Please note that job titles and affiliations are based on the year that the Water Leader was chosen to participate in the program.
Ian Achimore Senior Watershed Manager Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Samantha Adams Principal Scientist Wildermuth Environmental, Inc.
Anna Brathwaite Staff Attorney Modesto Irrigation District
Jennifer Capitolo Senior Policy Advisor Nossaman LLP
Danielle Dolan Project Manager, Water Programs Local Government Commission
Chris Alford Associate Director American Rivers
Eleanor Bartolomeo Water Resources Control Engineer State Water Resources Control Board
Amanda Bohl Economic Development Lead Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy
Holly Canada Water Resources Engineer California Department of Water Resources
Laura Carpenter Hydrologist Brown and Caldwell
Jarvis Caldwell Aquatic Science Manager, Hydropower Services HDR Engineering, Inc.
Shaun Horne Watershed & Flood Control Resource Specialist Napa County Flood Control District
Holly Jorgensen Acting Executive Director Sacramento River Watershed Program
Amy Kwong Senior Engineer West Yost Associates
Dustin La Vallee Associate Civil Engineer Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Mary Akens California Department of Water Resources
Rebecca Akroyd Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard
Holly Alpert Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management Program
Leonard Ash Alameda County Water District
Matt Brennan Environmental Science Associates PWA
Courtney Davis Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Juliette De Campos Community Water Center
Newsha Ajami Science and Technology Fellow California Council on Science & Technology
Jennifer Allen Senior Public Information Specialist Contra Costa Water District
Jolie-Anne Ansley Attorney Duane Morris LLP
Rachel Ballanti Assistant to the Chief Deputy Director California Department of Water Resources
Catherine Bowie External Affairs Manager California American Water
Tamara Alaniz Water Conservation Manager Mojave Water Agency
Whitney Benzian Director of Special Projects City of San Diego
Kevin Booker Principal Engineer Sonoma County Water Agency
John Drury Production Operator II East Valley Water District
Anona Dutton Water Resources Planner Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency
Kimberly Brown Manager Westside Mutual Water Company
Summer Bundy Water Resources Engineer and Project Manager CH2M Hill
Aracely Campa Legislative Consultant Assemblymember Caballero
Teresa Chan Attorney Ellison, Schneider & Harris LLP
Allison Dvorak Water Resource Specialist State Water Contractors
Kari Fisher Associate Counsel California Farm Bureau Federation
Lindsay Cao, P.E. Project Manager Las Virgenes MWD
Monique deBarruel Associate Engineer West Yost Associates
Alex Dufour Water Resources Engineer URS Corporation
Elizabeth Eagon Environmental Engineer San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Ryan Fachin Supervisor Tejon Ranch Company
Rebecca Fitzgerald Environmental Scientist North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
Elizabeth Betancourt Watershed Coordinator El Dorado Irrigation District
Jeanne Brantigan Water Resources Engineer CH2MHill
Erin Field Government Affairs Analyst Western Growers
Catherine Freeman Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst Legislative Analyst Office
Jenny Gain Water Resources Engineer Brown and Caldwell
Carolyn Ginno Chief of Staff Assemblyman Mike Duvall
Curtis Anderson Senior Engineer California Department of Water Resources
Viola Brooks Executive Fellow Jr. Policy Consultant Hoopa Valley Tribe
Heather Cooley Research Associate The Pacific Institute
David Eggerton Attorney El Dorado Irrigation District
Christian Kropf Hydrogeologist II Washoe County Department of Water Resources
Elizabeth Ayres Natural Resource Specialist US Bureau of Reclamation
An Bartlett Associate Civil Engineer East Bay Municipal Utility District
Josh Bergstrom Science Assessment Coordinator East Bay Watershed Center
Debra Kaye Operations and Maintenance Manager Truckee Meadows Water Authority/CA-NV AWWA
Andrew Lloyd Staff Attorney Pacific Legal Foundation
Jeffrey Brown Staff Geologist ENGEO Incorporated
Mike Conner The Nature Conservancy
Aaron Ferguson Regulatory Affairs Specialist Northern California Water Association
Alicia Gasdick Water Resources Specialist Science Applications Int. Corp.
Jan Lee Associate Civil Engineer East Bay Municipal Utility District
Salvador Lopez Cordova Project Manager Camp Dresser and McKee Inc.
Jolene Allred Education Specialist Eastern Municipal Water District
Katherine S. Brophy Water Quality Project Manager California Water Service Company
John Chester Utility Resource Planner City & County of San Francisco, PUC
Emily Franciskovich Program Assistant California Rangeland Trust
Jennifer L. Harder Associate Attorney Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, LLP
Kaylee Allen Assistant Regional Solicitor U.S. Department of the Interior
Kristi Arcularius Associate The Ferguson Group
Joseph Arlotto Water Quality Supervisor The Zoological Society of San Diego
Ryan S. Bezerra Attorney Bartkiewicz, Kronick & Shanahan
Rosario Cortes Assistant Director of Legislation California Department of Parks and Recreation
Jennifer Carbuccia Resource and Outreach Manager Hatch and Parent
Coral Cavanagh Water Resources Planner Curalium Consulting
Susan Fry Area Manager, Klamath Office Bureau of Reclamation
Lynne Galal Chief, Project Manager Branch U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Edmund Gee Assistant Regional Solicitor U.S. Department of Interior
Kathryn I. Alcantar
Rishiraj Das
Steve Escalera
Paeter E. Garcia Attorney-at-Law Weston Benshoof Rochefort Rubalcaca MacCuish, LLP
Martha Guzman Legislative Coordinator United Farm Workers
Will J. Harris Engineering Geologist California Department of Water Resources
Jose Huizar
Alvin Bautista Water Resources Engineer Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Valerie Calegari Field Representative The Nature Conservancy
Richard Cummings
Torri Jon Estrada
Mike Fuller
Andy Funchess
Chris S. Gaido
David Gershwin Communications Deputy City of Los Angeles
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