Brian Leahy was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger to the position of Assistant Director, Division of Land Resource Protection, Department of Conservation in September 2006.   Prior to his appointment he was one of the pioneering organic and biodiversity farmers in California.   He has also served as the Executive Director of the California Certified Organic Farmers and the California Association of Resource Conservation Districts, worked as a Legal Services attorney, helped found a small international fair trade company and help found an inner-city market garden educational non-profit.     Mr. Leahy is married to an attorney with the Department of Fish and Game, has two grown daughters and a teenage son.