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Non Profit Mission Statement

The Urban Water Institute, Inc., was incorporated as a nonprofit public education organization in the State of California in 1993, with the Mission to provide non-partisan information of timely and pertinent interest to the water resource industry, including public agencies and private firms, with particular emphasis on water economics, management and resource policies as they affect consumers and the general economy.

 
Board of Directors

The Institute is governed by a volunteer board of 27 directors drawn from hands-on policy makers, elected officials and industry leaders who are active in the water resources industry.

 

 

URBAN WATER INSTITUTE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2008   


Chairman

Stephen Bucknam
President
Bucknam & Associates
30131 Town Center Drive Suite #295
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Phone 949/363-6461 Fax 949/363-6505
csbjr@prodigy.net


Vice Chairman
Kevin Hunt
General Manager
Municipal Water District of Orange County
18700 Ward Street
Fountain Valley, CA 91708
Phone 714/963-3058  Fax 714/964-9389
khunt@mwdoc.com


Immediate Past Chairman
James Noyes
Director Emeritus
Los Angeles County DPW
C/O Urban Water Institute
18800 Von Karman Ave. Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92612
Jnoyes66@aol.com


Secretary of the Board
Thomas M. Erb
Director, Water Resources
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

111 N. Hope St., Rm 1463
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone 213/367-0873  Fax 213/367-1131
Thomas.Erb@water.ladwp.com

Treasurer
John Thornton
Principal / Vice President
Psomas
3187 Red Hill Ave
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone 714/751-7373  Fax 714/545-8883
jthornton@psomas.com

Regional Vice Chairs
Howard Arnold
Vice President
Tetra Tech, Inc
10815 Rancho Bernardo Rd. #200
San Diego, CA 92127
Phone 858/673-5505  Fax 858/673-1610
Howard.Arnold@ttisg.com

 

Ane Deister
Brown & Caldwell
Vice President, Water Resources Executive
10540 White Rock Road, Suite 180
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
adeister@brwncald.com
Phone 916/853-5348  Fax 916/635-8805

Members of the Board
Marion Ashley
Supervisor, Fifth District
County of Riverside
4080 Lemon Street, 5th Fl.
Riverside, CA 92502-1645
Phone 951/955-1050
District5@rcbos.org

Wayne Clark
Emeritus Board Member
7 Bascom Street
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone 949/854-4594  Fax 949/679-7585
 wayne@urbanwater.com


Dean Efstathiou
Deputy Director
Department of Public Works
Los Angeles County
900 S. Fremont Avenue ~ 12th Floor
Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone 626/458-4010
defstath@dpw.co.la.ca.us

Roger Faubel
Faubel Public Affairs
25 Orchard
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Phone 949/768-1600
Rfaubel@faubelpa.com


Matthew A. Garcia
Account Executive
Southern California Edison
7300 Fenwick Lane 2nd Floor
Westminster, CA 92683
Phone 714/895-0294  Fax 714/895-0796
Matthew.Garcia@sce.com

Charles “Skip” Griffin
Senior Vice President
PBS&J Engineers
175 Calle Magdalena
Encinitas, California 92024
Phone 760/753-1120  Fax 760/753-0730
cagriffin@pbsj.com

Victor Harris
MWH Americas, Inc.
618 Michillinda Ave. Suite 200
Arcadia, CA 91007
Phone 626/796-9141  Fax 626/568-6101

Kris Helm
Kris Helm Consulting
4218 Ben Avenue
Studio City, CA 91604
Phone 818/653-4999
Krishelm1@aol.com

 

Bob Joe

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

700 North Alameda Street

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Phone 213/217-6294  Fax 213/217-6650

rjoe@mwdh20.com

Brian Jordan
Boyle Engineering, Inc.
PO Box 5700
Irvine, CA 92619
Phone 949/453-531  Fax 949/453-1128

Mary Aileen Matheis, Esq.
Board Director
Irvine Ranch Water District
15600 Sand Canyon Avenue
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone 949/551-0567 Fax 949/653-1167
Mamatheis1@aol.com


Stella Mendoza
Board Director, Division 4
Imperial Irrigation District
P.O. Box 937
Imperial, CA 92551-0937
Phone 760/339-9427  Fax 760/339-9191
smendoza@iid.com

Richard Nagel
West Basin Municipal Water District
17140 South Avalon Blvd, Ste. 210
Carson, CA 90746-1296
Phone 310/217-2411  Fax 310/217-2414

 

Ken Peterson
Kennedy/Jenks
2355 Main Street, Suite 140

Irvine, CA 92614

Phone 949/261-1577  Fax 949/261-2134

Gregory M. Quist, Ph.D
Board Director, Division One
Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District
1920 North Iris Lane
Escondido, CA 92026
Phone 760/745-5522 Fax 760/745-0029
gquist@cox.net

Robert Siemak
Water Replenishment Distrcit of Southern California
4040 Paramount Blvd.
Lakewood, CA 90712
Phone 562/921-5521 Fax 562/921-6101
rsiemak@wrd.org

William Steele
Area Manager
U.S Bureau of Reclamation
27708 Jefferson Ave., #202
Temecula, CA 92590
Phone 951/695-5310  Fax 951/695-5319
wsteele@lc.usbr.gov

Sat Tamaribuchi
Vice President, Environmental Affairs
The Irvine Company
550 Newport Center Drive
P.O. Box 6370
Newport Beach, CA 92658
Phone 949/720-2000
tamari@irvinecompany.com

Kevin Wattier

Long Beach Water Department

1800 East Wardlow Road

Long Beach, CA 90807

Phone 562/570-2300


Julie Wilcox
Southern Nevada Water Authority
3187 Red Hill Ave Suite 250
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Phone 714/751-7373
 

Executive Director 
Darryl Miller
Executive Director
C/O Urban Water Institute, Inc.
18800 Von Karman Avenue Suite 100
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone 949/679-9676  Fax 949/474-8258
darryl@urbanwater.com



Administrative Staff
Stacy Davis
Director of Administration and Development
stacy@urbanwater.com

Joyce Gwidt
Director of Conference Arrangements
Gwidt@cox.net 

Julie Ackman
Associate Director of Administration
julie@urbanwater.com 

Urban Water Institute, Inc.
18800 Von Karman Ave.  Suite100
Irvine CA 92612
Phone 949/679-9676  Fax 949/474-8258
info@urbanwater.com

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