LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The county of Lake has hired its new chief climate resiliency officer, a position funded by a state grant program.

Officials said Terre Logsdon has been appointed to the position, effective Dec. 5.

On June 30, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and county officials announced Lake County’s selection among six communities for the first-ever round of Prepare California “Jumpstart” grants, intended to provide resiliency funding to disaster-vulnerable communities,

Lake County was awarded $636,545 to support hiring of a chief climate resiliency officer. This marks the first time a full-time county position has been dedicated to this purpose.

The performance period for this grant runs through June 30, 2027.

Since 2018, Logsdon has served as environmental director and chief operations officer for Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians.

She has represented the tribe on the Lake County Community Risk Reduction Authority, Blue Ribbon Commission for the Rehabilitation of Clear Lake, the Scotts Valley Community Advisory Council and its groundwater protection subcommittee.

Logsdon also assisted in development of the first-ever Federal Emergency Management Agency-approved Multi-Jurisdictional/Multi-Tribal Hazard Mitigation Plan.

As chief operations officer of Scotts Valley’s The Clean Carbon Corp., Logsdon explored bioenergy and biochar production, a means of turning waste woody biomass into renewable energy and a highly sought-after soil amendment that retains nutrients and water.

Logsdon earned a master’s degree in management/managerial leadership in 2001, and has extensive experience in leadership roles in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

As chief climate resiliency officer, Logsdon will function as part of the County Administrative Office team, with a full-time focus on preparing Lake County to mitigate the effects of global climate change.

Logsdon will be responsible for bringing together a wide array of community stakeholders to identify resiliency challenges, local capabilities, and resource gaps that must be filled.

Feedback gathered through this proactive process and previous planning efforts, including the Community Mitigation Assessment Team report of 2021 and Community Wildfire Protection Plan will inform development of a comprehensive local resilience strategy.

The role is expected to include significant grant writing responsibilities, to fund identified needs.

“The role of chief climate resiliency officer will exercise a complement of strengths Ms. Logsdon has gathered in her previous leadership roles,” said County Administrative Officer Susan Parker. “Our communities have faced repeated and compounding disasters, particularly since 2015. We are now facing severe and pervasive tree mortality.”

Parker added, “Creation of this position was an urgent and necessary investment in our county’s future, and we couldn’t be more grateful that CalOES recognized this need. Ms. Logsdon will have the full support of the County Administrative Office, and I look forward to working with her and supporting her success.”