[greenyes] New Chair elected to CIWMB - Rosario Marin

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

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For Immediate Release                                     Contact:  Lanny 
Clavecilla
        September 21, 
2004                                               Jon Myers
        2004-47 
(916) 341-6300
                                                                                           opa@no.address 


Rosario Marin elected to lead state integrated waste management board

SACRAMENTO-Former US Treasurer Rosario Marin has been elected to Chair the 
California Integrated Waste Management Board, the state's primary solid 
waste recycling agency.

Ms. Marin replaces Linda Moulton-Patterson, who served as the Board's Chair 
since August 1999.  Board Members elect who fills the position.

"I appreciate this honor and will dedicate myself to fulfilling the duties 
and responsibilities of the office," said Ms. Marin, whose agency is 
specially funded with an annual budget of approximately $186 million and 
450 employees.  "California is a national leader in the arena of solid 
waste management and the future promises more exciting accomplishments to 
come."

The Board is responsible for helping more than 400 cities and counties 
improve their solid waste diversion rates to meet a 50 percent diversion 
State mandate; promoting and assisting the development of markets for all 
recyclable materials and products; permitting solid waste facilities to 
ensure safe and healthful operations; managing California's annual waste 
tires; working with school districts around the state to adopt 
environmental learning curriculums; and helping clean up illegal and 
abandoned dumping sites.

Ms. Marin was originally appointed a full-time member of the Board on April 
22, 2004, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to represent the public. Her 
term on the Board will run through January 1, 2008.

Prior to her appointment to the Board, Ms. Marin was appointed treasurer of 
the United States by President George W. Bush in 2001 and served until 
2003. She was previously a member of the City Council and Mayor of the City 
of Huntington Park from 1994 to 2001. Through her service on the council, 
Ms. Marin has been an advocate of increased recycling and a champion for 
environmental justice in the community. She also served as a director of 
the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County and worked closely with the 
Air Resources Board and the South Coast Air Quality Management District to 
address local air quality concerns.

Ms. Marin served under Governor Pete Wilson as deputy director of the 
Governor's Office of Community Relations from 1997 to 1998. She was 
assistant deputy director of the Department of Social Services in 1997, 
chair of the Council on Developmental Disabilities from 1994 to 1997, and 
chief of legislative affairs at the Department of Developmental Services 
from 1992 to 1993.

Ms. Marin has served as a member on a number of public boards and 
commissions including as president of the Mayors and Councils Department of 
the League of California Cities and vice chair of the Latino caucus, chair 
of the Southeast Community Development Corporation, and member of the 
California Film Commission. She is a member of the Special Olympics 
International Board of Directors, and was formerly on the Board of 
Governors for Community, Mission and Lincoln Hospitals and the National 
Association of Latino Elected Officials.

Ms. Marin received her bachelor's degree in business administration from 
California State University, Los Angeles and completed the Program for 
Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University's 
John F. Kennedy School of Government. Ms. Marin is a resident of Huntington 
Park.

The California Integrated Waste Management Board is the State's leading 
authority on recycling and waste reduction.  It promotes a zero waste 
California in partnership with local government, industry, and the 
public.  This means reducing waste whenever possible, promoting the 
management of all materials to their highest and best use, and protecting 
public health and safety and the environment.

The California Integrated Waste Management Board is one of six boards, 
departments, and offices within the California Environmental Protection 
Agency (Cal/EPA <<http://www.calepa.ca.gov/>http://www.calepa.ca.gov/>).

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learn more about reducing waste.

Lanny Clavecilla
CIWMB Office of Public Affairs
oclaveci@no.address
(916) 341-6302
(916) 319-7357 fax

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