The District is governed by a five member elected Board of Directors. Terms of office are four years. The five Board members are not elected at-large but represent distinct areas, or wards.
Ward 1 includes the City of Marina and some unincorporated voting wards within the District areas of the former Fort Ord that are within the city's influence and will likely be annexed by the City.
Ward 2 includes all of Seaside and Sand City with areas of the former Fort Ord that will likely be annexed by the City of Seaside and the unincorporated lands encompassing the Bureau of Land Management reserve lands and the Laguna Seca area.
Ward 3 is Del Rey Oaks and Monterey (excluding what is called New Monterey).
Ward 4 is New Monterey, Pacific Grove and the northern half of Pebble Beach.
Ward 5, the largest geographic ward, includes the southern portion of Pebble Beach, all of Carmel and the unincorporated areas of Carmel Valley, Cachagua, Carmel Highlands and Big Sur.
Every ten years the District, like many other governing bodies, is required to redraw its ward boundaries to reflect population changes, as needed.
DR. Jennifer lagier Fellguth
President
Ward 1
jfellguth@sbcglobal.net
Jennifer Lagier Fellguth serves as an educator at Hartnell College. She has taught at California State University, Monterey Bay, and Modesto Junior College. She earned both a Ph.D. and an Ed.S. in computing technology in education from the Nova Southeastern University, Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a master’s degree in English from California State University, Stanislaus, a second master’s in library and information studies from University of California, Berkeley. She graduated from Modesto Junior College with an associate of arts degree in English.
Jennifer has published in higher education journals on the topic of distance education and is a published poet. Her work has been published in anthologies, journals and e-zines throughout the U.S. and Italy. Her books include Coyote Dream Cantos (Iota Press, 1992), Where We Grew Up (Small Poetry Press, 1999), Second-Class Citizen (Bordighera, Inc., 2000), The Mangia Syndrome (Pudding House Publications, 2004) and Fishing for Portents (Pudding House Publications, 2008).
Jennifer has served on the MPRPD board since 1999.
Ben Post
Secretary/Treasurer
Ward 2
ben@post-tech.net
Ben has been a board member for MPRPD since 1998. Ben holds a BS. in Ceramic Engineering and an MBA. He has worked in the computer industry for over 10 years, programming databases, performing needs analysis, security reviews and installations.
Michael Adamson
Director
Ward 3
mgasba@montereybay.com
Michael came to the United States from his native England in 1972 for what was supposed to be a long vacation. However, he and his family decided to make California their permanent home and they have been living on the Monterey Peninsula since 1976. Before moving here, Michael worked in public relations in Beverly Hills. Prior to arriving in the United States, he worked in the City of London for twenty years in a merchant bank. He was educated at Sherborne, one of England's leading and oldest private schools, where he graduated in English literature and 17th Century European history.
Michael is a vice president of Monterey County Bank.
He served as chairman of the board of the Carmel Chamber of Commerce.
Previously he served on the board of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce for seven years (chairman for two terms).
Michael was the chairman of the Visiting Nurse Association Foundation Board in 2005 and 2006. He served on Monterey's Historic Preservation Commission from 1986 to 1999 and was Chairman from 1988 to 1992. Michael was President of the Old Monterey Business Association in 1995 (two terms). He has been a member of the Pacific Grove Rotary Club since 1977. Following the 2006 elections, Michael was elected to the board of the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District to represent Ward 3.
When he is not working for the bank, Michael helps his wife, Sabine, in her antique shop - Sabine Adamson Antiques in Carmel. His interests include photography and studying history.
Kathleen LEE
Vice President
Ward 4
kleemoco@gmail.com
Kathleen Lee is a long time resident of Pacific Grove, where she resides with her husband, Rob and their two children. She works for the County of Monterey, in the office of the Fifth District Supervisor. Kathleen holds a degree in Political Science from California State University, Fresno and an Executive Masters in Public Administration from Golden Gate University. Kathleen serves as a Board member with the Friends of Parents' Place and the Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association. She comes from a long family history of public service and is proud to be continuing the family tradition as the representative of the Fourth Ward on the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District. Kathleen joined the Board in 2011.
John Dalessio
Director
Ward 5
jrmaam@gmail.com
A ‘boots on the ground’ Park Director, retired human rights attorney and administrator John Dalessio averages more than 400 hours per year hiking, meeting with park users, civic and elected leaders, and observing and otherwise helping to maintain and expand the agency’s parks.
This year, Dalessio has led the fight to permanently protect District owned open space, like Garland Ranch and Palo Corona. Prior to joining the Park Board, Dalessio served as the Chair of the Friends of the MPRPD.
Dalessio also is the Chairman of the Carmel River Advisory Committee, an official group charged with protecting the Carmel River. He previously has served as Commissioner, Housing Authority of Monterey County, where he played a significant role in resolving both the Rippling River and Pacific Meadows affordable housing disputes. He also served on the Boards of both the County of Monterey Free Library System and the Friends of the Carmel Library
“Open space and parks are essential to our mental and physical health, and our tourist-based economy. Of greater importance, parks are among the finest of legacies that we will leave our children. I’m proud to have helped expand, protect and preserve our open space and park district.”
John joined the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District board in 2003.