Dave works hard for this community and currently serves on the following boards and committees:
• Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, Chair
• Fort Ord Reuse Authority, Chair
• Transportation Agency of Monterey County, Member
• Big Sur Multi-Agency Advisory Council Board, Co-Chair
• Board of Supervisors’Legislative Committee, Chair
• Board of Supervisors' Capital Improvements Committee, Chair
• Board of Supervisors' Fort Ord Committee, Chair
• Board of Supervisors’ Economic Development Committee, Chair
• FOR A Legislative Committee, Chair
• FOR A Executive Committee, Chair
• Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Executive Committee, Chair
• Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Policy & Technical Advisory Committee, Member
• Monterey County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Member
• Transportation Agency of Monterey County Rail Policy Committee, Chair
• Coast Rail Coordinating Council, Chair
• Natividad Medical Center, Board of Trustees
• Seaside Groundwater Basin Watermaster, Board of Directors
• Workforce Investment Board, Member
• Arts Council for Monterey County, Alternate
• California State Association of Counties, Alternate 
• California Coastal Commission,Former
• City of Monterey’s Architectural Review Committee, Former
• Monterey City Planning Commission, Former
• Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, Former
• Law Library Board of Trustees, Former
• Cultural Council for Monterey County, Former
• Monterey Regional Waste Management Board, Former
• Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), Former
• California OakMortality Task Force, Former

Originally from Hingham, Massachusetts, Dave Potter has been a resident of Monterey County since 1970, and is dedicated to actively serving the community. Besides owning and operating Potter Construction since 1974, Dave has also served the local and state community in many capacities.

He was first elected to the Monterey County Board of
Supervisors for the Fifth District, representing Big Sur, Carmel, Carmel Valley, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, the Highway 68 corridor and the Las Palmas area in November of 1996. He served as Chairperson for the Board of Supervisors in 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2012, and served as Vice-Chairperson in 1997 and 2001. 

Dave also serves on the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (’97 to present, current Chair), on the Fort Ord Reuse Authority ('93 to present, current Chair), on the
Transportation Agency of Monterey County (’93 to present), as Chair of the Transportation Agency of Monterey County Rail Policy Committee and Chair of the Coast Rail Coordinating Council. On the Board of Supervisors, he serves on the Legislative Committee, Economic Development Committee, Capital Improvement Committee, and the Fort Ord Committee.

Dave also serves on the Natividad Medical Center Board of Trustees and on the Seaside Groundwater Basin Watermaster Board of Directors. He is an alternate to the Arts Council for Monterey County and the California State Association of Counties. Dave has also served on the City of Monterey’s Architectural Review Committee (’86 to ’90), the Monterey City Planning Commission (’90 to ’92), the Monterey City Council (’92 to ‘96), and was the longest serving government appointee to the California Coastal Commission (’97 to ’09), where he served as Vice-Chairperson from March 1999 until December 2002. 

Dave is married to Janine Potter and has two grown children, Tyler and Sarah.