Renée Victoria Hoyos became TCWN’s Executive Director in October 2003. Renée has most recently worked with the California Resources Agency and served as Special Assistant to Secretary Nichols for Watersheds and Outreach. While there, one of her major priorities was creating a watershed management policy and program to guide the State in its long-term development strategies. In addition to working in watershed management, she was also the environmental education and environmental justice coordinator, and the Agency’s point of contact for Wild and Scenic Rivers issues. Renée’s nonprofit experience includes a work with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco. Renée holds a Masters of Agriculture and Management degree (with concentration in nonprofit organization management) as well as a Masters of Avian Science degree, both from the University of California in Davis.