Janel Pehau

A member of the RESDC Board of Directors for seven years, Janel retired from the County Auditor and Controller Department in 2010 with 37 years of County service. She was the Director of the Office of Financial Planning during her final ten years with the County. Her County career also included experience in the Program Development Agency, Office of Management and Budget, and Planning and Land Use Department.

From 2012 to the present Janel has been assisting (on a part-time basis) one of the smaller cities in San Diego County with budget development, and monitoring the winding down of the City’s former redevelopment agency. She has a BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from San Diego State University.

In retirement Janel enjoys being able to exercise daily, spending time with her grandchildren, working parttime, sewing and knitting projects, reading, and getting together with family and friends. Her favorite travel experiences include taking trips to her home state of Washington to visit family (and “soak up the beautiful scenery there that I took for granted when I was growing up”), and to the San Francisco Bay area to visit her daughter and her family. She and her husband, Paul, have been married since 1979. They have three children and eight grandchildren.