Governor's Emergency Operations Executive Council (GEOEC)

The Governor's Emergency Operations Executive Council (GEOEC) was created in April 2006 by Executive Order S-04-06 to serve as a forum for State agencies and departments to coordinate planning, fiscal, legislative, and all other enterprise-wide issues to support the most efficient use of State resources in achieving the greatest number of public policy goals. The State Strategy for Emergency Management and Homeland Security, developed and overseen by the GEOEC, serves as a State-level framework integrating key initiatives and programs for emergency management and homeland security to coordinate overarching issues across State agencies; maximize State resources and efforts; enhance, complement and incorporate statewide and agency/department-specific strategies and processes currently in place; and allow for education, dialogue and coordination with key stakeholders.

The GEOEC is co-chaired by the Director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security (OHS). The membership of the GEOEC consists of State agencies and departments with operational responsibilities or day-to-day involvement in emergency planning and response. Standing membership of the GEOEC is listed below.  The group, however, is designed to be expanded on an as-needed basis to include directors of other departments involved in responding to a specific emergency, or on a permanent basis upon consensus of the group.

• Director of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), co-chair
• Director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security (OHS), co-chair
• Chair of the Air Resources Board (ARB)
• Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (BTH)
• Director of the California Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol (CHP)
• Adjutant General of the California National Guard (CNG)
• Secretary of Service & Volunteering (CaliforniaVolunteers)
• Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
• Secretary of Education
• Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)
• Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
• Director of the California Department of Finance (DOF)
• Director of the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG)
• Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
• Director of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire)
• Director of the California Department of General Services (DGS)
• Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS)
• Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA)
• Director of the Department of Personnel Administration (DPA)
• Director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
• Director of the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR)
• Secretary of the Resources Agency
• Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency (SCSA)
• Director of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS)
• State Chief Information Officer
• State Fire Marshal
• State Veterinarian
• Director of the California Department of Toxics Substances Control (DTSC)
• Director of the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans)
• Secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CDVA)
• Director of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR)