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The Nevada County Transportation Commission has seven members. Four members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors and three are appointed by the incorporated municipalities in the County. The Board of Supervisors appoints two members of the Board of Supervisors and two county at-large representatives. The municipalities appoint three city/town representatives, one each from Grass Valley, Nevada City and the Town of Truckee. The Commission holds meetings the third Wednesday of every other month, and the public is welcome.
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District 1 Supervisor, Nevada County
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Nate Beason was born in Long Beach, CA and grew up in the San Joaquin Valley in a blue collar household in a blue collar town. He was a naval officer for 30 years, rising to the rank of captain. He served on eight ships, three of them as commanding officer. He also commanded two shore activities. In 1993, Nate was the commander of a seven-ship international naval task force involved in Operation Restore Hope in Somalia. He is a veteran of Vietnam and made three deployments to the Middle East in command of warships. After retiring from the U.S. Navy, Nate was a project manager for a 400 user computer software installation and implementation, and he taught leadership and management skills to company executives for five years. He has a BA and MA from U.C. Santa Barbara and a Masters from Stanford University. In 1989, he was the Arthur S. Moreau Fellow in International Relations and Diplomacy at Stanford. He served as an adjunct professor at U. C. Berkeley from 1995 to 1998.
Nate is a life member of the Disabled American Veterans and the University of California Alumni Association. He is also a member of Trout Unlimited. Nate has been married for 43 years to the former Betty Hopkins. They have two children and two grandchildren. He enjoys his grandchildren, fly-fishing, reading, and gardening.
Nate was first appointed to NCTC on January 11, 2005 and he has been reappointed each January since then by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. His term as Nevada County Supervisor ends December 2016. |
Contact Information:
Nevada County Supervisor, Dist. 1
950 Maidu Avenue
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 265-1480
(530) 265-9836 fax
nate.beason@co.nevada.ca.us
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Town of Truckee Council Member
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Carolyn Wallace Dee moved to Truckee fulfilling a dream of joining the mountain community with it's wealth of charm and a quality of life that many have only heard of. From the day she arrived, Carolyn jumped in to community involvement with both feet. She is a founding officer of the Truckee Railroad Foundation, trying to bring a train museum to Truckee; she has served on the Board of Directors of the Lake Tahoe Music Festival; and she has worked as the staging director for the Annual Truckee Fourth of July Parade.
Carolyn currently serves as the Manager of Administration for Squaw Valley Ski Corporation. She grew up in the Bay Area, graduating from college with a double major in History and Art. Carolyn brings a wealth of experience and State contacts with her into the political arena, after running two non-profit business organizations in San Francisco that addressed quality of life issues, fair business practices and taxation of business, as well as the education of local politicians.
She is a voracious reader and an avid traveler, having visited six of the seven continents and probably over half the countries in the world. She has served for twenty-five years on the National Board of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and is involved with the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Carolyn has four siblings throughout California, a yellow lab housemate named Wally, and a chow sheppard mix roommate named Chewie.
Carolyn was first appointed to NCTC on January 10, 2007 and she has been reappointed each year since then. Her term on the Truckee Town Council ends November 2014. Carolyn is the Mayor of Truckee for calendar year 2013.
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Grass Valley Council Member
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Jason Fouyer serves as a member of the Grass Valley City Council and was appointed to the Nevada County Transportation Commission on January 8, 2013. Further information on Mr. Fouyer will follow shortly.
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Contact Information:
Grass Valley City Council
125 E. Main Street
Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 274-4318
(530) 274-4399 fax
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County At-Large Representative
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Ann Guerra is a long-standing advocate for seniors and people with disabilities in our community. In December 2009 the Nevada County Board of Supervisors reappointed Ms. Guerra to the Nevada County Transportation Commission (NCTC) as a member-at-large to represent the specific transportation needs of the elderly and disabled throughout the county. Ms. Guerra previously served on the Commission from October 1997 through March 2004. During those interim years from 2004 through 2009 she remained an active voice at NCTC meetings for issues such as sidewalks with wheelchair accessibility. Ms. Guerra worked at FREED Center for Independent Living for twenty years, and currently is the Executive Director at the Nevada Sierra Regional In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority.
