Partnership with California’s Rural Regions

 REGIONAL TEAMS 

“REDWOOD COAST CONNECT” – FOUR COUNTY REGION INCLUDING, DEL NORTE, HUMBOLDT, TRINITY AND
MENDOCINO COUNTIES.
Kathleen E. Moxon, Director of Community Strategies
PROJECT LEAD
Humboldt Area Foundation, 373 Indianola Road, Bayside, CA 95524
kathym@hafoundation.org 707-442-2993
“CENTRAL SIERRA CONNECT” – FIVE COUNTY REGION, INCLUDING AMADOR, CALAVERAS, TUOLUMNE,
MARIPOSA AND ALPINE COUNTIES.

PROJECT LEAD Michelle Shelton, Information and Assistance Projects Manager

Amador Tuolumne Community Action Agency (A-TCAA)
mshelton@atcaa.org, michelle.e.shelton@gmail.com
(209) 743-0193

“GOLD COUNTRY CONNECT” – FIVE COUNTY REGION, INCLUDING SIERRA, NEVADA, PLACER, EL DORADO
AND ALPINE COUNTIES.

PROJECT LEAD Brent Smith, President & CEO

Sierra Economic Development Corporation (SEDCorp)
brent@sedd.org (530) 823-4703
“NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA CONNECT” – SEVEN COUNTY REGION INCLUDING, SISKIYOU, MODOC,
SHASTA, LASSEN, TEHAMA, BUTTE AND PLUMAS COUNTIES.
“UPSTATE CALIFORNIA CONNECT” – FIVE COUNTY REGION INCLUDING, LAKE, GLENN, COLUSA, SUTTER
AND YUBA COUNTIES.

PROJECT LEAD Don Krysakowski

Assistant Director - Center for Economic Development
California State University, Chico
dkrysakowski@csuchico.edu
(530) 898-3854

“EASTERN SIERRA CONNECT” – THREE COUNTY REGION INCLUDING, MONO, INYO, AND EASTERN KERN
COUNTIES.
Deana Jerdee, RC&D Coordinator
PROJECT LEAD
USDA – Natural Resources Conservation Services
Desert Mountain RC&D,
1525 N. Norma St. Suite C, Ridgecrest, CA 93555
760-446-1974 office 661-289-2180 mobile deana.jerde@ca.usda.gov