Louis R. Calcagno has lived since birth in Moss Landing, CA. He is a self-employed dairyman and farmer in North Monterey County following a seventy-five-year tradition of his family. He attended local schools in Monterey County and majored in Dairy Husbandry and Manufacturing at Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo. He is married and the father of two children.

He was a State and National dairy leader, whose past service includes; Chairman of the California Milk Advisory Board, Chairman of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and is Past Chairman of the California Co-Operative Creamery which has over 450 members.

He was an eighteen-year member of the Monterey County Planning Commission before his election as Supervisor of the 3^rd District of Monterey County in 1999. As an appointee of the governor, he served on the California Coastal Commission and became the Chairman. Lou has been recently re-elected to the seat of the Supervisor of Monterey County’s 2nd District for a second term.

He was a Charter member of the Monterey County Agricultural & Land Conservancy as well as the Elkhorn Slough Estuary and Sanctuary Foundation. The Foundation recently awarded him its highest honor, the Heritage Award for his long-standing efforts to protect and conserve the Slough and its environs.