Councilman Bob Branstrom's first term is characterized by his support of development of the city's amenities, Pioneer Park emprovements - Mill St. plaza, the new RV park, and In Concert Sierra's new performance venue as well as market rate housing projects. HIs vision is to support small businesses, maintain the economic viablity and diverse economic base of Grass Valley and make it family friendly.

Councilman Tom Ivy has been the prime mover behind the agreement between Grass Valley and Pioneer Energy to reduce the electricity bills of the GV city residents. He's also facilitated an agreement with the two to build a biomass plant. He was instrumental in the passing of Measure V. His focus going forward is on climate change, fire preparedness and equitable community planning.

Trustee May, with over 40 years of teaching experience, is familiar with student and staff issues as well as administrative challenges. Tim has helped diffuse the stress around the Covid mandates, Critical Race Theory and other red herrings while assisting to facilititate successful long-distance learning. His priorities for the coming year are attendance issues with its subsequent financial impact and a deep commitment to having a collaborative, respectful educational community here in Nevada County.

Itara has a Special Education credential and 20 years of experience in education as well serving as a social worker with Alta Regional Center. She will do everything possible as a Nevada Joint Union High School District board member to support student learning and accomplishment. She wants to see accurate US history and civics taught, supports the arts in the schools, a breakfast and lunch program including when school is out, and she promises to investigate current issues.

Geoffrey was appointed to the Nevada Joint Union High School District board in 2023. He is the vice president of a national construction company that primarily builds hospitals and employs 100 people in California. He brings to the board significant management and fiscal experience. He has a daughter who graduated from Ghidotti and a son at NU. He focusses on reducing the number of suspensions and expulsions, funding and the declining enrollment spiral and long-range planning, and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Debbie has 12 years of school board experience, 8 years at Colfax Elementary School District and 4 years at the Grass Valley School District and 20 years as a human resources manager. She has served on the Interest Based Bargaining Team and the Local Control and Accountability team while on the GV school board. She will continue to be an advocate for public education. She will support and monitor our LCAP ( local control and accounting plan) Goals. She will support teachers in all feasible ways as they are the important front line to student success. 

Trisha has had a career in education, from teacher to superintendent. She started teaching at Cottage Hill and Sierra Mountain (now Silver Springs). She was a site principal and started Ghidotti Early College High School. She became an assistant superintendent for NJUHSD, the superintendent at Nevada City Elementary School District, and Carmel Unified School District. In these positions, she regulary worked succesfully with school boards and has a deep understanding of how districts operate and the role trustees play. Her goals include insisting that all students are treated with respect, ensuring that staff has what they need, and promoting opportunities for families to play a significant role in their children's education.

Karen Hull, elected to the NID board in 2020 has fulfilled her promises to help NID overhaul a broken financial management system, grow income without raising customer rates for three years, and create and implement a comprehensive "Plan for Water." NID is still facing big challenges, and as a former executive leader at UCDavis with an MBA, she has what it takes to make the right choices to protect water reliability and affordability for our future.

David Diamond has served on the Truckee Tahoe Airport Board since 2020. He consistently works to make sure the airport benefits the entire community. Most recently, he secured $2 million for fire mitigation through the Tahoe Truckee region. Mitigation projects that were previously unfunded are now underway, under the direction of the region’s four fire districts and CalFire.