Candidate for
Board Member; East Bay Municipal Utility District; Ward 5

Doug Linney was elected to the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board in 2000 and re-elected in 2004. He represents Ward 5, which includes the Alameda County cities of Alameda and San Leandro, the West Oakland and Oakland Airport Area, Fruitvale areas in Oakland and the unincorporated community of San Lorenzo.

Doug has served the environmental community in California for over 30 years as an advocate, political strategist, and coalition leader. His environmental service includes past or present membership on the boards of directors for the California League of Conservation Voters, Friends of the River, ecoVenture, Green Capitol, and the Planning and Conservation League.

For his leadership in river protection for California, Doug Linney was recognized with the Mark Dubois River Conservationist Award given by Friends of the River in 2002.

Linney is president of the Next Generation, a public relations firm based in Oakland. He founded the firm in 1996 in an effort to advance the environmental agenda by offering campaign services and political strategy to nonprofit organizations, environmental coalitions, and progressive candidates. Doug has run numerous candidate and issue-based campaigns at the state, regional, and local level. His issue specialties include water, energy, forestry, climate change, and environmental tax reform.

From 1988 to 1994, Doug was the Political Director of the California League of Conservation Voters, a public interest organization that supports environmentally minded candidates for public office.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science and public policy from U.C. Davis and resides with his family in Alameda.