Kenneth Holbrook

CA Public Utilities Commission, Governor Appointed Tribal Advisor

He was formerly the Executive Director and a founding member of the Maidu Summit Consortium. He holds a BA in History (UC Santa Cruz), and was honored by Yale University’s Endangered Language Fund for his work with Maidu language. Ken spoke at the 2013 World Wilderness Congress, California’s Summit on Climate ’15, National Bioneers Conference ’15, and has been a regular faculty presenter at the annual Land Trust Alliance Rally, the national conference for conservation professionals. He contributed as an editor to An Ethnography and History of the Mountain Maidu People of Tásmam Kojóm (OGLE) and Upstream, Trust Lands and Power on the Feather River (MIDDLETON-MANNING). Ken also contributed to: World-Making Stories: Maidu Language and Community Renewal on a Shared California Landscape, and other works. Holbrook is an active participant in the Sierra Meadows Partnership.