Ms. Guerra is also appointed to the Transit Services Commission. With her many years of experience she is a great resource to help advise transit needs in the community and acts as an advocate for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance on the Gold Country Stage and Telecare routes.
Ann has been married for 35 years to Phil Guerra and has 4 children.
Ann was reappointed to NCTC as a member-at-large by the Nevada County Board of Supervisors on December 15, 2009. This appointment is a four year term that ends January 1, 2014. |
Contact Information:
NV County Member-At-Large
NV Sierra Regional IHSS Public Authority
466 Brunswick Road
Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 274-5601 x4
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Sally Harris - 2013 Vice Chairman
Nevada City Councilmember
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Sally Harris was born in Portland, Oregon and grew up in Santa Barbara, often visiting relatives in Nevada County and the family's gold mine near Downieville. Her gold rush roots are what drew Sally to settle in Nevada City. She served as a Nevada County Civil Grand Juror for the fiscal year 2002/2003 and was elected to the Nevada City Council in 2004. She has represented Nevada City on the City Finance Committee, the NCTV Advisory Board, the Nevada County Solid and Hazardous Waste Commission and the Economic Resources Council Board and its Executive Committee. She is also the scholarship committee chair for the Gold Country Chapter of the California Alumni Association. She holds both a B.S. in Finance and Applied Economics and an MBA in Finance from U.C. Berkeley. Her professional background is in banking and corporate finance and she currently is the Finance Director for The Union newspaper.
Sally enjoys hiking, fishing, all forms of skiing and loves a good novel.
Sally was first appointed to NCTC on July 24, 2006 and she has been reappointed each year since then. Her term on the City Council ends June 2014.
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Contact Information:
City of Nevada City Council Member
317 Broad Street
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 265-2496
(530) 265-0187 fax
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Larry Jostes - 2013 Chairman
County At-Large Representative
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Larry Jostes was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver and then received a Master's degree in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1968. Larry worked in the oil industry for 30 years and was involved in project and construction work in the U.S. and various countries around the world, including Sudan and Papua, New Guinea. He was also involved in corporate planning, budgeting, and cost control activities. His last assignment was as General Manager of Operations for a large oilfield complex offshore of Angola, Africa.
Larry and his wife Cathy moved to Nevada City from the Bay Area after retiring in 1999. For the past eight years Larry has been a member of the Nevada County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Organization and currently serves as its Training Coordinator. He has also volunteered with Music in the Mountains, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and the Nevada County Library's program to teach internet skills to seniors, as well as serving as president of his homeowners' association.
Larry enjoys travel, golf, hiking, bridge and book club. Larry and Cathy have one daughter and two grandchildren who live in Dallas, Texas.
Larry was first appointed to NCTC as a member-at-large on March 24, 2009. He was reappointed on December 15, 2009 by the Nevada County Board of Supervisors for a four year term that ends January 1, 2014.
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Contact Information:
Member-At-Large
10576 Jasper Agate Court
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 265-9709
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District 2 Supervisor, Nevada County
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Ed is the elected Nevada County Supervisor representing District II. A native of Grass Valley, Ed has been involved with his community serving in many capacities, including a member of the Grass Valley City Council, President of the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, President of Grass Valley Rotary, and active with many other service organizations of our county.
Ed Scofield is probably best known as the CEO of the Nevada County Fair for the past twenty-six years. During his tenure with the Fair, he also was President of the Western Fairs Association and was inducted into the Western Fairs Association Hall of Fame in 2003.
Ed was quoted as saying, "As the District II Supervisor, representing the South County, I am especially interested in the improvements to Highway 49, and I am excited about being an active member of the Nevada County Transportation Commission."
Ed was first appointed to NCTC on January 13, 2009 and he has been reappointed every January since then by the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. His term as Nevada County Supervisor ends December 2016.
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Contact Information:
Nevada County Supervisor, Dist. 2
950 Maidu Avenue
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 265-1480
(530) 265-9836 fax
ed.scofield@co.nevada.ca.us
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