San Joaquin Valley Energy Leader Partnership (VIEW)
PARTNERS MEETING SUMMARY NOTES July 17, 2014 | 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Attendees: Joseph Carlini, City of Tulare Gail Henry, County of Tulare Dave Christensen, PG&E Courtney Kalashian, SJVCEO Kuyler Crocker, PG&E Mario Krstic, City of Farmersville Bob Decker, SCG Kimball Loeb, City of Visalia Michael DeSousa, SCE Rhonda Mann, County of Kings Samantha Dodero, SJVCEO Zandrea Rox, SJVCEO Sarah Farell, SJVCEO Location: Tulare County Government Plaza, RMA Conference Room Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Next Meeting: No August Meeting; next meeting on September 18th at 9:30 a.m. SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Welcome & Introductions Courtney welcomed the group and introductions were made. Partnership Business SJVCEO Staff Updates The SJVCEO has hired four new people, three of which will be helping with the VIEW Partnership. Sarah is moving to Seattle but will continue working full-‐time for the organization on policy pieces. Samantha Dodero will start with SJVCEO August 1st as the Marketing and Outreach Coordinator, Zandrea Rox started June 18th as a Project Analyst to provide technical assistance to the local governments, and Jose Reyes has been working with the organization part-‐time to assist with finances and billing. Jarred Olsen, previously with the Fresno EDC, also started with the SJVCEO on June 18th as a Project Analyst for a new non-‐VIEW contract with PG&E to benchmark all local governments in the eight-‐county SJV. Eventually, Readiness Reports and Advanced Technical Assistance will be part of Jarred’s work along with that of a to-‐be-‐hired addition to the SJVCEO team.