Delta Protection Advisory Committee Members Appointed, Reappointed

OAKLEY, Calif. (May 15, 2025) – The Delta Protection Commission appointed two new members and re-appointed three incumbents to the Delta Protection Advisory Committee (DPAC) on Thursday.

The new appointees are Jerred Dixon for the Delta Conservation/Habitat NGO seat and Jeffrey Twitchell to the Delta Flood Entity seat.

Dixon is the director of Staten Island, a Nature Conservancy farm managed for wildlife-friendly agriculture. He is a graduate of the Delta Leadership Program.

Twitchell is a flood protection engineering consultant and advisor to eight Delta Legacy Communities.

The incumbents who were reappointed Thursday are:

Arron Pellarin, Delta Business (Seat 1)
Anna Swenson, Delta General Public (Seat 1)
Russell Ryan, Delta Water Exporter

All five will serve three-year terms.

Three photos, two of men and one of a woman, in meetings

L-R: Arron Pellarin, Russ Ryan, Anna Swenson

DPAC provides recommendations to the Delta Protection Commission on diverse interests within the Delta, including the Delta’s socioeconomic sustainability, recreation, agriculture, flood control, environment, utility infrastructure, and other Delta issues. The Committee was created by the Delta Protection Act, Public Resources Code Section 29753(a).