Gary Bobker
bobker@bay.org
Gary Bobker joined The Bay Institute in 1992. He was a lead negotiator of and signatory to the landmark 1994 Bay-Delta Accord, and led the environmental community’s efforts to shape the state-federal CALFED Program’s long-term plan for managing the Bay-Delta’s water resources. Currently, he directs The Bay Institute's Rivers and Delta Program, focusing on Bay-Delta water quality regulation, long-term Bay-Delta ecological restoration and water resources planning, as well as reform of Central Valley water use and agricultural drainage management. He supervises the team developing The Bay Institute’s Bay-Delta-Rivers Ecological Scorecard and is a leader in the environmental community’s efforts to restore the San Joaquin River. Previously, he served as staff director for the National Toxics Campaign's West Coast office, as Northern California staff director for the California Natural Resources Federation, and as pollution prevention research analyst for the Citizen Action Coalition. Mr. Bobker also served for many years as co-chair of the CALFED Program Ecosystem Roundtable, as Program Coordinator for the Environmental Water Caucus, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the San Francisco Estuary Institute.