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Past Speakers and Moderators
When known, current titles are provided.

Christina Ahmadpour
President and Managaing Director (Americas)
Isle Utilities

Jamie Anderson
Founder and Publisher
Maven's Notebook

Norma Camacho
Los Angeles Regional
Water Quality Control Board
Board Chair

Kassy Chauhan
Executive Officer
North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency

Laurel Firestone
Board Member
California State Water
Resources Control Board

Melissa Frank
Assistant General Counsel - Government Affairs
The Wonderful Company
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Ann Hayden
Associate Vice President
Climate Resilient Water Systems, Environmental Defense Fund

Nicole Kuenzi
California State Water
Resources Control Board
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Cindy Messer
Lead Deputy Director
California Department of Water Resources Water System Revenue Bonds

Nicole Neeman Brady
Board President
Water & Power Commissioners
Los Department
of Water and Power

Lisa Porta
Senior Water
Resources Engineer
Montgomery & Associates

Eileen Sobeck
California State Water
Resources Control Board

Dorothy Timian-Palmer
President and CEO
Vidler Water

Jennifer West
Managing Director
WateReuse California

Sarah Woolf
President
Water Wise

Newsha Ajami
Chief Strategy & Development Officer for Research, Earth &
Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley Lab

Jennifer Bowles
Executive Director
Water Education Foundation

Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States
Regional Director
Union of Concerned Scientist

Jill Duerig
Management Partners

Alicia Forsythe
Environmental Planning and Permitting Manager
Sites Reservoir Authority

Ellen Hanak
Center Director and
Senior Fellow
PPIC Water Policy Center

Fiona Hutton
Founder and CEO
Fiona Hutton & Associates

Bar Littlefield
CFO
Resilient Infrastructure Group

Nichole Morgan
Board Member
California State Water
Resources Control Board

Karla Nemeth
Director
California Department
of Water Resources

Iris Priestaf
President
Todd Groundwater

Jennifer Sokolove
Director of Program
and Strategy
Water Foundation

Camille Calimlim Touton
Commissioner
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Yvonne West
California State Water
Resources Control Board

Sivan Zamir
Vice President
Xylem Inc.

Tina Anderholt Shields
Water Manager
Imperial Irrigation District

Katarina Buelna Campbell
Supervisor of Water Resources
Westlands Water District

Debra Coy
Partner
XPV Water Partners

Marcelle Dupraw
Senior Program Manager
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution

Radhika Fox
Assistant Administrator
Office of Water
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency

Jayne Harkins
Retired
Former U.S. Section, International Boundary and Water Commission

Paula Kehoe
Director of Water Resources
San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission

Tara Lohan
Independent Journalist

Stefani Morris
Owner
CalNeva Water

Cory O'Donnell
Deputy Counsel
Sonoma Water

Lisa Riles
Vice President
Customer Product Solutions
Xylem

Maureen Stapleton
Retired
Former General Manager
San Diego County
Water Authority

Denise Vedder
Director of Public Outreach
and Conservation
San Diego County
Water Authority

Meena Westford
Director of Imported Water
San Diego County
Water Authority

Jamie Anderson
Senior Engineer
Delta Modeling Section,
California Department of
Water Resources

Brenda Burman
General Manager
Central Arizona Project

Karen Cesare
Board Member
Central Arizona Project

Dorene D'Adamo
California State Water
Resources Control Board

Heather Dyer
General Manager
San Bernardino Valley
Municipal Water District

Chris Frahm
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck

Jennifer L. Harder
Professor
McGeorge School of Law

Denise Kruger
Board Member
SJW Group
H2O America

Felicia Marcus
Fellow
National Academy
of Public Administration

Leslie Moulton-Post
President and CEO
Environmental
Science Associates (ESA)

Rachel Peletz
Executive Director
The Aquaya Institute

Tracy Quinn
President and CEO
Heal the Bay

Abby Taylor-Silva
Managing Director of
Regulatory Affairs
Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP

Cindy Wallis-Lage
Executive Director
Black & Veatch

Bella Sewall Wolitz
Of Counsel
Government Relations
Brownstein
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