CAP Governing Committee, Principal Staff, and CPC Membership

CAP Governing Committee

John Trinkl, Co-Chair—John  has been focusing much of his energy on environmental and land use issues in Calaveras County. He is the current vice president of Ebbett’s Pass Forest Watch and is the co-chair of The Community Action Project in Calaveras. He is a member of the Sierra Club’s Stop Clearcutting Committee. He has also been a reporter, writer, editor, marketing specialist, and web developer. Email John at: jjtrinkl@gmail.com

Joyce Techel, Co-Chair and Secretary — Joyce owns Jay Tee Kennels and is a long-time resident of Calaveras County. She has been a community activist for two decades and is a founding member of MyValleySprings.com, whose mission is to promote responsible growth and development through public participation in community planning in order to preserve the quality of rural life in the greater Valley Springs area. Email Joyce at: kennelnut@att.net.

Muriel Zeller – Muriel is a published poet, writer and land use activist. She is a former member of the MyValleySprings.com board of directors. She grew up working on her grandmother’s cattle ranch in Calaveras County. She has lived in Valley Springs for over thirty years. Email Muriel at: murielz@comcast.net.

Zerrall McDaniel, Treasurer – Zerrall was a business owner in Calaveras County for 30 years. She is the president of San Andreas Merchants and was co-chair of Citizens for San Andreas, which updated the San Andreas Community Plan and developed the San Andreas Mobility Plan. She continues to work on issues relating to the San Andreas community. Zerrall has served as a Trustee for Calaveras Unified School District for 19 years and participates on various other committees. zerrall@yahoo.com

CPC Group Membership:

Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center
Citizens for San Andreas
Community Action Project
Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch
Foothill Conservancy
Keep It Rural, Calaveras
MyValleySprings.com

In addition to member groups and organizations, the Calaveras Planning Coalition has a number of individual associate members who support our Land Use and Development Principles but are not necessarily associated with any particular group or organization.

CAP Principal Staff

Tom Infusino, Planning Consultant, CAP/Calaveras Planning Coalition Facilitator

Since 1991, Tom has been using his environmental planning and legal expertise to provide low-cost help to non-profit neighborhood groups and environmental groups as they navigate the complicated administrative processes involved in local land use planning, private development review, and federal land use approvals. Tom has represented gold country clients along the Highway 49 corridor from as far south as Mariposa to as far north as Grass Valley on issues including general plan amendments, subdivision approvals, traffic congestion, grazing permits, water rights, and OHV reforms. Contact Information: Address: P.O. Box 792, Pine Grove, CA 95665
Telephone: (209) 295-8866 Email: tomi@volcano.net

CAP/CPC Outreach Coordinator—Megan Fiske

Megan holds a B.S. degree in Wildlife Management and Conservation, is a published scientific author, and has over 7 years experience working for local non-profits prior to joining CAP. She was born and raised in Tuolumne County and worked locally for the US Forest Service for 5 years before joining the non-profit advocacy world full time. Her experience includes donor management and recruitment, website and social media management, fundraising and outreach, technical environmental review (NEPA, CEQA etc.), community engagement, and public testimony from the local to the federal level.

Telephone: (209) 559-4593 Email: mkfiske@gmail.com 

For more information on the Community Action Project in Calaveras County, please contact us.