The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Board of Directors unanimously elected Division 3 Director Gina Young Dockstader to lead the nation’s largest irrigation district and California’s third-largest public power provider. Dockstader’s election as Chairwoman places her in a small but notable group—she is only the third woman in IID’s 113-year history to hold this leadership position, the district said in a release. Before Dockstader, Stella Mendoza and Norma Sierra Galindo were elected to the board and were appointed president. The vote took place during the Board’s final regular meeting of the year on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, which also welcomed newly elected Director Lewis Pacheco for his first board meeting.

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