2007-2008 Annual Report Great Valley Center

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Great Valley Center2007-2008 Annual Report

MAPPINGT H E

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Dear Friends,

While thousands o people in the Central Valley participate in mapping the regions uture, theGreat Valley Centers sta and board have gone through a transition a ter a decade o service tothe people and institutions o the Valley.

Carol Whiteside, who took an idea rom a brainstorming session with a group o community andpolitical leaders and became the driving orce o the only organization o its kind serving the entireCentral Valley, stepped down this spring and became President Emeritus o the Great Valley Center.She continues to work on land use, housing and other issues or the Center while consulting on otherprojects and at last is satis ying her desire to spend more time with her grandchildren.

While there is new leadership at the Great Valley Center, the mission remains one o supportingactivities and organizations that promote the economic, social and environmental well-being o Cali ornias Great Central Valley. The Center is a neutral convener that helps people understand theregion and its challenges, providing trusted data and reports to shed light on complex issues. And we provide training or community leaders and elected o cials so that civic li e can bene t rom anever-increasing regional vision.

Progress is being made in the Valley. Our children are healthier, there is a tremendous amount o planning underway at the community, county and regional levels, and more people have access tothe world o in ormation on the internet.

You will nd the Great Valley Centers ngerprints on so many o the e orts that have improveddaily li e and look to the uture o this region in all o its diversity and rapid growth.

This annual report is also changing rom an overview based on a calendar year to one tied to UCMerceds scal year. So in this transition we will be sharing some o the events o the past 18 months while the income and expense chart is based on the budget o FY08, which ended June 30th.

Sincerely,

David H. Hosley President Great Valley Center

Steve KangChancellor University o Cali ornia, Merced


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MAPPINGT H E

FUTUREof the VALLEY

W hat has been a challenging period or theeconomic well-being o residents in the CentralValley has been a golden time o mapping our

path or the decades ahead. Tens o thousands o residents

have participated in community discussions about how

they want their towns, cities or counties to grow as the

Valleys population doubles in the next several decades.

Pro essional planners have been working with elected

o fcials to update city and county general plans and meet

uture needs or regional transportation. Taken together,

its an unprecedented lattice o planning involving people

rom all walks o li e, some o whom have never been asked

or their thoughts be ore.

In addition to bringing people together and providing

in ormation or these long-range planning e orts, the Great

Valley Center is also mapping its near uture. A six-month

planning process has just been completed, and a new two-

year plan or growth will see the Great Valley Center narrow

its ocus to ensure the Valley is a great place to live andwork in 10, 20 and 30 years. We are planning or, and

investing in, the uture in order to help others chart the

Central Valleys course to 2040 and beyond.

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B y providing benchmarks o the quality o li ein Cali ornias Central Valley, bringing peopletogether to seek solutions to our challenges andplanning or the tsunami o growth that is coming inthe years and decades ahead, the Great Valley Centeris playing a unique role in the Valleys civic li e.

Developing a

Plan or GrowthThis year, the Central Valley eatures land use and transporta-tion blueprint projects rom thecounties o Butte and Shasta inthe north to Kings and Kern inthe south. In the past year, theSacramento region built on itscompleted blueprint to launch aregional economic initiative, Part-nership or Prosperity, which in-volved community organizations,government agencies and educational institutions. TheGreat Valley Center encourages these e orts at long-term planning in partnership with the State o Cali or-nia, community-based organizations and individuals.In 2007 and 2008, the Great Valley Center providedsupport or the San Joaquin Valley Blueprint Plan-ning Process. This included coordinating the Blueprint

Regional Advisory Council, charged with developing aSan Joaquin Valley Blueprint rom the eight plans beingdone at the county level, and coordinating communica-tions e orts by the Councils o Government.

Early next year, the San Joaquin Valley Blueprintshould be adopted and will beginto provide a context or land use

decisions made at the local level. With almost every county in theCentral Valley at some stage o regional land use and transporta-tion planning, there is an oppor-tunity ahead or a uni ed visiono the housing mix needed oruture generations, and the modeso transportation and choices orgetting rom place to place. Anunprecedented amount o plan-ning or the uture is putting the

Valley in position to create a great uture.

A Partnership or Change

The Cali ornia Partnership or the San Joaquin Valley

A region that is preparing or progress. An organization that is making trans ormation possible.

Photo: Blueprint Regional Advisory Committee (BRAC) member Jeani Ferrariwrites down ideas during a brainstorming session.

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is another ambitious e ort to improve li e today andmake good decisions about the tomorrows to come,

aspiring to positively impact everything rom studentachievement to energy use to access to the internet.Hundreds o organizations, elected o cials andindividuals are working with Governor Schwarzeneggerand his cabinet to improve the economic and social well-being o all residents o the San Joaquin Valley.

The Great Valley Center supports the Land Use,Housing and Agriculture Work Group o the Partner-ship, along with the Advanced Communications Sys-tems, Transportation, and Energy work groups. Eacho these committees has a matrix o goals and is devel-oping steps to reach the desired outcomes. The Centerssta coordinates the work groups, does research andcommunicates with those who can provide resourcesto move rom understanding the issues to mapping aplan o action.

This acilitation role o ten taps into work the GreatValley Center has been doing or years. For instance,the Center has been instrumental in championing

improved movement o people and goods throughoutthe Valley. Creating a vision or a more robust Highway 99 and identi ying practical steps to improve it and theValleys entire transportation grid have been central tothe work o the Center in its rst decade. In additionto the San Joaquin Valleys major north-south routes,the Transportation Work Group has ocused on nding ways to improve existing east-west arteries. Finding ways to jointly plan or installing new conduit as high- ways are upgraded is another part o the groups e ort.In the past year, a good deal o ocus has been on a very long-term investment, high speed rail, including how ar north the service should go and where it would havestops in the region.

Creating a Sustainable Future

Energy consumption is increasing in the Central Valley and a major project o the Great Valley Center this yearis working with cities, corporations and individuals

to reduce energy use. In partnership with PG&E, theCenters sta is working on several levels, rom helpingcities audit their energy use and develop local responsesto global warming to distributing energy e cient lightbulbs. The Centers energy team is producing a whitepaper on the best opportunities in the Central Valley to

Bringing PeopleTogether To Think and ActOne o the Great Valley Centers most intrigu-ing partners is Bill Burrows, who sponsors anannual Stewardship Day at his amilys ranch

25 miles west o Red Blu . The BurrowsRanch is a living laboratory or students romShasta College and Chico State, a place wherenew models or sustainable agriculture havebeen incubating or two decades.

This spring, a day o learning includedwater quality measurement, monitoring oalternative growing techniques or eed anda demonstration o using sheep or fre breakmaintenance. Lindsay Buckley, the GreatValley Centers North Valley energy programrepresentative, based in Chico, made apresentation about e orts to reduce carbonemissions and increase the implementationo new technologies to reduce energyconsumption, while GVCs new presidentDavid Hosley discussed the opportunitiespresented by Tehama Countys new blueprintplanning e ort.

Photo: Cali ornia State University, Chico students measure waterquality at Bill Burrows ranch in Tehama County.

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conserve energy. Additionally, we are helpingcommunities grow urban orests and incorporate

green standards in municipal codes.

In orming a Region

The Great Valley Center continues to provide in orma-tion to shed light on critical issues, and help in ormplanning or the uture. Each year, one o ve issueareas has regularly been explored through data gather-ing and analysis. This spring, thePublic Health and Access to Care indicator report was released, showingthat we are making slow, or no, progress in livinghealthier lives in the region. More children are going tokindergarten with their immunization shots completed,and in ant mortality is down, but most adults arentchanging habits that contribute to heart attack, strokeand diabetes compared to the initial health indicatorsreport ve years ago.

These indicator reports impact our uture in many ways. They a ect long-range planning by health careproviders, as well as local, state and ederal agencies.Nonpro ts also use them to plan their work and to

help secure grants that will provide needed servicesin the years ahead. Members o the media cite theGreat Valley Center indicators in articles, and evenindividuals make decisions about their lives and how they are going to live them, in ormed by data providedonline, at large con erences and to small groups, inprint and in person.

Coming Back to the Vision

When people come together rom di erent experi-ences, cultures and generations to map their collectiveuture, we end up with a stronger plan and one thathas a greater chance o succeeding. As the Great Val-ley Centers new strategic plan was being developedthis year, it became clear that the Centers identity asa champion or the Valley was appreciated by almostevery stakeholder. But also standing out was an appre-ciation or the Center as a neutral convener, helping toset the regions agenda or the uture by bringing people

with a range o perspectives into the dialogue, and un-derscoring the bene ts o a vision that goes beyond city and county limits to see the Valley as a whole.

Establishing Green MomentumCapturing the explosion in green energy, theGreat Valley Centers 11 th Annual Con erencein Sacramento, Green Momentum: Prospering in a New Economy , attracted more than 500attendees, rom high school students talkingabout the regions uture to state legislatorsdebating the merits o bills related to globalwarming and regional planning.

New this year were postings rom the con er-ence to greatvalley.org, including articlesand interviews with keynote speakers. One othem, author Richard Louv, received a stand-ing ovation or his challenging talk aboutyoung peoples growing disconnect with theoutdoors, and what may happen to the Valley

when children do not have personal experi-ence with nature.

Also memorable and in keeping with theGreen Momentum theme was the Trash ToTreasure Creative Reuse Contest. Artistsrecycled discarded items in creative waysin order to create pieces o art displayed atthe con erence.

Photos: Valley artist Mark Knizes Trash to Treasure entry utilizedreused materials to create a bust o Michelangelos David .

Great Valley Center Annual Con erence attendees line up to havecopies o Last Child in the Woods signed by author and con erencekeynote speaker Richard Louv.

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Another program that has had an immense impact atthe community level is the Great Valley Centers Citi

Success Fund. In partnership with Citi Foundation,this granting program has equipped teachers withessential unding or educating through innovativemeans. Thousands o students have been impacted by educational programs that otherwise would not havebeen possible. Projects this year ranged rom supportor an elementary school in Fresno with a listeningcenter so struggling readers, English learners, andspecial education students will be able to participatemore ully in their classroom, to support or a projectinspiring high school students in Galt to create originalpoetry by commercially recording it or a podcast.

Valuing the Land

Agriculture is the legacy o the Central Valley, and justas it is our past, the Great Valley Center is workingto ensure that it will be our uture. The Great Valley Centers agriculture programs continue to work onprojects increasing the sustainability o our ood system.The Farm to Fork Network event was a collaborativeproject with the Cali ornia Agricultural Leadership

Foundation that through a acilitated discussion onmarketplace changes and their impact on agriculture,developed strategic and actionable responses.

This year sees the completion o the success ul Agricul-ture Transactions Program, a program created througha major investment by the David and Lucile PackardFoundation as part o their Conserving Cali orniaLandscapes Initiative. Funded between 2000 and 2008,the program created strategic models or the conserva-tion o important Central Valley agricultural lands. Working in three partnership counties, Stanislaus,Merced, and Yolo, the program leveraged $4.5 millionin transactional unds toward 21 completed transac-tions, conserving more than 21,800 acres.

While the Great Valley Center will continue to assist with agricultural land conservation, a new ocus or theCenters agricultural programs has taken shape. With

the Central Valleys capacity or ood production, thedemand or sustainably and/or locally grown productand the growing momentum or sustainable oodsystems in Cali ornia, work has begun with existinggrowers, suppliers and distributors in this e ort,continuing the Great Valley Centers ocus on theagricultural health and sustainability o the region.

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Preserving LandFor Future GenerationsThe GVC initiated Central Valley Land TrustCouncil (CVLTC) is developing new strategiesto accomplish agricultural land conservation.With 22 member organizations and three

active committees engaging in policy advocacyand educational issues at the regional andstate levels, the Council works in closepartnership with state land conservationleadership, primarily through the Cali orniaCouncil o Land Trusts. The CVLTC is now sel -sustaining and con-tinues to work to increase the representationand sustainability o dedicated conservationentities and individuals working in and nearthe Central Valley o Cali ornia. The Central Valley Land Trust Council alsobrings together the Valleys land trusts at anannual Land Trust Summit to build technicalskills and organizational capacity. The Summitcreates an environment or shared learningand osters new partnerships and networks.

Photo: Valley land preserved at Furey Ranch.Photo by Phil Schermeister.


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F or almost its entire existence, the Great Valley Center has been signaling the rapid growth o theregion while bringing people together to work oncurrent challenges. Cali ornias population is growingaster than our countrys on the whole, and the CentralValley is growing almost 50%aster than the state. Yet duringthe period o this annual report,

residents o the Valley are mak-ing slow, and in some cases no,progress in living healthier lives,boosting the economic well-beingo all, or improving educationaloutcomes or our youngsters.

The population projections call tomind a Valley busting at the seamsas we try to imagine what li e willbe like in 2050. When we move into next year, and thenext decade, what steps will the seven million people inour region take to move rom socio-economic indica-tors that can be compared to Appalachia to a betterli e or the 14.5 million who are expected to call theCentral Valley home in 2050?

How Will We Grow?

More than hal o the growth in the Valley will come

rom people moving into the region rom other partso the state. Almost two-thirds o the populationmigrating in the state will move east rom coastalcommunities. And more than a third o the populationgrowth will come rom births to current residents.

The Valley is an ethnically diverseregion and as it grows the ethnic

makeup o residents will change,but some groups will be remark-ably stable. Over the next ourdecades, the percentages o Native

Americans, A rican Americans, Asian and Paci c Islander Ameri-cans will be about the same. Mul-tiracial residents will remain about2% o the population. The Latinopopulation is projected to grow

rom 35% to 50% while the white percentage will de-crease rom a hal to one-third o the total population.

Most o the people who will provide leadership or ourregion in 2050 are already alive and many o them areattending our Valleys schools, relying on a health care

Photo: An almond orchard in Merced County. Photo by Phil Schermeister.

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A region that continues to grow. An organization assessing its opportunities.

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willing to serve in elected o ce. There seems to be anappreciation that those who can see across town, city or

county boundaries are rare, and that the Great Valley Centers role in developing regional leaders is unique.

Opportunities Identifed

The Great Valley Center has had a lasting impact onthe region that will continue long into the uture.Since its inception the Center has engaged in a variety o activities aimed at increasing the regions capacity to understand the challenges o growth and change,increasing the capacity o individuals and institutionsto act more strategically to address the regions dispar-ity, and bringing together disparate interests to buildtoward a consensus view o constructive activities.

With a variety o programs, the Great Valley Centernot only de ned the region to the outside world butprovided innovative programs to serve as models orthe region, acilitated leadership development or bothormal and in ormal leaders, and provided technicalsupport or community development activities o alltypes. The Great Valley Center will continue to reach

out to people in rural communities, bring peopletogether to discuss the challenges and issues acing theregion, and respond to the needs o communities andpeople who live here.

Theres no shortage o ideas o what the Great Valley Center might do to expand its impact over the nextcouple o years. Three dozen opportunities were identi-ed in the stakeholder interviews. Mentioned mostrequently were building on the partnership with UCMerced as it grows, creating content and doing moreon-line, helping local governments collaborate, devel-oping a regional renewable energy plan, returning tore-granting and raising the organizations pro le to thegeneral public. Doing more on key regional issues o water, health and education also came up.

During the upcoming year the Great Valley Center will put the plan into action.

The goals include: Focusing sta resources on the Centers commit-

ments to energy conservation, regional planningand enhancement o regional leadership

Beginning to narrow the programmatic ocus o theCenter to a critical hand ul o Valley-wide issues

Building capacity or a signi cant new programemphasis in water, health or agriculture

Increasing impact by opening o ces in the NorthValley and southern San Joaquin Valley

Increasing general nancial support by 25%over FY08

Obtaining an operating budget surplus o 5%

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Learning through RoboticsAs part o the Pixley Connect program, theGreat Valley Robotics Team is allowing youthrom the City o Pixley to develop problemsolving skills, grow as leaders, and learnrobotics design and programming. Consistingo 19 youth, between 9 and 14 years old, theteam had a triumphant frst year. The teamreceived a rising star and robot design awardor their participation at the Central ValleyRobotics Championship. Also ocusing on anenergy e fciency project, the team designeda robot and did an energy assessment othe Pixley fre station. The team went on topresent their research project or a Pixleyschool science class and at a Town Councilmeeting, where they received a tremendous

and supportive response.

Photo: Members o the Pixley Robotics Team compete in Modesto.


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Each year the Great Valley Center sponsors andproduces studies and resources that measure theprogress o the region. GVC makes it a priority,

as the region moves orward, to in orm and provideresources to guide the way.

Indicators o Change

Since 1999, GVC has published a series o indicatorsreports that have de ned the region, ramed importantissues, set baselines or assessing uture trends, andraised awareness o critical challenges acing the rapidly growing and o ten underserved Valley. This year the

Great Valley Center published two indicators reports:Community Well-Being and Public Health and Access to Care .

Notable in the Community Well-Being indicatorsreport was an increase in the total number o Latinosin elected o ce. Thirteen percent o all electedpositions in the Central Valley are Latino, representinga signi cant 75% increase since 1999. Despite thisincrease, Latinos remain under-represented among theregions voters and have a lower sel reported interestin politics. Latinos in the region make up 19% o the voters, a vast di erence rom their proportion o the regions population, which is 30%. The reportcontained over 20 indicators on civic engagement,public sa ety, community participation, organizationalcapacity, and youth well-being, as well as a centerpieceessay by Harvard University Pro essor, and Mercednative, Pro essor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

The Public Health and Access to Care indicators reportshows the Central Valley has the highest death ratedue to diabetes among the regions o the state. Strokerelated death rates are higher in 15 o the 19 countiesthan the Healthy People 2010 goal. Every San JoaquinValley county exhibits higher rates o coronary heartdisease than the state average. Asthma rates are higherthan the state average, but there are some improve-ments or children. In ant mortality is dropping in theValley and the state as a whole and the Central Valley has a high percentage o children entering kindergartenully immunized73%, a signi cant improvement

over the last health indicators report published in 2003.Both indicator reports published this year, as well aspast indicator reports,The Economy , The Environment ,and Education and Youth Preparedness , are available ordownload at www.greatvalley.org.

