Tina Nieto
Sheriff-Coroner
Sheriff Tina M. Nieto has 34 years in law enforcement, serving in many sworn positions both operationally and administratively. She is the first Latina Sheriff in the history of the State of California sworn in on December 30, 2022. Her decisive victory as the Monterey County sheriff also made her the first woman, first person of color and first openly gay person to be elected sheriff in that county. Prior to being elected, Sheriff Nieto served over 5 years as the Police Chief for Marina, Ca after spending 28 1/2 years with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), including her last ten years as a Command Officer with that agency. When she was promoted to Command Level with the LAPD she became the first female Hispanic in LAPD’s history to do so.
Sheriff Tina Nieto was born in San Gabriel, California, and raised in West Covina, California.
Sheriff Nieto has a Masters Degree in Leadership and Management, from the University of La Verne, and a B.S. in Criminal Justice from California State University, Fullerton. She is a graduate of the Senior Management Institute of Policing through PERF. Sheriff Nieto also served eight years with the United States Army Reserve (USAR) attaining the rank of Captain. With the USAR, she served in various leadership roles including Assistant to the Provost Marshall, commander of a military police company, a member of a Nuclear Weapons Logistic Element, and a squad leader of Ordnance specialists.
Sheriff Nieto is currently a California Commissioner on the Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) appointed in 2021 by Governor Newsom. The POST Commission forms a balanced group of city and county administrators, law enforcement professionals, educators, and public members that sets minimum selection and training standards for over 600 California law enforcement agencies.
Nieto has over 25 years of teaching experience, including the West Point Leadership Program, the LAPD Academy, and a guest speaker for Leadership Conferences, and leadership topics at the LAPD Supervisory School. She spent ten years as a facilitator and facilitator trainer for POST’s Supervisory Leadership Institute program designed for supervisors to enhance personal growth, leadership, and ethical decision-making and is actively involved in curriculum revision for the program. Nieto has served on many boards throughout her career, including the past president of the Hispanic American Police Command Officer’s Association (HAPCOA), an international association of law enforcement leaders. Sheriff Nieto has also been the recipient of numerous awards both locally, nationally, and internationally for her work with diverse communities.
Sheriff Nieto is also active in several philanthropic organizations to include the Elks, the Moose Lodge, The American Legion, and is a Rotarian. Sheriff Nieto lives with her partner of 24 years, and three rescue dogs in Monterey County, and in her free time (what free time?) likes to read sci-fi and binge watch K-dramas.
Keith Boyd
Undersheriff
Keith Boyd grew up in Rancho Cordova, CA where he attended Cordova High School. He attended California State University Sacramento earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. In addition, Keith attended the University of San Diego where he received a Master of Science degree in Law Enforcement and Public Safety Leadership as well as a Certificate of Law Enforcement Command
For more than 27 years, Keith has dedicated himself to public safety serving communities in California and Oregon. Keith attended the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office Basic Police Academy in 1995 and upon graduating joined the organization as a reserve deputy sheriff before subsequently joining the Marin County Sheriff’s Office in 1996. He steadily worked his way up through the ranks from Deputy to Sergeant to Lieutenant in Marin County serving in all the bureaus (Field Services, Detention Services, and Administration Services) of the Sheriff’s Office. During his time in Marin County Keith served as a P.O.S.T subject matter expert in Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and Coroner Operations.
In 2016 Keith was appointed the Deputy Chief of Police for the Woodburn (OR) Police Department and then returned to California in 2018 where he served as a Police Officer for the Central Marin Police Authority. Keith was appointed as a Captain with the King City Police Department in 2019 and has served as Chief of Police of the King City Police Department for nearly two years.
Keith has graduated from the following Police Officer Standards and Training leadership courses: Sherman Block Supervisor Leadership Institute, P.O.S.T Management program, P.O.S.T. Executive Development program, and P.O.S.T. Command College Class 58 where Keith was awarded the prestigious Hank Koehn Command College Leadership Award. Keith has also completed the California Police Chief’s Association Executive Development Program and the FBI LEEDA Executive Leadership Institute.
Keith previously served as a member of the League of Cities Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations Police Committee; California Police Chiefs and State Sheriffs Associations Rapid DNA Committee; California Attorney Generals Criminal Justice Advisory Committee; Monterey County Emergency Medical Services Medical Care Committee; Monterey County Emergency Medical Services Operations Subcommittee; Monterey County Emergency Medical Services Medical Advisory Subcommittee; Monterey County Chief Law Enforcement Officers Association; P.O.S.T Coroner Curriculum Development Committee. In addition, Keith is a current member of the California State Sheriff’s Association, California Police Chief’s Association, and International Association of Chiefs of Police.
Keith has been married for more than 19 years to his wife, Mary Jane. They are the proud co-parents of four adult children – Bret Martin, Rachel Yost, Whitney Boyd, and Lindsey Boyd, as well as their family dog Leilani and grandparents to Davina. Keith spent many years volunteering coaching youth athletics in Sacramento and Sonoma Counties, including high school baseball at Cordova and Casa Grande High Schools. Keith is a member of the King City Chapter of Rotary International and the Paso Robles Elks Lodge.