Board
The members of the Calaveras Council of Governments include two members of the
Calaveras County Board of Supervisors (Merita Callaway
and Tom Tryon), two members of the City
Council of the City of Angels (Lee Seaton and Jack Lynch), and three members of
the public (Jon Ellis, Bob Leitzell
and Gregg Baxter). The staff consists of Executive
Director (Timothy J. McSorley), Transportation Planner (Tyler Summersett), and Senior Administrative Analyst (Melissa Eads).
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Merita Callaway, Chair - Calaveras County
Supervisor
Merita represents the third Supervisorial County District, which includes
the Ebbetts Pass area down to, but not including Murphys.
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Tom Tryon - Calaveras County Supervisor
Tom Tryon represents the Fourth Supervisorial District, which includes the
communities of Angels Camp, Murphys, Highway 4 West to, but not including
Copperopolis.
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Lee Seaton - City of Angels Council Member
Lee is in his second term as councilman for the City of Angels. He
recently re-retired from the Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency,
after having retired in 2000 as a senior managing consultant for the
Hewlett-Packard Company. Lee has also been teaching classes at Columbia
Community College and with prior teaching experience at Bowling Green State
University, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Hawaii. He
earned BA and MA degrees in Political Science from California State University,
Fullerton and a PhD in Political Science at the University of Hawaii. He also
has served on the Calaveras Local Agency Formation Commission, the Central
Sierra Resource Conservation and Development Council, and the Calaveras Human
Resource Council.
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Jack Lynch - City of Angels Council Member
Jack represents the City of Angels. He is a graduate engineer of MIT with
a 45-year business career in the metals industry including 30 years in
management positions. His experience includes the development of business
and staffing plans for small and major organizations; first hand knowledge
of EPA and OSHA regulations and permitting procedures; factory and plant
management; and the development of budgetary and financial controls. He
served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
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Jon Ellis - Public Member
Jon has been a licensed general contractor since 1979 and CEO of Ellis
Construction Company, Inc. for more than 20 years. He developed and owns the
Cedar Ridge subdivision in Arnold. Jon served on the Board of Directors of
the 39th District Agriculture Association from 1995 through 2003, and also
served on the Arnold Community Plan Advisory Committee for the current
Arnold Community Plan. He is a committee member for the Arnold Rural
Livable Community-Based Mobility Plan, and lives in Arnold with his wife
Anne.
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Gregg Baxter - Public Member
Gregg graduated from the University of Maryland in College Park in 1989 with a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Transportation and Logistics. After graduation,
Gregg joined Amtrak as Transportation Associate in Amtrak's first Management
Training Program. From there he moved to Chicago, and Richmond, VA where he was
responsible for the daily operation of Amtrak's intercity trains. In 1999 Gregg
moved back to Chicago into the position of Director of Mail and Express
Operations for Amtrak's Intercity Business Unit. In 2001 Gregg moved west to
California as Assistant General Manager of Operations for Amtrak's Capitol
Corridor. In February of 2004 after 16+ years with Amtrak Gregg left to take the
position of Director of Operations with the San Joaquin Regional Rail
Commission. In addition to his railroad career Gregg also is an Adjunct
Professor of Railroad Technologies at Sacramento City College, where he teaches
classes in Railroad History, Careers, Safety and Environmental, Operations
Operating Rules, and Ground School. Gregg lives in Valley Springs with his wife
Laura and their son Mason.
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Bob Leitzell - Public Member
Bob was appointed to the CCOG in 2005. He
received a BS in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley and is a registered
Civil and Traffic Engineer in California. He worked as a Bridge Engineer
for the Alaska Road Commission in Juneau and Sverdrup & Parcel, Inc. in
San Francisco. He took the position of Director of Public Works and
Planning for the City of San Anselmo after serving on their Planning
Commission for seven years. He was Director of Public Works in Calaveras
County from 1980 to his retirement in 1987. Since retiring from the County
he has been self-employed as a Traffic Engineer and has been involved with
many public and private projects in the Mother Lode and Sacramento and
San Joaquin Valleys. He is currently a part-time consultant to the Amador
County Transportation Commission. Bob is married and has five children and
ten grandchildren.
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Staff
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Timothy J. McSorley, P.E., Executive
Director
Tim was hired as the Executive Director of the CCOG in October 2006. Prior to
that he served as the Deputy Director of Public Works for Calaveras County.
Tim came to Calaveras County by way of El Dorado County where he held the
position of Supervising Civil Engineer in Development Services. He earned his
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Chico State University.
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Tyler Summersett, Transportation Planner
A native of Calaveras County, Tyler spent
his formative years in Arnold enjoying the many recreational outlets: skiing,
mountain biking, hiking and the beautiful Stanislaus river. After graduating
from California State University, Stanislaus with a B.A. in Political Science,
Tyler moved to England, traveled through Western Europe (studying
transportation, of course), the South Pacific and Central America. Returning
home, Tyler returned to California State University, Stanislaus to complete a
Masters degree in Public Administration. Most recently, Tyler held a
Transportation Planner position with Tuolumne County. He is very excited to be
assisting the CCOG in planning for Calaveras County's future!
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Melissa Eads, Administrative Analyst
Melissa grew up in Angels Camp where she lived for more than 20 years. She is
now raising her two young children in Copperopolis where she and her husband
have resided for the past six years. Melissa obtained an Associate degree in
Psychology from Columbia Junior College, a BA in Liberal Studies, and a Masters
in Public Administration from CSU Stanislaus. She has experience in public,
private, and non-profit business sectors. Her most recent work was with San
Joaquin County Office of Education where she worked as a Project Manager.
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