Task Forces
With such a broad and diverse membership, SCWC must be an authoritative leader on a wide array of California water issues. To accomplish this goal efficiently and effectively, SCWC’s work is guided by Task Forces designated to certain issue areas. Task Forces meet regularly to develop policy, adopt positions, plan events and track emerging industry issues.
The SCWC Board of Trustees creates Task Forces, and appoints each voting member.
Below is the list of SCWC Task Forces:
- Chairman's Advisory Task Force
- James A. Noyes - Chair
- Stacy Roscoe
- Stephen A. Zapoticzny
- Colorado River Task Force
- Robert Kreiger - Chair
Kreiger & Stewart
President - Kevin Wattier - Chair
Long Beach Water Department
General Manager - John W. Borchard, Jr.
Borchard Companies
President - Paul Dorey
Vista Irrigation District
Executive Vice President - John Fricker
Riverside County Farm Bureau
Water Committee Chairman - Al Gribnau
County of LA Dept. Of Public Works
Watershed Manager - Geoffrey Vanden Heuvel
Milk Producers Council
Director - Richard Jemison
Land Strategies
Principal - Jeffrey Kightlinger
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Executive Vice President - Susan Longville
California State University – San Bernardino Water Resources Institute
Director - Halla Razak
San Diego Water Authority
Colorado River Program Director - Steve Robbins
Coachella Valley Water District - Stacy Roscoe
- Bill Wright
City of Torrance Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Member, Board of Directors
- Robert Kreiger - Chair
- Delta Issues Task Force
- Virginia Grebbien - Chair
Parsons
Executive Vice President - Richard Jemison - Chair
Land Strategies
Principal - Robert Bein
RBF Consulting
Chairman Emeritus - John W. Borchard, Jr.
Borchard Companies
President - John Donner
AT&T
Vice President - Lloyd Fryer
Kern County Water Agency
Senior Water Resource Planner - Al Gribnau
County of LA Dept. of Public Works
Watershed Manager - Geoffrey Vanden Huevel
Milk Producers Council
Director - Mark Knorringa
Riverside County Chapter of the Building Director Industry Association - Robert Kreiger
Kreiger & Stewart
President - Bruce Lazenby
Rose Hills Company
Director of Property Development - Larry McKEnney
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Chief Council - Randall Neudeck
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Special Projects Manager - James Noyes
- Stacey Roscoe
- Robert Seat
Orange County Farm Bureau, Inc.
Director - Kirby Brill
Mojave Water Agency
General Manager - Jeffrey Volberg
San Diego County Water Authority
Government Relations Manager
- Virginia Grebbien - Chair
- Legislative Task Force
- Larry McKenney - Chair
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Chief Council - Keith Abercrombie
Newhall Land & Farming
Manager - Beth Beeman
Irvine Ranch Water District
Director of Public Affairs - Kathy Cole
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Executive Legislative Representative - David Cordero
Municipal Water District of Orange County
Director of Government Affairs - Dean Efstathiou
Castaic Lake Water Agency
Director - Lloyd Fryer
Kern County Water Agency Senior Water District of Southern of California
Administrator - Hon. Bert Hack
City of Laguna Woods
Councilmember - Brad Hiltscher
Metropolitan Water District of Southern of California
Executive Legislative Representative - Heidi H. K. Hiraoka, P.E.
Department of Water & Power - City of LA
Legislative Analyst - Richard Jemison
Land Strategies
Principal - Jeremy Jungreis
San Diego County Water Authority
Board Member - Kate Kilmow
Orange County Business Council
VP Government Affairs - Mark Knorringa
Riverside County Chapter of the Building Industry Association
CEO - Steven La Mar
LegiSight, LLC
President - Mary Aileen Matheis
Irvine Ranch Water District
Director - Ann Mathews
Kern County Water Agency
Director - Laer Pearce
Laer Pearce and Associates
President - Melissa Poole
Paramount Farming Company
Regulatory Affairs Manager - Phil Rosentrater
Western Municipal Water District
External Affairs Officer - Bob Seat
Orange County Farm Bureau, Inc.
