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