A Study o Valley Communities

In 2007, to supplement statistical indicators, eldresearch began through the Partnership or the Assess-ment o Communities (PAC). The project ocuses onanalyzing the quality o li e by understanding the com-munity level experiences in six communities within theValley. The PAC research team consists o six scholars

with multidisciplinary expertise, representing three di -erent research and education institutions in the Valley.This project is unique and promises to yield importantresults about the experiences o living in the Valley thatare o ten obscured by regional-level measures.

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This year the Great Valley Center was honoredwith two national awards acknowledging theCenter or its work. Both awards recognizedthe important work the Center has done to

engage and educate the Valley constituencyon signifcant issues.

2007 Olmsted MedalAmerican Society of Landscape Architects

The Olmsted Medal is awarded to individuals,organizations, agencies, or programs outside thepro ession o landscape architecture or envi-ronmental leadership, vision, and stewardship.

Nominated by the Cali ornia Sierra Chapter othe American Society o Landscape Architects,the Great Valley Center was recognized or spon-soring orums or change, building rameworksor strong local and regional leadership andcreating new impetus or innovation.

2008 Wilmer Shields RichAwards for Excellence inCommunications, Gold AwardCouncil on Foundations

The Great Valley Centersbook Our Valley. Our Choice .was recognized by theCouncil o Foundations asan e ective communicatione ort to increase publicawareness. The bookcreatively weaves togetherpast planning decisions,statistics and photography to capture the ullset o uture planning options available to theSan Joaquin Valley. The book was recognizedor being engaging through the innovativedesign, layout and use o compellingphotographs and statistics.

Sequoia Award

T he Sequoia Award is presented annually to anindividual who has increased understanding o the region, improved the well being o the Valley or contributed to the quality o li e or Central Valley residents. It is not designed to ocus on a single act,but recognizes a sustained e ort made over time. Therecipient o the Sequoia Award is determined by theGreat Valley Center Presidents Circle, a group o leadersrom all areas o the Valley, Bakers eld to Redding, whorepresent agriculture, business and the environment.

00 Mike ChrismanCalifornia Secretary for Resources

Mike Chrisman has long been anadvocate or the Central Valley.His commitment to the agricultureindustry, combined with his unwav-ering passion or the protection o natural resources, has established theoundation rom which he has cometo be recognized as a true Giant o

the Valley. A longtime resident and rancher o the San Joaquin Valley, Mr. Chrismans dedication to improv-ing the region and his balanced approach have greatly

served the people and interests o the Central Valley.

00 Carol WhitesideFounder and President Emeritus,Great Valley Center

Carol Whiteside has been an e -ective voice or regional thinking,long-term planning and valuingenvironmental resources in publicpolicy and decision making. Theormer Modesto Mayor andgovernors sta member oundedthe Great Valley Center in 1997

and continued as President o the organization untilstepping down in 2008. Her experience, wisdom andinsight have had a remarkably positive impact on thequality o li e, the economy and the environment o the Central Valley.

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RRM Design GroupRuiz Food ProductsSacramento County Farm BureauSacramento Metro Air Quality

Management DistrictSacramento National Wildli e

Re uge ComplexSacramento Valley Conservancy San Francisco Estuary InstituteSan Joaquin River Parkway &

Conservation TrustSan Joaquin Valley Air Pollution

Control DistrictSanta Clara University Schar enberger Land PlanningSchoenleber & WaltermireSconza Candy Company Sequoia Riverlands TrustSeven-Up Bottling Company o

ModestoSierra Foothill Conservancy Sierra Nevada Conservancy Sierra OrchardsSierra Paci c SolarSouthern Cali ornia Edison

Company Spencer FoundationStandard Paci c HomesStanislaus Distributing Company Stanislaus Food ProductsSteven McDonald PropertiesStrategic ResearchSun Maid RaisinsSuperior Fruit RanchSupHerb FarmsSustain EnvironmentalSustainable ConservationSycamore AssociatesTejon Ranch Company The Business JournalThe Grupe Company Tri-County Economic Development

CorporationTrust or Conservation InnovationTrust or Public LandTulare Lake Basin Water Storage

DistrictUnitarian Universalist FellowshipURS CorporationUS Bank USAA Valley BMW Valley CAN (Clean Air Now)Valley LexusValley VisionVerizon

