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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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