All Chapter members are eligible to vote for the Chapter Executive Committee. Additionally you may be eligible to vote in the Group elections if you live in one of the listed cities or zip codes.
If you live in one of these cities or zip codes, please vote using the North County Group ballot!
Bonsall, Escondido, Fallbrook, Oceanside zip code 92058, Pala, Palomar Mtn., Pauma Valley, Poway, Ramona, San Diego zip codes 92127, 92128 & 92198, San Marcos, Santa Ysabel, Vista, and Valley Center.
If you live in these cities or zip codes, please vote using the North County Coastal (Coasters) Group ballot!
Cardiff, Carlsbad, Del Mar, Encinitas, Oceanside zip codes 92052, 92054, 92056 & 92057, Rancho Santa Fe, and Solana Beach.
The Chapter Executive Committee is composed of seven elected volunteers and an appointed representative from each Chapter Group. The Chapter Executive Committee has the legal responsibility and authority to oversee all staff and volunteer activities of the Chapter, to establish the Chapter’s conservation priorities and internal policies, and to adopt and implement the annual budget.
The Group Executive Committees govern the business of the Group. They are the key committee responsible for making important policy decisions and setting priorities for the future in their region.
Executive Committee members receive no monetary compensation but may be reimbursed for approved expenses while on Chapter/Group business.
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Chapter Executive Committee Candidates
Five (5) Chapter Executive Committee members will be elected. The two candidates receiving the highest vote will be elected to three-year terms, the next two with the highest vote will be elected to two-year terms and the fifth highest vote will be elected to a one-year term.

My professional background is in finance, specifically banking and research grant administration for the University of California and San Diego State University. I live in Ramona with my husband, two horses, four goats, two dogs, two cats, and a turtle.

I am an immigrant from Turkey and have been living in San Diego for over 20 years. In 2008, I founded Confirm Biosciences, local biotech, which was placed on the Inc 500 Fastest Growing Companies list, having an annual growth rate of over 800% for three years running. In addition, Confirm was listed as the Best Place to Work for four years in a row.
I am currently the board member of the Rancho Bernardo Community Council.
With this experience under my belt, I firmly believe in bringing business, managerial, and leadership skills to help the chapter. In addition, I am very outspoken and am not afraid to advocate for our issues.
I find immense joy in the natural world; its solitude and beauty offer solace and restores me, and so, the lives of those around me. My activism is rooted in that appreciation and my commitment to preserving it.
Your appreciated vote will enable me to work with determined dedication to the protection of our beautiful environment.


Aggie joined the Club’s Political Committee in 2019, where she now serves as Vice Chair. She led several candidate interview committees in the 2020 election cycle, and is now leading the PolComm’s Imperial County subcommittee.
Locally, Aggie sees conservation of open space and habitats as San Diego County’s #1 issue, and pollution as the top concern in Imperial County. Our region must approach development thoughtfully; Aggie knows Sierra Club is truly grassroots (see this election as exhibit A) and together we can organize to protect our precious lands for all to enjoy in the future.
North County Group Executive Committee Candidates
Three (3) Executive Committee members will be elected for terms of two years.

As a public interest attorney and political candidate, I dedicated my professional life to fighting for environmental betterment:
• To address the growing need for affordable housing,
• To reduce traffic on our streets,
• To protect clean air/water and open spaces with an updated Climate Action Plan,
I am a former San Diego Deputy City Attorney, I fought developers to protect preserved open space, to establish new open preserves, and fought for clean air and water for the residents of the city of San Diego.
Most important of all, as an Executive Board Member, I will listen to your concerns and I will continue to voice the interests of our Club at public meetings and to ensure our local government addresses the needs of all our neighborhoods.
I ask for your vote and support.

As a long-time Sierra Club member, I have enjoyed trips into the Grand Canyon, the Adirondacks, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, the Atchafalaya Swamp and more. As a member of Outward Bound, I have enjoyed mountaineering in the Rockies, hiking and climbing in Joshua Tree, rafting thru Cataract Canyon and sailing in the Florida Keys. I have also trekked to the base camp at Mount Everest, through the Okavango Delta and rafted on the Zambesi near Victoria Falls. I love being out in nature.
I live in Vista and ask for your vote to join the ExCom for the North County Group.
North County Coastal (Coasters) Group Candidates
Five (5) Executive Committee members will be elected. The four candidates receiving the highest votes will be elected to two-year term, the fifth highest will be elected to a one-year term.

Since becoming a Sierra Club member in 2017, I have been volunteering my time with the North County Coastal Group, as a member of the Executive Committee. I have helped make connection with our coastal communities and local organizations to provide outreach to our members and promote the overall mission of the Sierra Club to explore, enjoy and protect the planet. I look forward to continuing this effort. Thank you for your consideration.
Collective action is the most effective ways to bring about the changes needed to respond to the climate crisis and environmental degradation. Participating in the Sierra Club, one of the largest and most recognizable environmental organizations in the country, is a powerful way to take collective action. We need to transition to a clean energy economy. The technology is already here, its cost-effective and readily available. We need to advocate for and enact the policies locally and nationally that will move us toward driving down carbon emissions so we can build a better future. Equally important, we need to build resilience into our communities to withstand the effects of the climate extremes we are already experiencing. We must work collectively within our local communities and on the state and national level to achieve these goals for the planet.
I also believe that Sierra Club must work toward a more equitable, inclusive and just society. We have recognized for a long time that the most vulnerable people with the fewest resources are also the most negatively impacted by bad environmental policies. I support the Sierra Club joining in the public debate that erupted throughout the country in 2020 to examine our history and the current policies that have deprived people of color, women and other minorities from equal rights and an equitable share of our country’s prosperity.
I would be honored to serve on the Coasters ExCom to work for local North Coastal communities that are sustainable and resilient. Thanks for your consideration!


I’m currently on the Coaster executive committee, serving as secretary. I’m also a volunteer naturalist/docent for the Nature Collective and a member of the City of Encinitas Urban Forest Advisory Committee. I enjoy learning about the great variety of life that dwells in and passes through this area, and look forward to working with you all to make our Sierra Club fun and effective!
In the winter of 2016, seeking an outlet for the post-election angst in which I was mired, I attended the quarterly meeting of the North County Coastal Group of the San Diego Sierra Club Chapter. At the meeting I volunteered to work with the MyGeneration Group on bringing Community Choice Energy (CCE) to the City of Encinitas. I also volunteered to serve on the Political Committee for the North County Coastal Group. I have been an active Sierra Club member since that time.
The work with the MyGeneration Group contributed in part to Encinitas joining San Diego Community Power as one of the five founding members. Our work included meeting with elected officials, speaking at public meetings, tabling at community events and gathering signatures of support for CCE from the public.
In 2016, with the Political Committee I was involved in the efforts to screen, interview and recommend several successful candidates in the five north county beach cities, candidates for state office races and congressional races. Most of the endorsed candidates were successful in their election races. In 2019 I became chair of the Political Committee. For the 2020 our team vetted dozens of candidates, revised candidate questionnaires, interviewed selected candidates and made recommendations for Sierra Club endorsement.