VersarVrilakas Architects Wathen-Castanos Builders Wawona Frozen Foods & Packing

Company Wells Fargo Wendel Rosen Black & Dean Western States Petroleum

Association Westervelt Ecological Services Wildlands Inc.Zeeb Commercial Real Estate

Individual Donors

Adrian Acala J. Augustus AccursoEdward AibertGary A. Allen Jeanette AlosiManuel AlvaradoMarsha and John AndersonTrevor H. & Rosemary M. AtkinsonLee AyresGeorge J. & Helen BadalMark Baldassare & Cheryl Katz James BarakattPaul BaxterPaul & Doris BazarThomas I. BelzaSharon BenesGeorge & Christine Betker Wade BinghamSte an & Mary BiskupKay Bonner-Cummings John & Diana Brels ord James BrendaHugh & Christine Brereton

Chris Brewer John B. BrittonPeter & Carla Broderick John F. Bryon Alan T. & Alana Buckley Linda Bunney-SarhadSylvia Burley Mike Cahill John & Cathy CainS. M. Carroll & S. P. CarrollElisa CarvalhoReid C. & Ann M. Cerney Ronald ChampionG. Christopher Cheney Kathleen S. ChovanSharen R. Christensen Joan W ChristensonRichard & Nancy CirauloLowell R. & Pat Clark Patricia Clark Wayne Clark Kenneth Clarke & Karen

Humphrey Ann Collentine Jane E. ConoverDeborah Cook Ricardo Cordova & Jane Manley James CorlessRay & Barbara CrainCharles CrivelliPatty B. & Mervyn Crow

Jon Paul B. & Kristin M. DapratoReuel & Jodie DarlingTemple DaviesDavid C. DavisC. Edward & Beverly DawkinsLaura Buck DennisonDaniel DetwilerRayburn S. DezemberRoger DickinsonDella DinsmoreTerrance J. & Diane C. Dugan Joan Eaton & Paul Gibson

John EisenhutRichard Eklund Joseph EnosPatrick EnrightTerry & Sari FarmerPhoebe FarnamSeth G. Fearey John & Jeani Ferrari William & Bonnie Fogarty Mary Louise Frampton Josh FrancoEdward FrankovicEdith Frick Kenni FriedmanSteve FrobergBruce & Michiko FrohmanRalph & Barbara GaardeDianne Gagos Jacob & Shirley D. GahmUrla GarlandLouis J. & Diane Gerard William GeyerCarolyn GordonDean Gordon John E. Gri n Jr.

Kenji Hakuta & Nancy Goodban James D. & Coke HallowellBlake & Mellisa HarlanNancy HarrisGary K. Hart John J. HeinsiusRobert & Angelina Heisdor Ruth Anne HendricksRobert N. & Barbara D. Hennigan William & Eileen HennrikusEllen M. Herod Ann HildebrandDale and Patricia HillmanStanley & Joyce HodgesDavid A. Ho Stanley R. Ho manCharles HooperDavid Hosley JoAnne HuckinsHector HuertaSharon HuntsmanBrent & Marilynne IsenbergDouglas C. JacksonRichard JohansonEric R. & Pam JohnsonRichard L. Johnson, MDPatrick Johnston Jack & Jean Robertson JonesPaul & Brigitte JonsonCharles JudsonErik & Dana Justesen

Albert KabrielianMary KaemsSteve KangKristina KaunzingerGeorge Kelley James & Donna Kenney John E. KiddHolly A. King James KiriharaGreg Kirkpatrick George & Ruth KloppingRobert J. & Elizabeth Knebel

Rochelle KochDavid M. & Sharon KoehlerShirley Kovacs A. LeeDr. Daniel Lee J. Gordon LentRobert M. & Patricia Libby Tom Lockard & Alix MarduelChristopher LockeLynn H. LofandSid LongMark LookerKathleen M. Lopes Al red J. & Elynor Lorenz William LovettElizabeth LunaKathy & Jerry LundLee Lundgren William LylesEdith MacDonaldTom & Theresa MachadoG. Mackler & A. Lipow Charles & Sally MagnesonGlenn H. Marcussen John S. McCloud

Robert & Joy MarshallGail Ferrari MartinMary Locke MartinRaymond H. Marxmiller Arsenio MatakaRobert Maus John S. McCloudMichael McCoy Steven McDonaldThomas W. McGurk Nancy A. MellorLenny MendoncaMellissa MengR. W. & Marcia MerrillBlanche V. MilhahnGina MillerPatience MilrodPeter & Mary MitracosVictor MitreMary L. MooreSteven MooreR. J. MoriconiMichael & Dorothy MottaDavid MullerKenneth MunroeGeorgia & Mike MurachTom & Caroline Nakashima John W. Norman Art NunesGracie Nunez Jerry OBanion

