Position: Chair
Appointing Authority: Old Highway Road Firewise Lead member, Plumas Underburn Cooperative

Sally McGowan has lived in Plumas County since 1984 when she moved from Camarillo in Southern California to the little town of Clio in the beautiful…

Position: Co-Chair
Appointing Authority: American Forest Resource Council

Position: Secretary
Appointing Authority: Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District, Portola Firewise Lead member

Position: Treasurer
Appointing Authority: Retired Insurance, Quincy Firewise

Mike was born and raised in Spokane, Washington, the youngest of eight children. He received a business degree from Eastern Washington University…

Position: Executive Committee
Appointing Authority: Grizzly Ranch Firewise Community member

John is originally from the Bay Area and moved to Grizzly Ranch in 2013.  Having helped build a family summer cabin in the Central Sierras, he gained…

Position: Executive Committee
Appointing Authority: Registered Professional Forester

Don wants the Plumas Fire Safe Council to continue to bring wildfire awareness by striving to expand fire-adapted homes and communities within Plumas…

Appointing Authority: Mountain Maidu

Appointing Authority: Watershed Center, Retired USFS

Ryan Bauer is a Fire Management Specialist with the U. S. Forest Service on the Plumas National Forest where he oversees the Fire Use and Fuels…

Appointing Authority: Director Gold Mountain CSD Board,  Gold Mountain Firewise Committee Chair

Kathy and her husband are from the East Coast. They moved to Gold Mountain in 2016 to be closer to family in Truckee.
 
She has BA’s in both Dance and…

Appointing Authority: District Manager, Feather River Resource Conservation District

Michael is the current District Manager for the Feather River Resource Conservation District. He came to Plumas County in 2011 and was immediately…

Appointing Authority: Retired USFS, Quincy Firewise member

Terri was raised on a 50-acre farm outside of Lincoln, CA in the northern Sacramento Valley.  She is the oldest of 7 children.  She got her BA degree…

Appointing Authority: Office of Emergency Services

Lori Pini has served as the Manager of the Plumas County Office of Emergency Services since 2023. In this role, she is frequently seen throughout…

Appointing Authority: USFS,  Plumas County Forest Fire Manager

Marty is the Forest Fire Management Officer for the Plumas National Forest where he oversees the Fire, Fuels and Aviation Programs. He brings 23 years…

Appointing Authority: Quincy Fire Commissionerr, Realtor

Johnny Mansell was born and raised in Quincy. His grandfather Denny Swanson opened Town and Country Properties in 1982. After finishing college at San…

Position: Forestry & Natural Resources Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension

 Ryan was first drawn to the northern Sierra Nevada after spending a summer in Meadow Valley nearly 26 years ago. He completed a Bachelor in Science…