Dave Simpson, District Conservationist, serves at the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Stockton Service Center. Dave has worked with the NRCS for more than twenty-five years. He came to the Stockton Service Center in 1990 after working with the NRCS in Sacramento County. Dave holds a Bachelor's of Science degree from Humboldt State University in Natural Resources Management. Outside of the Stockton Service Center, Dave farms 25 acres of wine-grapes in the Lodi area.

Gloria Biglieri, Administrative Assistant, has worked for the conservation district since 1968 beginning as recording secretary and bookkeeper before becoming the RCD's Administrative Assistant. Her farming family first arrived in San Joaquin County in the 1880s. A graduate of Stockton High School, she married her husband Elmo in 1947 and has four children (Louis, Steven, Laureen and Julie), twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren -- all involved in agriculture in different ways.

John B. Meek, Jr.; Director of San Joaquin County Delta Water Quality Coalition, has farmed and managed farm properties all of his adult life. He grew up in the Stockton area where his father began managing farmland in 1948 on Union Island in the San Joaquin Delta. After a diversified career in banking, farming and farm management; he began his own firm, JMeek Agribusiness Management, in November, 2000. He is accredited by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ASFMRA). In addition to serving on the SJCRCD Board of Directors, he serves on the boards of the Greater Stockton Emergency Food Bank, Cascade Mutual Water Company, and the ASFMRA Farm Manager Committee.

John Brodie, Watershed Coordinator: John's interest in watershed issues comes from his love of fishing. He is a founding member and one of the first officers of the Ohio Smallmouth (bass) Alliance, an anglers' group formed to address habitat conservation issues in Ohio. After several years as a journalist, including a specialization in environmental reporting, he became the first staff writer for The Nature Conservancy's Ohio Chapter. John moved to California in 2000 when his wife Carol accepted a position at the University of the Pacific. He is now learning how to fish for anadromous species, and is enjoying working on water quality issues from a watershed perspective. He is the author of the Mokelumne River Watershed Owner's Manual.

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