About

The North Kings GSA, as described in its Joint Powers Agreement (Section 3.01), is governed by a seven member Board of Directors that include Members, Contracting Entities and Interested Parties. Directors are elected officials who have been appointed to serve on the Authority’s Board of Directors by their respective boards, councils or commissions, or are the authorized representative of a Member, Contracting Entity or Interested Party. To provide a balance of perspective, the Board is segmented across agricultural, city, county, small communities, Contracting Entities, and Interested Parties. It includes four seats held exclusively by the City of Clovis, City of Fresno, Fresno County and Fresno Irrigation District Board. Two seats are shared and one is appointed by the Board from municipal/industrial Members, Contracting Entities or Interested Parties not currently serving on the board. All terms are for a period of two years, with terms for the four exclusive seats starting with a three-year term.

NKGSA Board Seat Assignments

1. Fresno Irrigation District
2. Garfield Water District, International Water District, and Fresno Irrigation District
3. Bakman Water Co., Biola Community Services District, City of Kerman, Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District
4. City of Clovis
5. City of Fresno
6. County of Fresno
7. At-Large

Board of Director Biographies

Seat 1 – Chairman Jerry Prieto, Jr., Fresno Irrigation District (exp – 2019)
Seat 6 – Vice-Chairman Brian Pacheco, County of Fresno  (exp – 2019)
Seat 2 – Director Karl Kienow, Garfield Water District (exp – 2020)
Seat 3 – Director Rhonda Armstrong, City of Kerman (exp – 2020)
Seat 4 – Director Jose Flores, City of Clovis (exp – 2019)
Seat 5 – Director Lee Brand, City of Fresno (exp – 2019)
Seat 7 – Director Steve Pickens, Bakman Water Company (exp – 2020)
Executive Officer – Kassy Chauhan

For the development of the GSP, the Advisory Committee was supported by three ad-hoc committees. The Board approved dissolution of the ad-hoc committees during its meeting on February 27, 2020, given the GSP has been developed and submitted to DWR. Moving forward, the Advisory Committee will be supported by a series of workgroups established for specific purposes as determined by the Executive Officer. The Board wishes to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who participated on various ad-hoc committees and to the following leads of the three ad-hoc committees:

Former committee members, member agency representatives, and members from the public are welcome and encouraged to participate in future workgroups. If you would like to get on the workgroup email distribution list, please email us at northkingsgsa@gmail.com.