Mark Nechodom resigned on June 4 as the Director of the California's Department of Conservation (DOC).
Dr. Nechodom was appointed to DOC by Governor Brown in January 2012. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Nechodom held senior positions in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Forest Service where he was involved in developing environmental markets, federal greenhouse gas legislation, and forest carbon reporting protocols and greenhouse gas reduction methodologies to support cap and trade markets. He was the co-founder of the Land Use and Natural Resources program at UC Davis, and helped to establish the California Biodiversity Council in the early 1990s.