Consultant - John Stovall
Kern County Water Agency
Consultant - Jolene Walsh
Eastern Municipal Water District
Legislative Manager - Jay Wong
County of Orange
Manager, Legislative Affairs - Jeffrey A. Volberg
San Diego County Water Authority
Government Relations Manager - Adeline Yoong
Water Replenishment District of Southern of California
Government Affairs Program Manager - Dee Zinke
Metropolitan Water District of Southern of California
Manager of Governmental and Legislative Affairs
- Larry McKenney - Chair
- Public Education Task Force
- Ron Gastelum - Chair
Cordoba Corporation - Darcy Burke
Municipal Water District of Orange County
Director of Public Affairs - Al Gribnau
Municipal Water District of Orange County
Director of Public Affairs - Hon. Bert Hack
City of Laguna Woods
Councilmember - Cecilia Hayward
Niagara Conservation
Director of Marketing - Sondra Elrod
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Public Information Officer - Heather Engel
Coachella Valley Water District
Director of Communications & Legislation - Larry McKenney
RBF Consulting
VP Watershed Management - Laer Pearce
Laer Pearce and Associates
President - Melissa Poole
Paramount Farming Company
Regulatory Affairs Manager - Marion M. Pyle
The Rogers Group
VP & Director of Latino Strategies - Phil Rosentrater
Western Municipal Water District
External Affairs Officer - John Stovall
Kern County Water Agency
Consultant - Brent Walthall
Kern County Water Agency
Asst. General Manager
- Ron Wildemuth
West Basin Municipal Water District
Manager, Public & Government Affairs - Dee Zinke
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Manager of Governmental and Legislative Affairs
- Ron Gastelum - Chair
- Stormwater Task Force
- Mark Pestrella - Chair
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Assistant Director - Simon Bluestone
MWH
Vice President - John W. Borchard, Jr.
Borchard Companies
President - Ed Casey
Alston & Bird LLP
Partner - Shane Chapman
Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District
General Manager - Doug Gillingham
AECOM
Water Resources Practice Leader
- Mark Grey
Building Industry Association of Southern California
Director of Environmental Affairs - Shawn Hagerty
Best Best and Krieger
Partner - Richard Hansen
Three Valleys Municipal Water District
General Manager - Doug Headrick
San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
General Manager - Gerhardt Hubner
Ventura County Watershed Protection
Deputy Director - Nina Jazmadarian
Foothill Municipal Water District
General Manager - Larry McKenney
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Senior Counsel - Steve LaMar
Irvine Ranch Water District
Board President - Mike Markus
Orange County Water District
General Manager - Blake Murillo
Psomas
CEO - Eric Newman
KP Public Affairs
Partner - Ignacio Ochoa
County of Orange
Director of Engineering - Gil Aldaco
Chino Basin Water Conservation District
Board Member - Jack Safely
Western Municipal Water District
General Manager - Cid Tesoro
San Diego County Flood Control District
Flood Control District Manager - Catherine Tyrrell
RMC Water & Environment
Senior Associate - Devendra Upadhyay
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Group Manager, Water Resources Management - Robb Whitaker
Water Replenishment District of Southern California - Eliza Jane Whitman
GEI Consultants
Vice President - Tony Zampiello
Raymond Basin Management
Board Executive Officer
- Mark Pestrella - Chair
- Urban Water Planning Task Force
- Jill Willis - Chair
Best Best & Kreiger
Partner - Paeter Garcia - Vice Chair
Best, Best & Kreiger
Associate - Kirby Brill
Mojave Water Agency
General Manager - Norm Caouette
Mojave Water Agency
Assistant General Manager - Grace Chan
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Manager, Resource Planning & Development - Mary Lou Cotton
Kennedy Jenks
Senior Water Resources Manager - Martha Davis
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Manager of Strategic Policy - Michael Fife
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Shareholder - Mark Grey
Building Industry Association of Southern California
Director of Environmental Affairs - Lloyd Hathcock
Niagara Conservation
Director of Program Development - Doug Headrick
San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
General Manager - Steve Robbins
Coachella Valley Water District
General Manager, Chief Engineer - Jack Safely
Western Municipal Water District
Water Resources Manager - Gerry Shoaf
Redwine and Sherrill
Managing Partner - Matt Stone
Rancho California Water District
General Manager
- Jill Willis - Chair
- Water Quality Task Force
- Jim Stahl - Chair
MWH Americas
Vice President - Steve Cole
Newhall County Water District
General Manage - Martha Davis
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Executive Manager of Policy Development - Edgar Dymally
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California - Dean Efstathiou
Castaic Lake Water Agency
Board Member - Steve Elie
Inland Empire Utilities Agency
Director - Bob Hill
El Toro Water District
General Manager - Dan Horan
Three Valleys Municipal Water District
Director - Richard Jemison
Land Strategies
Principal - Steven LaMar
LegiSight, LLC
President - Susan Lien Longville
California State University - San Bernardino
Director - Mary Aileen Matheis
Irvine Ranch Water District
Director - David Argo
Black & Veatch
Senior Vice President - Larry McKenney
Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Senior Council - James Noyes
- Pankaj Parekh
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
Director of Water Quality Compliance
- Jim Stahl - Chair
- Strategic Planning Task Force
- Stacy Roscoe - Chair
- Hon. Bert Hack
City of Laguna Woods
Councilmember - John Bochard
Bochard Companies
President - Jose Chanes
Proctor & Gamble, Oxnard Energy Business
Manager - Col. John Foley
- Geoffrey Vanden Huevel
Milk Producers Council
Supervisor - Hon. Eunice Ulloa
Chino City Council
Supervisor - Hon. Ray Watson
Kern County of Supervisors
Supervisor - Jill Willis
Best Best & Kreiger
Partner
- Stacy Roscoe - Chair
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