Committees
Board and Committees
Annually, the Board Chair appoints committees from among the Board’s members to make policy recommendations to the Board. Each Board member serves on at least one committee.
Board of Directors
SACOG is governed by a thirty-two member Board of Directors (thirty-one voting and one nonvoting). Voting members are appointed by member jurisdictions from their county board of supervisors or city councils. The one non-voting member is the Caltrans District 3 Director. The organization’s mission statement is: Delivering transportation projects, providing public information, and serving as a dynamic forum for regional planning and collaboration in the Sacramento Metropolitan Area.
2023 SACOG Committee Schedule
The committee schedules are set every calendar year in advance and occur prior to Board meetings. Each committee meets once a month to review and discuss specific issues that will then be referred to the SACOG Board.
Policy & Innovation Committee
Ten members appointed to consider state and federal advocacy, innovation, media, and other activities related to external affairs and administrative activities such as human resources, audits, the budget, and the Overall Work Program. (Meets monthly or as needed)
Wendy Thomas, Chair, El Dorado County
Trinity Burruss, Vice Chair, Auburn
Rich Desmond, Sacramento County
Alice Dowdin Calvillo, Auburn
Bruce Houdesheldt, Roseville
Michael Saragosa, Placerville
Tim Schaefer, Citrus Heights
Tom Stallard, Woodland
Land Use & Natural Resources Committee
Eleven members appointed to consider land use and air quality issues, housing, electric vehicles and other related issues. (Meets monthly or as needed)
Gary Bradford, Chair, Yuba County
Karm Bains, Vice Chair, Sutter County
Rich Lozano, Vice Chair, Galt
Pamela Bulahan, Isleton
Sue Frost, Sacramento County
Bonnie Gore, Placer County
Shon Harris, Yuba City
Patrick Kennedy, Sacramento County
Jenny Knisely, Loomis
Mike Kozlowski, Folsom
Rick West, Wheatland
Transportation Committee
Eleven members appointed from the SACOG Board, and the Caltrans District 3 Director, to review all items relating to transportation issues, MTIP, and SIP as well as the SAFE program. (Meets monthly or as needed)
Jill Gayaldo, Chair, Rocklin
Darren Suen, Vice Chair, Elk Grove
Chris Branscum, Marysville
Josh Chapman, Davis
Lakhvir Ghag, Live Oak
Martha Guerrero, West Sacramento
Rick Jennings II, Sacramento City
Paul Joiner, Lincoln
Jesse Loren, Winters
David Sander, Rancho Cordova
Strategic Planning Committee
Nine members comprised of the SACOG Chair, Vice Chair, previous Chairs, Chairs of the other three committees, and the board’s CALCOG representative, to review the JPA, board representation, and long-term vision planning. This committee also acts a liaison to the regional legislative delegation. (Meets as needed)
2023 Committee Members
Patrick Kennedy – Chair
Michael Saragosa - Vice Chair
Bonnie Gore
Rick Jennings II
David Sander
Advisory Committees
The Board has established a number of advisory committees as a means of obtaining advice from citizens, key interest groups in the community, and partner planning agencies on a variety of subjects. SACOG seeks advice from local agencies on transportation and land use plan content and investment decisions. SACOG works not only with the agency staff, but with governing boards, technical committees, and advisory committees.