Board Members
2025 Board Members
The OCTA Board of Directors is comprised of 18 individuals that represent Orange County. Specifically, 17 Board members govern OCTA with the Caltrans District Director serving as the 18th member in an ex-officio capacity.
Doug Chaffee
ChairRepresenting
Supervisor
4th District
Date Term Begins
January 2023
Date Term Expires
January 2027
Jamey M. Federico
Vice ChairRepresenting
City Member
5th District
Date Term Begins
January 2025
Date Term Expires
December 2026
Valerie Amezcua
Representing
City Member
2nd District
Date Term Begins
January 2024
Date Term Expires
December 2025
Mike Carroll
Representing
City Member
3rd District
Date Term Begins
January 2025
Date Term Expires
December 2026
Jon Dumitru
Representing
City Member
2nd District
Date Term Begins
January 2025
Date Term Expires
December 2026
Director Jon Dumitru is a lifelong resident of the City of Orange and now resides in and serves as the City’s District 2 representative to the City Council. Most of the Dumitru family also live in Orange, and those not residing in the United States live in the southern European countries of Romania, Hungary, and Croatia. Dumitru attended all Orange Unified Schools as a youth and is a proud graduate of Orange High School.
Katrina Foley
Representing
Supervisor
5th District
Date Term Begins
January 2023
Date Term Expires
January 2027
Patrick Harper
Representing
City Member
1st District
Date Term Begins
January 2025
Date Term Expires
December 2026
Michael Hennessey
Representing
Public Member
Date Term Begins
October 2023
Date Term Expires
October 2027
Fred Jung
Representing
City Member
4th District
Date Term Begins
January 2025
Date Term Expires
December 2026
Director Fred Jung was elected to serve a four-year term representing Council District 1 on the Fullerton City Council in November 2020 and was appointed Mayor in 2021. Jung is the first Asian-American Fullerton City Council Member in over 20 years. Orange County's City Selection Committee reappointed Jung as a city council representative to the OCTA Board of Directors in January 2023.
Stephanie Klopfenstein
Representing
City Member
1st District
Date Term Begins
January 2024
Date Term Expires
December 2025
Director Stephanie Klopfenstein, born and raised in Garden Grove with family roots dating back to the town's early 1800s, was elected to the Garden Grove City Council in November 2016 and subsequently reelected in November 2020. Orange County's City Selection Committee selected Klopfenstein as a city council representative to the OCTA Board of Directors in November 2023.
Carlos A. Leon
Representing
City Member
4th District
Date Term Begins
January 2024
Date Term Expires
December 2025
Carlos A. Leon was elected to the Anaheim City Council in November 2022, representing District 2 in west Anaheim.
Council Member Leon is a lifelong west Anaheim resident who attended Mattie Lou Maxwell Elementary School, Dale Junior High School and Magnolia High School. He also served in Anaheim Community Services’ VolunTEEN program.
Janet Nguyen
Representing
Supervisor
1st District
Date Term Begins
January 2025
Date Term Expires
January 2029
Tam T. Nguyen
Representing
Public Member
Date Term Begins
April 12, 2021
Date Term Expires
April 12, 2025
Director Tam T. Nguyen serves as a Public Member on the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board of Directors. He joined the Board in April 2021 and currently serves as a member of OCTA's Executive, Finance and Administration, Legislative and Communications Committees, as well as OCTA's Diverse Leaders Group. Chair Nguyen also serves as one of Orange County's representatives to the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Board of Directors.
Vicente Sarmiento
Representing
Supervisor
2nd District
Date Term Begins
January 2023
Date Term Expires
January 2027
John Stephens
Representing
City Member
5th District
Date Term Begins
January 2024
Date Term Expires
December 2025
Mark Tettemer
Representing
City Member
3rd District
Date Term Begins
January 2024
Date Term Expires
December 2025
Donald P. Wagner
Representing
Supervisor
3rd District
Date Term Begins
January 2025
Date Term Expires
January 2029
Director Donald P. Wagner serves as the Third District Supervisor of the Orange County Board of Supervisors. He joined the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors in April 2019. Wagner is honored to represent over 630,000 diverse residents in the communities of Anaheim Hills, Irvine, Lake Forest, North Tustin & Tustin, Orange, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, the unincorporated canyons, Villa Park, and Yorba Linda.
