Mary-Ann Warmerdam has worked on agricultural, natural resource and rural public policy issues for most of her career, including a stint with the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. She is the Senior Vice President of the Rural County Representatives of California. Prior to that, she served in the State Controller’s office as the deputy controller for environmental policy. She also served in the California Environmental Protection Agency for Governors Schwarzenegger and Brown. In addition to her public service, Mary-Ann has worked for the California Farm Bureau Federation and several publicly-traded companies including the Clorox Company. Rounding out her experience, she has served on the Board of Directors for the Cache Creek Conservancy, the California Agricultural Leadership Foundation and the UC Davis Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science.
Mary-Ann and her husband, Robert Falconer, both “farm kids”, own a small farm in northern Yolo County. Mary-Ann has an MBA from CSU Fresno and completed the California Agricultural Leadership Program and the Kennedy School of Government’s Executive Certification Program.