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Past Speakers and Moderators
When known, current titles are provided.
Newsha Ajami
Chief Strategy & Development Officer for Research, Earth &
Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley Lab
Lisa Atkins
Board Member
Central Arizona Project
Brenda Burman
General Manager
Central Arizona Project
Kassy Chauhan
Executive Officer
North Kings Groundwater Sustainability Agency
Laurel Firestone
Board Member
California State Water
Resources Control Board
Ellen Hanak
Center Director and
Senior Fellow
PPIC Water Policy Center
Paula Kehoe
Director of Water Resources
San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission
Felicia Marcus
Fellow
National Academy
of Public Administration
Karla Nemeth
Director
California Department
of Water Resources
Lisa Riles
Vice President
Customer Product Solutions
Xylem
Maureen Stapleton
Retired
Former General Manager
San Diego County
Water Authority
Jennifer West
Managing Director
WateReuse California
Sivan Zamir
Vice President
Xylem Inc.
Tina Anderholt Shields
Water Manager
Imperial Irrigation District
Christina Babbit
Global Water Lead
Starbucks
Norma Camacho
Los Angeles Regional
Water Quality Control Board
Board Chair
Juliet Christian-Smith
Western States
Regional Director
Union of Concerned Scientist
Jill Duerig
Management Partners
Alicia Forsythe
Environmental Planning and Permitting Manager
Sites Reservoir Authority
Jayne Harkins
Retired
Former U.S. Section, International Boundary and Water Commission
Nicole Kuenzi
California State Water
Resources Control Board
Nichole Morgan
California State Water
Resources Control Board
Rachel Peletz
Executive Director
The Aquaya Institute
Tracy Quinn
President and CEO
Heal the Bay
Dorothy Timian-Palmer
President and CEO
Vidler Water
Yvonne West
California State Water
Resources Control Board
Jamie Anderson
Senior Engineer
Delta Modeling Section,
California Department of
Water Resources
Jennifer Bowles
Executive Director
Water Education Foundation
Debra Coy
Partner
XPV Water Partners
Marcelle Dupraw
Senior Program Manager
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution
Radhika Fox
Assistant Administrator
Office of Water
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
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Ann Hayden
Associate Vice President
Climate Resilient Water Systems, Environmental Defense Fund
Jennifer L. Harder
Professor
McGeorge School of Law
Leslie Moulton-Post
President and CEO
Environmental
Science Associates (ESA)
Lisa Porta
Senior Water
Resources Engineer
Montgomery & Associates
Eileen Sobeck
California State Water
Resources Control Board
Camille Calimlim Touton
Commissioner
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Bella Sewall Wolitz
Of Counsel
Government Relations
Brownstein
Jamie Anderson
Founder and Publisher
Maven's Notebook
Katarina Buelna Campbell
Supervisor of Water Resources
Westlands Water District
Karen Cesare
Board Member
Central Arizona Project
Dorene D'Adamo
California State Water
Resources Control Board
Heather Dyer
General Manager
San Bernardino Valley
Municipal Water District
Chris Frahm
Shareholder
Brownstein Hyatt
Farber Schreck
Fiona Hutton
Founder and CEO
Fiona Hutton & Associates
Bar Littlefield
CFO
Resilient Infrastructure Group
Nicole Neeman Brady
Board President
Water & Power Commissioners
Los Department
of Water and Power
Iris Priestaf
President
Todd Groundwater
Jennifer Sokolove
Director of Program
and Strategy
Water Foundation
Cindy Wallis Lage
Executive Director
Black & Veatch
Sarah Woolf
President
Water Wise
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