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Supervisor Santiago to introduce Joanne Marchetta, the newly appointed Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
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Joanne Marchetta is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
TRPA - created in 1969 by a Bi-State Compact between the states of Nevada and California and ratified by the U. S. Congress - protects and restores the environment of Lake Tahoe. Joanne will oversee regional planning and development, as well as regulatory enforcement for the region.
Joanne began her career as a trial attorney at the U. S. Department of Justice where she strategically directed federal court litigation matters. She moved on to work for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where during her tenure, she managed lengthy negotiations dealing with complex waste clean-up cases.
Before coming to Lake Tahoe as TRPA's General Counsel in June, 2005, Joanne was Assistant General Counsel for the Presidio Trust in San Francisco. At the Presidio Trust, she managed the comprehensive planning update to transition the San Francisco Presidio from a military base to public parkland by leveraging revenue generated by rehabilitation and redevelopment of its buildings.
Joanne received a J.D. from the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University in Washington D.C., and a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Michigan. She is also a member of the American Planning Association and the Urban Land Institute.