Jeff Cowen

Public Information Officer at Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

Jeff Cowen serves as the Public Information Officer at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency since March 2020, following a prior role as Community Liaison Officer within the agency from September 2005 to July 2014. Cowen is also a Board Member for Clean Up The Lake, an organization dedicated to underwater clean-ups of Lake Tahoe's shoreline. Since November 2014, Cowen has been a Member of the Board of Trustees at Lake Tahoe Community College. Previously, Cowen held the position of CEO and Co-Owner at Blue Angel Cafe from February 2003 to October 2019, overseeing various operational aspects. Early career experiences include working as a Captain/Guide for Tahoe Sportfishing from April 1998 to October 2005. Cowen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental History and Journalism from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a Transfer Degree in History from Lake Tahoe Community College.

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South Lake Tahoe, United States

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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s vision is for a Lake environment that is sustainable, healthy and safe for the community and future generations. Under the its Bi-State Compact, TRPA is directed to “establish environmental threshold carrying capacities and to adopt and enforce a regional plan and implementing ordinances which will achieve and maintain such capacities while providing opportunities for orderly growth and development consistent with such capacities,” and to “ensure an equilibrium between the region’s natural endowment and its manmade environment."​ As a regional planning organization for Lake Tahoe, TRPA’s most strategic role is as a partnership builder for delivery of environmental gain. TRPA works across a multiplicity of jurisdictions with concurrent responsibility and overlapping authority whose interests differ across legal boundary lines. TRPA’s strategic role is to weave together a successful environmental tapestry of interests consistent with competing political demands. Only by building the necessarily broad partnerships that can deliver action needed to achieve tangible environmental gain will the Region ever reach and maintain a sustainable foundation. TRPA monitors all content to ensure alignment with LinkedIn's community standards.


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