Ann Notthoff — Public Member

Ann Notthoff led NRDC, the Natural Resources Defense Council’s, California legislative and coastal programs for nearly 40 years before retiring in 2020.  She directed a broad range of campaigns to promote public health and environmental protection in California and nationally, leading the fights to pass the State’s landmark clean car and global warming bills (AB 1493 and AB 32). Before assuming the director position, Ms. Notthoff’s work at NRDC focused on coastal and marine management issues. She is appointed to the Coastal Conservancy by the State Senate Rules Committee. She was the northern California vice president of the board of the California League of Conservation Voters for two decades. She has held appointed positions on the California State Oil Spill Technical Advisory Committee, the San Francisco Harbor Safety Committee and the CALFED Bay Delta Advisory Council. She currently chairs LandWatch Monterey County, a regional group focused on the land use – climate nexus. Ms. Notthoff received her undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon and a Masters of City and Regional Planning from the University of California at Berkeley. She lives with her husband Dwight Holing in Carmel Valley, CA. They have two grown children.