Board of Directors

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NID is governed by a five-member Board of Directors, elected to four-year terms by district voters. The board is the district’s policy-making body and policy is carried out by approximately 175 full- and part-time employees.

Members of the board are elected from within and represent five geographical divisions within the district. See map.

Constituents wishing to contact members of the board are invited to contact Board Secretary Lisa Francis Tassone, ext. 222. Lisa will be happy to put you in contact with your elected representative.

Board Members

Nancy Weber

Nancy Weber
Director, Division I

Nancy Weber of rural Nevada City has represented Division 1 since 1998. She is the second woman in history to serve on the NID governing board. Ms Weber holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and master’s degree in special education. She is retired from a career in nursing, school nursing and special education resource teaching.

John H. Drew

John H. Drew
Director, Division II

John Drew of Chicago Park, Nevada County, is a certified organic farmer and longtime leader of the local agricultural community. He has served on the NID board since 2002. Mr. Drew is a longtime board member and past president of the Nevada County Farm Bureau and Certified Growers Market.

W. Scott Miller, MD

W. Scott Miller, MD
Director, Division III

Scott Miller of rural Grass Valley has served as the Division III representative on the NID board since 2000. Dr. Miller is a family physician with a practice near Lake of the Pines and has been active in local school and youth programs. A Vallejo native, Dr. Miller has practiced medicine since 1983. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed his medical training at the University of Louisville.

R. Paul Williams

R. Paul Williams
Director, Division IV

R. Paul Williams of Lincoln, Placer County, has served on the NID Board of Directors since his election in 1981. He is the second longest serving elected director in the district’s history. Mr. Williams, an engineering graduate of the University of Nebraska, is retired from the U.S. Air Force where he attained the rank of colonel. He raises cattle on his ranch near Lincoln in rural Placer County.

George V. Leipzig

John A. Norton
Director, Division V

John A. Norton of Lake Wildwood, Nevada County, was appointed to the NID Board of Directors on Aug. 13, 2008 to fill the remaining four months in the unexpired term of former director George Leipzig, who resigned. Mr. Norton is a registered professional engineer who is retired from a 28-year career with the State Water Resources Control Board.