Jean OkuyeMike OliverRobert & Linda Olzack Ken OnetoHenry T. OputaGeorge T. & Elise OsnerBill OwensNicholas Don PaladinoGrant PatersonDennis PendletonGeorge & Marian PettygroveFrank H. & Sherry Pinkham


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Rudy Platzek Lawrence D. & Nancy Podolsky T. Craig Poole, Jr. June Potochnik Mark & Nannette PotterRobert PotterKent QuadeCarol J. RamseierGeorge Raney Gary & Christine ReedPat RicchiutiMichael J. & Lisa RingerEllen RomanoEsther RosarioDebra Roth & Alan L. Fontes Anne RudinLarry & Kitty Ruhstaller Jessie RyanLee & Judy SalterDouglas W. SamskiDavid M. SanderRobert SantosMark & Lucia SavageThomas Schar enberger Anne E Schellman

John ScheuberIrving Schi manKenneth SchmidtPaul SchmidtMichael Schoenleber

Roger & Delsie SchrimpSemas Family John SemasBarbara SevernsRandolph & Susan Sie kinMichael SilveiraPeter SimisStanley S. & Wendy SimpsonStephen SintonGeorgia Sisson Warden Sisson Jeanie W. SherwoodHamid ShirvaniRon SkaggsDonald SlinkardTom & Val SmartBette Belle & Jean Smith Joyce SmithPeter H. & Ann SmithRussell G. Smith & Sherri GibsonPaul H. Snider Andrea SoaresMarvin L. & Carola Sohns Judith Soley Paul & Anna Caroline Sonier

Esthermae SoperDeena SossonMargo SouzaBeverly Sparrowk Robert J. & Krista Stan eld

Gary & Carolyn StephensDonald J. & Betty StewartR. K StewartRichard Stewart & Trish Ballantyne Jack G. StoneSusan StrachanDonald StrangioRobert & Diena Street Albert & Cecelia StreeterM.C. & G. L. StroudTheresa StumpMargaret M. SturtevantChristine M. Suarez-MuriasThorburn Family Trust Jack & Margaret ThorburnMichael B. TietzSteve TobenCarol A. Tomlinson-Keasey Nora TorresErik Buck TownsendMiles J. Treaster William TweedLeonard & Cynthia Van ElderenTom & Grace VanGroningenRick Vargas

David VonAspernCarel D. & Linda A. VanLobenSelsGary & Babette WagnerMary WaltermireVeda E. Ward

Howard WatkinsMary J. WattersRichard C. WattersDavid Weikel-Morrison John Welty Dona WessellsGeorge V. & Marjorie O. WestDavid L. WiemanDiana M. E. Williams &

James CorlessMary I. WintersIrma L. Wisener-YamaguchiElizabeth WisslerCarol WhitesideRoger & ChiChi Wood John L. & Bernice Wool Lyle J. WrightFrances M. WrightsonDavid Zelinsky George W. & Rita M. ZerlangPaul ZgraggenBroc G. & Sharron Ann Zoller

The Presidents Circle and the Oak Circle include representatives o agriculture, business and the environment who understand the Valleys unique challenges.They exempli y the role dedicated leadership will play in ensuring a strong uture or the region. Their private and visible support o the Great Valley Center indicates their commitment to strengthening the process that shapes the regions uture.

Presidents Circle$5000 and above

Bill Butler/Stanislaus

Food Products Jim & Anita DuarteBen & Suzanne EwellRobert & Marie GalloFritz & Phyllis Grupe James & Coke HallowellEd & Jeanne KashianFred & Deborah Lagomarsino Jack & Carolyn PandolNoel Perry Dr. Alan & Judie PierrotFred & Mitzi Ruiz

Lee & Judy SalterStan & Wendy Simpson William & Linda SmittcampGlen & Terrie StollerRichard & Diane Watters

Oak Circle$1000 and above

Gary A. Allen

Rayburn S. Dezember John & Jeani Ferrari Joan Eaton & Paul GibsonKenji Hakuta & Nancy GoodbanEllen HerodSteve Kang John Kidd, Kidd FarmsDaniel Lee, M.DSid Long, Superior Fruit Ranch William LylesSteven MooreGary E. & Chris Reed

Stephen TobenSamuel Traina John Welty Carol G. Whiteside John L. & Bernice Wool

Photo: The Great Valley Center building at night.


