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 directors drawn from hands-on policy makers, elected officials and industry leaders who are active in the water resources industry.
Andree Lee
Chair
Vice President
EKI Environment & Water
Phone 650.292.9100
Dave Pedersen
Board First Vice Chair
General Manager
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
Phone 818.251.2100
Richard Nagel
Board Second Vice Chair
Vice President
Jacobs
Phone 301.217.4211
Lisa Ohlund Board Treasurer
Owner
Ohlund Management & Technical Services
Phone 949.842.3351
Jason Phillips
Board Secretary
CEO
Friant Water Authority
Phone 559.562.6305
Ane Deister
Executive Director
Executive Director
Urban Water Institute
Phone 530.863.0750
Posthumous Honorary Members Of The Board
Members Of The Board
Jim Atkinson
Director
Mesa Water District
1965 Placentia Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Phone 949.631.1205
Alan Boyce
Materra Farming Company
Carol Lee Gonzales-Brady
Rancho California Water District
Paul Brown
Paul Redvers Brown Inc.
Steve Bucknam
President
Bucknam & Associates
25004 La Plata Drive
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Phone 949.363.6461
Darcy Burke
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
Justin Caporusso
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association
Rob Carlson
Discovery Science Foundation
Phone 714.542.2823
Gil Crozes, PhD
Senior Client Services Manager / Senior Vice President
Carollo
Phone 213.489.1587
Shivaji Deshmukh
General Manager
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
6075 Kimball Ave.
Chino, CA 91708
Phone 909.993.1730
Larry Dick
Board Member
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
700 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone 213.446.8715
Michael Engelbrecht
Director
Wells Fargo
333 South Grand Avenue, 5th Floor
MAC E2064-058
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone 213.614.4475
Sean Fitzgerald
Founder & Principal
Vox Civic Communications
Phone 714.869.1105
Tom Francis
Water Resources Manager
Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency
Phone 650.349.3000
Kathleen Coates Hedberg, PE, MPH
Division 4 Director
Helix Water District
Phone 619.994.6900
Kevin P. Hunt, PE
Partner
Hunt Thornton Resource Strategies LLC
Phone 714.334.6601
Rob Katherman
Director
Water Replenishment District of Southern California
Phone 310.383.0451
Tom Love
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Frank Martinez
Envetco Engineering Services
Phone 562.286.2831
Gary Martin
President
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
27234 Bouquet Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Phone 661.297.1600
Malissa McKeith
President
CURE (Citizens United for Resources & the Environment)
2873 Rumsey Drive
Riverside, CA 92506
Phone 213.300.3550
General Manager
Western Municipal Water District
14205 Meridian Parkway
Riverside, CA 92518
Phone 951.571.7242
Craig Miller
Greg Newmark
Principal
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
633 W 5th Street, Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone 213.626.0215
Fernando Paludi
Trabuco Canyon Water District
Mark Pestrella
Director
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
900 South Fremont Avenue
Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone 626.458.4022
David Pettijohn
Director of Water Resources
LA Department of Water & Power
111 North Hope Street, Room 1460
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone 213.367.0899
Brian Probolsky
Director
Moulton Niguel Water District
Matt Stone
General Manager
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
27234 Bouquet Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Phone 661.513.1211
Peer Swan
Director
Irvine Ranch Water District
Ray Tremblay
Assistant Departmental Engineer
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
1955 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
Phone 562.908.4288 x2761
Adam Zacheis
Brown & Caldwell
Administrative Staff
Jessica Ourwerkerk
Director of Marketing & Administration
Paula Currie
Director of Events & Sponsorships