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.
Gregory M. Quist, Ph.D
Board 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
Richard Nagel
Board Vice Chair
Phone 301.217.4211
richanagel1962@gmail.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
Posthumous Honorary Members Of The Board
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
Randy Duncan
Vice President
Mission Springs Water District
Post Office Box 334
Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240
Phone: 760.346.3400
rduncan@mswd.org
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
Kathleen Coates Hedberg PE, MPH
Division 4 Director
Helix Water District
Phone 619.994.6900
kathleen.hedberg@helixwater.org
Kevin P. Hunt, PE
Member Chair
Central Basin Municipal Water District
Phone 714.593.5026
kevinhuntpe@gmail.com
Andree Johnson
Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency
John Kingsbury
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association
Executive Director
Phone: 530.957.7879
Art Levine
Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners
1800 E. Wardlow Road
Long Beach, CA 90807
Phone: 562.570.2302
art@straighttalktv.com
Gary Martin
Vice President
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
27234 Bouquet Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Phone 661.297.1600
gmartin@scvwa.org
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
Craig Miller
General Manager
Western Municipal Water District
14205 Meridian Parkway
Riverside, CA 92518
Phone 951.571.7242
cmiller@wmwd.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
Fernando Paludi
West Basin Municipal Water District
Dave Pedersen
General Manager
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
Phone 818.251.2100
dpederson@lvmwd.com
Mark Pestrella
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
Jason Phillips
CEO
Friant Water Authority
Phone 559-368-8619
Katie Porter
Brown & Caldwell
Phone 714.730.9052
kporter1@brwncald.com
John Rossi
Board Member
Rancho California Water District
Phone 951.296.6900
rossij@ranchowater.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
Bob Siemak
Assistant General Manager
United Water Conservation District
106 N 8th Street
Santa Paula, CA 93060
Phone 805.525.4431
bobs@unitedwater.org
Tony Solorzano
Discovery Science Foundation
2500 North Main Street
Santa Ana CA 92705
Phone 714.913.5013
tsolorzano@discoverycube.org
Matt Stone
Immediate Past Board Chair
General Manager
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
27234 Bouquet Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Phone 661.297-1600
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
Stacy Davis
Director of Administration and Development
stacy@urbanwater.com
Joyce Gwidt
Director of Conference Arrangements
gwidt@cox.net
