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.
Matt Stone
Board Chair
General Manager
Castaic Lake Water Agency
27234 Bouquet Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Phone 714.651.3729
mstone@clwa.org
Gregory M. Quist, Ph.D
Vice Chair
Board Director, Division One
Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District
1920 North Iris Lane
Escondido, CA 92026
Phone 760.745.5522
gquist@hadronex.com
Ane Deister
Executive Director
Executive Director
Urban Water Institute
Cell 530.863.0750
ane.deister@yahoo.com
John Thornton
Board Treasurer & Secretary
Partner
Hunt Thornton Resource Strategies LLC
Phone 714.481.7939
jthorntonpe@h2oexpert.net
Richard Nagel
Regional Vice Chair
Kevin P. Hunt, PE
Member Chair
Partner
Hunt Thornton Resource Strategies LLC
18290 Santa Carlotta
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Phone 714.593.5026
kevinhuntpe@gmail.com
John Rossi
Strategic Plan Chair
General Manager
Western Municipal Water District
450 East Alessandro Boulevard
Riverside, CA 92508
Phone 951.202.1524
jrossi@wmwd.com
Members Of The Board
Dick Ackerman
President
Ackerman Consulting
18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1800
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone 714.322.2710
dickackerman33@gmail.com
Jim Atkinson
Director
Mesa Water District
1965 Placentia Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Phone: 949.631.1205
jima@mesawater.org
Steve Bucknam
President
Bucknam & Associates
25004 La Plata Drive
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Phone 949.363.6461
steve@bucknam.net
Larry Dick
Board Member
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
700 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Cell 213.446.8715
larrydick@att.net
Dean Efstathiou
Deputy Director
Castaic Lake Water Agency
27234 Bouquet Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Phone 661.297.1600
defstath1@gmail.com
Michael Engelbrecht
Director
Wells Fargo
333 South Grand Avenue, 5th Floor
MAC E2064-058
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone: 213.614.4475
michael.j.engelbrecht@wellsfargo.com
Sean Fitzgerald
Principal
Agendum Ventures
Phone: 714.869.1105
sean@agndm.com
Art Levine
Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners
1800 E. Wardlow Road
Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone: 562.570.2302
art@straighttalktv.com
Mary Aileen Matheis, Esq.
Board Director
Irvine Ranch Water District
15600 Sand Canyon Avenue
Irvine, CA 92618
Phone 949.551.9567
matheis@irwd.com
Malissa McKeith
President
CURE (Citizens United for Resources & the Environment)
2873 Rumsey Drive
Riverside, CA 92506
Phone 213.300.3550
malissacurepres@gmail.com
Ed Means
President
Means Consulting LLC
2100 Serrano Avenue
Newport Beach, CA 92661
Phone 949.439.9120
edmeans@roadrunner.com
Jared Moore
Regional Sales Manager
Jacobs
3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 500
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone 206.595.0203
jared.moore@jacobs.com
Greg Newmark
Principal
Meyers Nave Riback Silver & Wilson
633 W 5th Street, Suite 1700
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Phone 213.626.0215
gnewmark@meyersnave.com
Jim Noyes
Emeritus Member
Phone 626.574.8061
Cell 626.429.4881
jnoyess66@aol.com
Lisa Ohlund
General Manager
East Orange County Water District
185 North McPherson Road
Orange, CA 92669
Phone 714.538.5815
lohlund@eocwd.com
Mark Pestrella
Chief Deputy Director
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
900 South Fremont Avenue
Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone 626.458.4022
mpestrella@dpw.lacounty.gov
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
david.pettijohn@ladwp.com
Katie Porter
Brown & Caldwell
Phone 714.730.9052
kporter1@brwncald.com
Rita Schmidt Sudman
Author of Water: More or Less & Senior Advisor,
Water Education Foundation
Phone 916.799.6503
sudman.rita@gmail.com
Tina Anderholt Shields, PE
Colorado River Resources Manager
Imperial Irrigation District
333 East Barioni Boulevard
Imperial, CA 92551
Phone 760.339.9287
tlshields@iid.com
Bill Steele
Emeritus Member
Phone 951.303.4906
wjsteele@verizon.net
Ray Tremblay
Assistant Departmental Engineer
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
1955 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
Phone 562.908.4288 x2761
rtremblay@lacsd.org
Charles M. Treviño
Board Director, Treasurer
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
602 E. Huntington Drive, Suite B.
Monrovia, CA, 91016
Phone: 626.443.2297
cmtwater@yahoo.com
Robb Whitaker
Water Replenishment District of Southern California
Phone 562.921.5521
rwhitaker@wrd.org
Julie Wilcox
Director
Southern Nevada Water Authority
1001 South Valley View Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89153
Phone 702.258.3939
julie.wilcox@snwa.com
Administrative Staff
Wayne Clark
Associate Executive Director
Urban Water Institute
Phone 949.633.4594
wayne@urbanwater.com
Stacy Davis
Director of Administration and Development
stacy@urbanwater.com
Eva Padilla
Associate Director of Administration
eva@urbanwater.com
Joyce Gwidt
Director of Conference Arrangements
gwidt@cox.net