SONOMA MENDOCINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

Oversee completion and implementation of the Sonoma-Mendocino Economic Development District Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies.

Four Directors shall be appointed by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors. Three of those Directors shall be from the Sonoma County business community, the Sonoma County Economic Development Board or Sonoma County Workforce Investment Board. Directors may be employees or representatives of Sonoma County. Four Directors shall be appointed by the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors. The District Board shall have the authority to appoint one Director who shall be selected from the private sector representing the business community. The District Board shall include one or more Directors from Executive Directors of Chambers of Commerce, or representatives of institutions of post secondary education, workforce investment groups, all of which comprise in the aggregate a minimum of 35% of the District's Board.

Sonoma-Mendocino EDD will typically hold 2-3 meetings each year. The District Board shall hold a meeting open to the public at least once each year and shall notice and conduct such meeting in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (California Government Code Section 54950 et. seq.).

Directors shall serve without compensation from the District. With prior approval of the District Board, members can be reimbursed for expenses and mileage related to their board duties.

The Sonoma-Mendocino Economic Development District is a two-county partnership, created through a joint owers agreement in 2015, to engage in regional economic development planning. County leaders recognized an important opportunity to coordinate and pool resources in areas where joint planning can accomplish more for the region's development than either county's independent efforts. The governing Board of Directors holds nine (9) board seats that consist of stakeholders from the business community as well as economic and workforce development representing Sonoma and Mendocino Counties.

Bradley Johnson

bradley.johnson@sonoma-county.org

707-565-6456

http://sonomaedb.org/Current-Projects/Sonoma-Mendocino-Economic-Development-District-(SMEDD)/