Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Felicia Marcus
Chair
State Water Resources Control Board
Chris Austin
Founder and Publisher
Maven’s Notebook
Jennifer Bowles
Executive Director
Water Education Foundation
Debra Coy
Partner
XPV Water Partners
Jill Duerig
General Manager
Alameda County Flood Control Water Conservation District, Zone 7
Managing Senior Mediator/Senior Facilitator
Center for Collaborative Policy
Chris Frahm
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Fiona Hutton
President
Fiona Hutton & Associates
Denise Kruger
Senior Vice President, Regulated Utilities
Golden State Water Co.
Dr. Marcelle E. DuPraw
Tara Lohan
Managing Editor
Water Deeply
Cindy Messer
Assistant Chief Deputy Director
California Department of Water Resources
Stefanie Morris
General Counsel
State Water Contractors
Cory O'Donnell
Deputy Counsel
Sonoma County Water Authority
Melissa Poole
Senior Counsel and Director of Government Affairs
The Wonderful Co.
Abby Taylor-Silva
Vice President, Policy and Communications
Grower-Shipper Association of Central California
Denise Vedder
Public Affairs Manager
San Diego County
Water Authority
Meena Westford
Special Projects Manager
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Agenda
Friday, January 27, 2017
8:30 am–9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 am–9:25 am
Introduction by Stephanie Hastings and Amy Steinfeld
9:30 am–10:45 am
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act led by Marci Dupraw. Panelists: Cory O’Donnell, Melissa Poole, Abby Taylor-Silva
10:50 am–12:05 pm
Imported Water led by Stefanie Morris. Panelists: Jill Duerig, Meena Westford, Cindy Messer
Lunch and Keynote Speaker Felicia Marcus, Chair, State Water Resources Control Board
12:05 pm–1:30 pm
1:30 pm–2:45 pm
Infrastructure led by Chris Frahm. Panelists: Debra Coy, Denise Kruger, Denise Vedder
2:50 pm–4:05 pm
Communications led by Fiona Hutton. Panelists: Chris Austin, Jennifer Bowles, Tara Lohan
4:05 pm–4:15 pm
Closing
4:15 pm–6:00 pm
Cocktail Reception hosted by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Located at the outdoor terrace of Santa Barbara Inn’s Convivo Restaurant