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Past Speakers and Moderators
When known, current titles are provided.
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Jena Acos
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck LLP
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Jamie Anderson
Senior Engineer
Delta Modeling Section, 
California Department of
Water Resources
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Jocelyn Bridson
Director, Environment & Community Impact
Tillamook County
Creamery Association
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Camille Calimlim Touton
Founder
Rotunda, River & Range
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Juliet Christian-Smith
Deputy Director of Water Rights
State Water Resources
Control Board
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Kim Delfino
President
Earth Advocacy
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Marcelle Dupraw
Senior Program Manager
Udall Foundation
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Elizabeth Ewens
Partner
Stoel Rives LLP
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Radhika Fox
Assistant Administrator
Office of Water
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
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Dulcinea Hanuschak
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck LLP
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Ann Hayden
Associate Vice President 
Climate Resilient Water Systems, Environmental Defense Fund
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Denise Kruger
Board Member
SJW Group
H2O America
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Tara Lohan
Independent Journalist
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Rebecca (Becky) Mitchell
Upper Colorado
River Commissioner
State of Colorado
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Nicole Neeman Brady
Board President
Water & Power Commissioners
Los Department
of Water and Power
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Jennifer Pagán, PhD
Chief Technical Partner
Aquisense Technologies
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Lisa Riles
Vice President
Customer Product Solutions
Xylem
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Sonia Sanchez
Senior Community
Development Specialist
Self-Help Enterprises
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Jennifer Sokolove
Director of Program
and Strategy
Water Foundation
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Megan Thomas
VP of Operations
Epic Cleantec
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Denise Vedder
Director of Public Outreach
and Conservation
San Diego County
Water Authority
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Yvonne West
California State Water
Resources Control Board
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Christina Ahmadpour
President and Managaing Director (Americas)
Isle Utilities
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Chris "Maven" Austin
Founder and Publisher
Maven's Notebook
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Katarina Buelna Campbell
Supervisor of Water Resources
Westlands Water District
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Jennifer Capitolo
Executive Director
California Water Association
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Dr. Martha Conklin
Professor of Engineering
UC Merced (emerita)
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Jill Duerig
Retired
Former General Manager
Zone 7 Water Agency
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Heather Dyer
CEO/General Manager
San Bernardino Valley
Municipal Water District
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Allison Febbo
General Manager
Westlands Water District
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Chris Frahm
Attorney
Retired
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Jayne Harkins
Retired
Former U.S. Section, International Boundary and Water Commission
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Fiona Hutton
Founder and CEO
Fiona Hutton & Associates
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Nicole Kuenzi
California State Water
Resources Control Board
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Felicia Marcus
Fellow
National Academy
of Public Administration
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Nichole Morgan
Board Member
California State Water
Resources Control Board
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Karla Nemeth
Director
California Department
of Water Resources
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Rachel Peletz
Executive Director
The Aquaya Institute
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Tracy Quinn
President and CEO
Heal the Bay
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Anna Schiller
Program Manager
Climate Resilient
Water Systems
Environmental Defense Fund
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Maureen Stapleton
Retired
Former General Manager
San Diego County
Water Authority
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Dorothy Timian-Palmer
President and CEO
Vidler Water
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Cindy Wallis-Lage
Executive Director
Black & Veatch
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Meena Westford
Director of Imported Water
San Diego County
Water Authority
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Newsha Ajami
Chief Strategy & Development Officer for Research, Earth &
Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley Lab
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Jenny Balmagia
Lower Salinas Valley SGMA Watershed Coordinator
Central Coast
Wetlands Group
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Brenda Burman
General Manager
Central Arizona Project
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Karen Cesare
Board Member
Central Arizona Project
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Debra Coy
Partner
XPV Water Partners
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Jill Dumain
Partner
Fractal CSOs
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G. Michelle Espino
Attorney
Stetson Law Offices, P.C
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Laurel Firestone
Board Member
California State Water
Resources Control Board
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Melissa Frank
Assistant General Counsel - Government Affairs
The Wonderful Company
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Jennifer L. Harder
Professor
McGeorge School of Law
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Paula Kehoe
Director of Water Resources
San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission
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JoAnna Lessard
Professor of Engineering
UC Merced (emerita)
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Tessa Maurer
Director of
Science Strategy
Blue Forest
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Stefani Morris
Owner
CalNeva Water
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Megan Nicholas-Harper
Director Water Resources
Nuveen Natural Capital
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Lisa Porta
Senior Water
Resources Engineer
Montgomery & Associates
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Karine Rougé
Sabbatical
Former Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Water
Veolia North America
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Bella Sewall
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt 
Schreck LLP
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Amy Steinfeld
Shareholder and H2O Women
Conference Founder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck LLP
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Alison K. Toivola
Partner
Best Best & Krieger LLP
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Heather Welles
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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Sarah Woolf
President
Water Wise
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Tina Anderholt Shields
Water Manager
Imperial Irrigation District
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Jennifer Bowles
Executive Director
Water Education Foundation
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Norma Camacho
Los Angeles Regional
Water Quality Control Board
Board Chair
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Kassy Chauhan
Executive Officer
North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency
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Dorene D'Adamo
California State Water
Resources Control Board
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Carolyn duPont
Chief Commercial Partner
Upstream Tech
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Elisabeth Esposito
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck LLP
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Alicia Forsythe
Environmental Planning and Permitting Manager
Sites Reservoir Authority
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Ellen Hanak
Center Director and
Senior Fellow
PPIC Water Policy Center
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Stephanie Hastings
Shareholder and H2O Women
Conference Founder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck LLP
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Stacy Kincaid
General Counsel
Water Asset Management
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Bar Littlefield
CFO
Resilient Infrastructure Group
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Cindy Messer
Lead Deputy Director
California Department of Water Resources Water System Revenue Bonds
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Leslie Moulton-Post
President and CEO
Environmental
Science Associates (ESA)
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Cory O'Donnell
Deputy Counsel
Sonoma Water
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Iris Priestaf
President
Todd Groundwater
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Paige Samblanet
Associate
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck LLP
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Eileen Sobeck
California State Water
Resources Control Board
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Abby Taylor-Silva
Managing Director of
Regulatory Affairs
Kahn, Soares & Conway, LLP
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Tanya Trujillo
Deputy State Engineer
New Mexico
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Jennifer West
Managing Director
WateReuse California
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Sivan Zamir
Vice President
Xylem Inc.
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