CGF hires new executive director

Committee for Green Foothills hired Santa Clara county resident Cynthia D’Agosta to lead the organization.  Ms. D’Agosta will take the reins on May 1, overseeing its programs and fundraising as its new Executive Director.  The Committee for Green Foothills, headquartered in Palo Alto, works for open space and natural resources protection throughout San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.

A native Californian, Cynthia’s community involvement and work experiences cover a wide range of leadership and team work on open space planning and natural resource protection.  After receiving her Masters in Landscape Architecture (MLA), from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, and a BS in Science and Fine Arts, from UC Santa Cruz, Cynthia jumped right into the work of protecting the environment.   

She has spent the last 8 years working as the first Executive Director of a new local government agency, the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority.  Prior to returning to the Bay Area in 2000 for this position, Cynthia worked in Southern California on river restoration issues and park and open space planning for the County of Los Angeles and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, a JPA of the Santa Monica Mountains State Conservancy. She is also a visual artist who uses landscapes as her inspiration and often her medium.