Introducing: MCL After Hours, a new evening event series to complement our long standing and popular Business-Environment Breakfasts. MCL will continue to bring you the outstanding experts and timely topics you have come to expect from our speaker events. We invite you to join us from the comfort of your own home - with a glass of wine in your hand rather than a mug of coffee - as we continue to host events virtually until the time when we can safely gather in person again.

Join us in conversation with Armando Quintero, Director of California State Parks. Click to register. 

Armando Quintero was named director for the California Department of Parks and Recreation on Aug. 18, 2020. An experienced parks professional with expertise in park operations, outdoor education, equity and access, and diversity and inclusion in hiring and retention, Quintero is an environmental scientist by training. Since 2015, he has been executive director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California, Merced, where he was also director of development from 2008 to 2014. He has also served as a member of the California Water Commission since 2014.