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FinancialsIncome & Expense Summary, July 2007- June 2008

GVC Revenue 1 FY 07/08Corporations & Businesses $ 309,480Foundation Support 148,960

Individuals - Registrations & Sales 24,085Individual Donors 28,122Government Program Participation 97,380Government Contracts 407,967

TOTAL $ 1,015,994

GVC Expenses 2 FY 07/08Agricultural Programs 3 $ 1,495,158Leadership Programs 256,373Energy Programs 239,775Con erences 195,977Long-range SJV Planning Programs 273,107

Granting Programs 192,834Other Programs 149,326Publications & Outreach 132,227Operations 538,599Overhead 364,844

TOTAL $ 3,838,222

Other Available Funds - End FY 07/08Carry orward $ 1,033,237Prudent Reserve Balances $ 713,630

Corporate AdvisoryBoard 2007-2008

The Great Valley Centers Corporate Advisory Board is a diverse group o leading frms and organizations with

an interest in the economic, social and environmental well-being o the Valley.

AT&TBank o AmericaCali ornia Poultry FederationCali ornia Rice Industry AssociationCastle & Cooke Cali orniaCH2M HillChevronCitiComcastConSolDeloitte & ToucheEnterprise Rent-a-CarE&J Gallo Winery GottschalksKaiser PermanenteFoster Farms

Paci c Gas & Electric Company Paramount Farming Company PMCSouthern Cali ornia EdisonSprint PCSStandard Paci c HomesUSAA Western RegionVerizon

Wells Fargo Western States Petroleum Association

Notes:1 Revenue includes only actual payments received. Additional commitments or payments that are not yet ul lled will be refected in uture scal years.2 Expenses include only those ledger expenses and not short and long-term encumbrances committed to within the scal year but that were not payable

prior to the end o the scal year.3 Expenses or the Agricultural Programs include large transactions or agricultural easements.

The Great Valley Center is a tax exempt, nonproft organization that supports activities and organizations working to improve the economic, and environmental well-being o Cali ornias Central Valley, in partnership with the University o Cali ornia, Merced. For more detailed fnanciin ormation, please contact the Great Valley Center at in [email protected].

Operations 14%

Conferences 5%Programs 68%

Publications & Outreach 3%

Overhead 10%

Expenditures


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Manuel AlvaradoProgram Manager

Heidi ArnoDirector o Administration Lindsay Buckley North Valley Energy Program Representative

Angelina CejaDeputy Director o

Administration

Daniel CostaEnergy Program Manager

and Policy Analyst Richard CummingsDirector o Research and Communications

Tim FisherEnergy Projects Coordinator

David HanlineWeb and Systems

Administrator

Ellen HerodDirector o Development

David Hosley President

Theresa Kiehn Agricultural Programs Associate

Holly KingDirector o Agricultural Programs

Dennis MarshallChie Financial O fcer

Lila McIverResearch and Communications

Assistant

Sandra OrozcoPixley Connect Project Coordinator

Barbara Patrick Special Projects Coordinator

Lori SmithExecutive Assistant

Rebekah TurnbaughResearch and Reports Assistant

Mara VelsquezPixley Connect Project Coordinator

Martina Virrey CATAPULT Program Coordinator

Jami Westervelt Assistant Project Manager

Carol WhitesidePresident Emeritus

Chair

Steve KangChancellor, University o Cali ornia, Merced

Members

Kim BelshSecretary o the Cali ornia Health and Human Services Agency

Roger BalesPro essor o Engineering Director, Sierra Nevada Research Institute University o Cali ornia, Merced

Mark BurrellManaging Partner, WestMark Group

Honorable Ricardo CordovaSuperior Court o Cali ornia, Stanislaus County

Diane GerardCommunity Volunteer, Redding

Kenji HakutaPro essor o Education, Stan ord University

David Hosley President, Great Valley Center

Stephen TobenPresident, The Flora Family Foundation

Samuel TrainaVice Chancellor or Research and Graduate Studies University o Cali ornia, Merced

John D. Welty President, Cali ornia State University, Fresno

Carol WhitesidePresident, Great Valley Center

Current Great Valley Center sta and members o the Board o Directors are listed at www.greatvalley.org.

Photos: Great Valley Center sta and riends at eventsthroughout the year.

Board of Directors 2007-2008 GVC Staff 2007-2008


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Great Valley Center

201 Needham StreetModesto, Cali ornia 95354

Phone (209) 522-5103 Fax (209) 522-5116

www.greatvalley.org

The Great Valley Center is a nonproft organization working in partnership with the University o Cali ornia, Merced to improve the social, economic and environmental well-being o Cali ornias Great Central Valley.

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Documents

2007-2008 Annual Report Great Valley Center