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Governance

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The California Desert Studies Consortium was established in 1976 as an academic collaboration among seven California State University campuses: Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Cal Poly Pomona, and San Bernardino. The Board of Governors is comprised of one faculty member and one administrative member from each campus, at-large members, and a representative from the National Park Service, our federal partner in our cooperative management agreement. The Board of Governors meets formally three times per year.

CSU Fullerton is the administrative campus of the Consortium and oversees the facilities and operations of the DSC through the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.

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CDSC Board of Governors (2025-26)
  CSU Campus/Group Faculty/Other Administration Alternates
CSUDH Seal Dominguez Hills Kathryn Theiss (Biology) Sheree Schrager (Dean Grad Studies & Research/Psychology) Philip LaPolt (Dean, College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences)
CSUF Seal Fullerton Matt Kirby (Geology) Binod Tiwari (AVP Research/Engineering) TBD
CSULB Seal Long Beach Klaus Hagerdorn (Geological Sciences) Barbara Taylor (Biology; Assoc Dean Research) Nate Onderdonk (Earth Science)
CSULA Seal Los Angeles Jennifer Garrison (Geology; SCI ENVT) Haley Ye (AVP Research/Geography) Kirsten Fisher (Biology)
CSUN Seal Northridge Richard Heermance (Geological Sciences) Robert Espinoza (Biology, Special Assistant to Dean) Amalie Orme (Geography/Env. Sci)
CSU Pomona Pomona Nicholas Van Buer (Geology; CDSC Vice-Chair) Craig LaMunyon (AVP Research/Biology) Edward Bobich (Biology)
CSUSB Seal San Bernardino Erik Melchiorre (Geology; CDSC Chair) Tim Akers (AVP Research/Public Health) Susana Henriquez (Geology)
College of the Desert Seal At-large Kurt Leuschner (College of the Desert) Debra Hughson (NPS Retired) — 
National Park Service Seal National Park Service Ray McPadden (Superintendent MNP) — —
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