Brad Benson joined the Port of San Francisco in 2005. As Director Special Projects, Mr. Benson oversees the Port’s local, state and federal legislative program and... Read More

Alex Westhoff, AICP is a planner with the Marin County Community Development Agency. He has managed the APA award-winning sea level rise adaptation program for... Read More

Andrew A. Galvan is a descendant of the Ohlone, Bay Miwok, Plains Miwok and Patwin Indians whose ancestral lands comprise the greater San Francisco Bay... Read More

Will Travis is a consultant on sea level rise adaptation planning and a popular public speaker. He has an undergraduate degree in architecture and a... Read More

Vida Germano manages the Cultural Landscapes Program for the National Park Service’s Pacific West Region. She has 15 years of experience in cultural landscape management... Read More

Robert Z. Melnick, FASLA, is a Senior Cultural Resource Specialist with MIG, Inc, a consulting firm in Berkeley and Portland and professor of landscape architecture... Read More

Michael Newland is the Director of Cultural Resources, Northern California, for Environmental Science Associates.  Mike has been a professional archaeologist for 25 years throughout California... Read More

Julianne Polanco was appointed California’s State Historic Preservation Officer in July of 2015.  She served as a Commissioner and Chair of the California State Historical... Read More