Who We Are

Executive Board

Our Executive Board sets the coalition's goals, directs efforts and oversees activities to support the removal of spent fuel from nuclear reactor sites in 34 states across the country to a federally licensed offsite facility. Executive Board members include local governments and the SONGS plant owners.

  • Supervisor Katrina Foley, County of Orange (Co-Chair)
  • Supervisor Jim Desmond, County of San Diego (Co-Chair)
  • Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson, City of Riverside
  • Caroline Choi, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Southern California Edison
  • Tracy Dalu, Senior Manager, Nuclear Power Decommissioning for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)

Advisory Council

Spent Fuel Solutions’ diverse Advisory Council provides the Executive Board with recommendations and advice related to coalition strategy and activities.

  • Aaron McCall, California Environmental Voters
  • Austin Stacy, Development Authority of Burke County
  • Captain Mel Vernon, San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians
  • Garry Brown, Orange County Coastkeeper
  • Karl Dye, Tri-City Economic Development Council
  • Kristen Gamboa, Carlsbad Department of Development
  • Rachel Norton, California State Parks Foundation
  • Valentine “Val” Macedo, LiUNA Local 89

Policy Committee

Spent Fuel Solutions’ Policy Committee is responsible for developing and updating a Policy Platform that clearly articulates the coalition's positions.

  • Bob Capstick, Yankee and Connecticut Yankee
  • Kara Colton, Energy Communities Alliance
  • Katrina McMurrian, Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition
  • Tom Isaacs, Independent Strategic Advisor to SCE for Nuclear Waste Management/Former Director, Office of Nuclear Waste Policy within the U.S. Department of Energy
  • David Victor, UC San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Collaborating Organizations

  • American Nuclear Society

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