee Staff
1990-1995 1987-1990	California State Lands Commission, Program Director City of Clayton, Contra Costa County, Planning Director

 

SCOPE OF EXPERIENCE:     Partnership for Regional Livability (a Center for Neighborhood Technology [Chicago] project responsible for four White House Task Force projects of Livable Communities). As Executive Director planned and administered a program in accordance with PRL’s mission and Strategic Plan; organized and recruited Coordinating Committee (WHTF Executive Director, HHS Deputy Counselor, McArthur Foundation, Housing Director federal Office of Budget and Management and four regional representatives including Bay Area Sustainable Development); developed, hired and supervised staff; prepared budget, directed financial operations, conducted community relations, networked with experts, coordinated four national regional pilot programs, initiated problem solving, directed communications program on several levels. Town of Fairfax and Benicia (Bay Area). Successful management of public participation program for revising general plans to include sustainable development principles. Extensive use of planning knowledge and skills for issue facilitation and public participation. Initiated successful stakeholder’s process to address need for affordable housing. Carquinez Strait Resource Management Project. Directed State Lands commission's Carquinez Strait four-part "mitigation" program developed in conjunction with the Commission's approval of the Crockett Cogeneration facility. Program includes a local-state intergovernmental agreement for coordinating regional resource planning; a status and trends report on the public trust resources and uses in the region; a plan to coordinate and integrate recreation, public access and public trust resource management within the Carquinez Strait; and establish a 501(c)(3) Trust. San Joaquin River Conservancy. Project manager for regional resource management plan programmatic EIR. Sacramento River Greenway. Directed development of 31-mile greenway plan, coordinated multiple jurisdictions and managed CEQA preparation. California Rivers Report. Directed program to assess status of rivers, identify problem activities and alternatives; editor in chief for report, coordinated diverse professionals such as geomorphologists, biologists, hydrologists, archaeologists and resource managers; identified federal, state and local regulations and jurisdictions; developed watershed legislative program for Senate Subcommittee on River Protection and Restoration. Aquatic Resource Policy. Manager of State Lands Commission policy group to develop and recommend water policy programs and approaches including water quality, riparian restoration, and watershed management. Delta Project. Directed program to prepare status and trends report; legislative program for regional agency to develop resource management plan. COMMISSIONS/TASK FORCES Solano County Citizen Advisory Committee for General Plan Update (2006-present) Benicia Unified School District 7/11 Committee for Mills School Reuse Study Benicia City Council, Mayor (2007-present) Benicia City Council, Vice Mayor (2003-2005) Benicia Planning Commission (1998 -2000) General Plan Oversight Committee, Chair (1994-1997) Lower American River Task Force (1993-1886) State Water Resources Control Board/Coastal Commission Hydromodification Task Force for CZARA 1990 Non Point Source Pollution Management Plan Sacramento Greenway Management Board Carquinez Strait Resource Coordination Council Carquinez Strait Preservation Trust Long Term Management Strategy, co-chair Environmental Committee with EPA Assessment Task Force Bay Conservation Development Commission, alternate to Charles Warren, Executive Office California State Delta Protection Commission San Francisco Estuary Project, Chair Implementation Task Force State Soil Commission Contra Costa County Hazardous Waste (1981-1983) LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES California Endangered Species Reform Act: CESA/NCCP Senate Natural Resource Committee California Public Trust Restoration Program (SLC) California Rivers Restoration Act, Senate Subcommittee on River Protection & Restoration Delta Protection Act of 1992 COURSES, SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, HEARINGS ORGANIZED UC Berkeley Extension: Wetlands Functions, River Hydrology and Restoration U.S. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Metropolitan Economic Strategies, Washington, D.C. (2000) California State University at Sonoma, Environmental Planning, guest speaker, “Public Trust Doctrine in One Hour” (1998) University of California, Berkeley, Extension, “Implications of the Public Trust and Planning” (1997) University of California Berkeley, Extension, “Beyond Flood Control: site planning and flood plain management.” (1997, 1999) California State Water Resources Control Board "Watershed Planning": instructor for staff training course with Matt Kondolf, PhD., UCB. (1996) Senate Natural Resources Committee, Species Habitat Legislative Oversight Hearings (1995) Senate Subcommittee on River Protection and Restoration, State Oversight Hearings for legislative initiative (1994-1995) Science, Biodiversity and the Public Trust Doctrine Symposium, 1992, keynote speaker Luna Leopold Association of Environmental Professionals Annual State Conference 1993, program chair; keynote speaker, the Honorable George Miller, U.S. Congress Management Options for the Delta: Lieutenant Governor Leo McCarthy "CEQA: Step by Step": 2-day course; Ron Bass Soil Conservation Society of America, annual state conference: PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Institute of Certified Planners American Planning Association, Northern California Association of Environmental Professionals NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS Center for Natural Lands Management, former Board Member Friends of the Estuary, Vice Chair League of Conservation Voters, (past) Board Member Sierra Club, Mt. Diablo Regional Group, (past) Conservation Chair (Bay Chapter, Conservationist of Year Award 1980) Greenbelt Alliance, (past) Executive Committee Soil Conservation Society of America, San Francisco Chapter Contra Costa Resource Conservation District, (past) Associate Board Member American Association of University Women (AAUW)

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