

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
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