Previous Speakers
2017 Keynote Speaker
Felicia Marcus
Chair
State Water Resources Control Board
2018 Keynote Speaker
Brenda Burman
Commissioner,
Bureau of Reclamation
United States Department of the Interior
2017 and 2018 Conference Speakers
Manager Natural
Resources Research,
Climate Change Assessment
CA Department of Water Resources
Jamie Anderson
Supervisor of Resources
Westlands Water District
Katarina Buelna Campbell
Managing Senior Mediator/Senior Facilitator
Center for Collaborative Policy
Dr. Marcelle E. DuPraw
Center Director
and Senior Fellow
PPIC Water Policy Center
Ellen Hanak
Director of Water Resources
San Francisco Public
Utilities Commission
Paula Kehoe
Chair
State Water Resources
Control Board
Felicia Marcus
Deputy Counsel
Sonoma County
Water Authority
Cory O'Donnell
Manager, Water Department
Imperial Irrigation District
Tina Anderholt Shields
Founder and Publisher
Maven's Notebook
Chris Austin
Senior Program Officer
Water Foundation
Juliet Christian-Smith
Co-Executive Director
Community Water Center
Laurel Firestone
Professor
McGeorge School of Law
Jennifer L. Harder
Senior Vice President
Regulated Utilities Golden State Water Co.
Denise Kruger
Assistant Chief
Deputy Director
California Department of Water Resources
Cindy Messer
Senior Counsel and Director of Governmental Affairs
The Wonderful Co.
Melissa Poole
General Manager
San Diego County
Water Authority
Maureen Stapleton
Public Affairs Manager
San Diego County
Water Authority
Denise Vedder
Executive Director
Water Education Foundation
Jennifer Bowles
Partner
XPV Water Partners
Debra Coy
CEO
US Water Alliance
Radhika Fox
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck, LLP
Stephanie Hastings
CFO
Poseidon Water
Bar Littlefield
General Counsel
State Water Contractors
Stefanie Morris
President
Todd Groundwater
Iris Priestaf
Office Managing Partner
and Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck, LLP
Amy Steinfeld
Special Projects Manager
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Meena Westford
CEO
Santa Clara Valley
Water District
Norma Camacho
General Manager
Alameda County Flood Control Water Conservation District, Zone 7
Jill Duerig
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck, LLP
Chris Frahm
President
Fiona Hutton & Associates
Fiona Hutton
Managing Editor
Water Deeply
Tara Lohan
President and CEO
ESA (Environmental Science Associates)
Leslie Moulton-Post
Business Unit Director- Global Residential and Americas Commercial Building Services
Xylem, Inc.
Lisa Riles
Vice President, Policy and Communications
Grower-Shipper Association of Central California
Abby Taylor-Silva
Please contact us with any suggestions for presentation topics and/or speakers.