2022
January 20th & 21st 2022 | The Ritz-Carlton Bacara, Santa Barbara
This invitation-only event is both a professional conference and retreat. The conference showcases leading women professionals, their work and their contributions to advance the water industry. It includes inspirational and educational presentations from noteworthy female industry leaders, thought-provoking discussions about key water issues, numerous networking and social opportunities and time to relax and connect with “H2O Women.”
Message from the Founders
In 2017, we established a formal opportunity—the California H2O Women Conference—to collaborate and coordinate with and educate and support women leaders throughout the water industry.
Our conference brings together women from diverse sectors of the water industry. Our hope is that the California H2O Women Conference will empower and inspire women to improve the way we manage California’s and the world’s most valuable and vital natural resource.
Stephanie Hastings and Amy Steinfeld, Founders
Stephanie Hastings
Shareholder
Brownstein
Amy Steinfeld
Office Managing Partner
and Shareholder
Brownstein
Confirmed Speakers and Moderators for January 2022 Conference
Newsha Ajami
Director
Urban Water Policy Program, Stanford University
Heather Dyer
General Manager
San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
Nicole Neeman Brady
CEO
Sustainable Development Acquisition I Corp
Bella Sewall Wolitz
Of Counsel & Government Relations
Brownstein
Lisa A. Atkins
Board President
Central Arizona Project
Alicia Forsythe
Environmental Planning and Permitting Manager
Sites Reservoir Authority
Karla Nemeth
Director
California Department of Water Resources
Sarah Woolf
President
Water Wise
Christina Babbitt
Senior Manager, California Groundwater Program
Environmental Defense Fund
Gloria D. Gray
Chairwoman of the Board
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Rachel Peletz
Interim Executive Director
The Aquaya Institute
Kim Delfino
Founder
Earth Advocacy
Ellen Hanak
Center Director and
Senior Fellow
PPIC Water Policy Center
Dorothy Timian-Palmer
President & CEO
Vidler Water
...and more to come!
Special Panel
Women of the State Water Resources Control Board
Dorene D'Adamo
Vice Chair
State Water Resources Control Board
Eileen Sobeck
Executive Director
State Water Resources Control Board
Nicole Kuenzi
Hearing Officer
State Water Resources Control Board
Yvonne West
Director, Office of Enforcement
State Water Resources Control Board
Nichole Morgan
Boardmember
State Water Resources Control Board
Please contact us with any suggestions for presentation topics and/or speakers.