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Board of Directors

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The LCWC Board of Directors is comprised of members with a broad range of expertise and experience in watershed science, community activism, public planning, resource management, and non-profit organizations.

Learn more about the Board below.

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Barbara Washburn, President

Barbara is an aquatic toxicologist and watershed scientist.  She works at Cal/EPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (www.oehha.ca.gov), serving as the lead scientist of the Ecotoxicology Program. The work of her group involves developing scientific tools and educational resources to support watershed risk assessment. She has been working with the LCWC since its inception. She holds a Ph.D. in physiological chemistry from UC Davis. She lives in Wilton with her husband Tim, 3 dogs, and 2 horses. You can reach Barbara here.

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Nancy Myers, Vice-President

Nancy is one of the founding members of the Laguna Creek Watershed Council.  She has a Master’s degree in Education and is retired from the Elk Grove Unified School District after 17 years in elementary science education.  Nancy is a Sacramento Splash (sacsplash.org) guide, helping children understand and value their natural world through scientific investigation and outdoor experience.  She participated in tree planting projects near the creek as well as being a coordinator of  Sheldon’s  “Folks for Oaks”, a cooperative joint effort between SMUD, The Sacramento Tree Foundation, and two community Associations to plant Oak trees in the rural area of Elk Grove.  Nancy is also an active member of the Central Valley Rails to Trails Foundation and the Sheldon Community Association.  Contact Nancy at here.

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Alta Tura, Secretary

Alta is a long time watershed volunteer.  She is President of Sacramento Area Creeks Council, a nonprofit group that encourages the protection, restoration and maintenance of natural streams in urban environments. She began working on environmental issues after joining the Audubon Society in the late 1970’s, serving as the Sacramento Chapter’s Conservation Chairperson and representative on the Environmental Council of Sacramento. Alta has worked as a volunteer exclusively since her retirement as an elementary school teacher in 1995. She heads the annual Creek Week which provides volunteers the opportunity to clean Sacramento County creeks of man-made garbage and invasive plants every spring. She currently serves on the South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan Steering Committee. This plan, when adopted, will allow the creation of a habitat preserve system that will include a riparian preservation strategy focusing on a Laguna Creek wildlife corridor. Alta also serves on the Habitat 2020 committee and is secretary for another locally-based nonprofit group, Friends of the Swainson’s Hawk.  You can reach Alta here.

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Sheri Noblett, Treasurer

Sheri Noblett is a registered landscape architect, an ISA certified arborist and a Qualified Stormwater Developer (QSD). She has worked for the County of Sacramento, Department of Transportation and currently works for the Cosumnes Community Services District, Department of Parks and Recreation as a Senior Landscape Architect designing, constructing and renovating public parks and playgrounds in Elk Grove.  

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Steve Scott

After completing his degree in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology at UC Davis, Steve gained employment with the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District Bufferlands.  As a biologist for the Bufferlands, he helps to manage and restore over 2500 acres of wildlife habitat surrounding the lower reaches of the Laguna Creek watershed.  In addition to working in the watershed, Steve also lives here, frequently enjoying the local trails and spying on the wildlife living along Laguna Creek.  

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Cathy Lemelin

Cathy Lemelin is a recently retired Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) who has lived in North Laguna Creek since 1986. A few years after moving to North Laguna Creek she discovered the Laguna Creek Parkway about a mile south of her home.  It became her favorite area for jogging and enjoying nature.  Since then she has fallen in love with the local urban creeks (Laguna and Elk Grove Creeks) as a place to exercise and to be in and observe nature.  After retiring she started volunteering for LCWC activities and has since joined the board.

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Amanda Platt, Past Board Member

Amanda Platt has worked and played in the Laguna Creek Watershed for much of her life. Being an alumni of Elk Grove High, Laguna Creek was the first area in which her interest in the study of water quality and watershed studies was fostered. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science with an emphasis in Watershed Management and Geology from Humboldt State University. She now works for the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts as the Cosumnes River Watershed Coordinator. If you want to email her directly, click here.

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