Speakers

The speakers are organized by panel below. Click a speaker's name to read the biography.

Santa Ana River Watershed: Reaching our Potential

Frank Dela Vara, Director of Environmental Affairs and Conservation, Disneyland Resort

Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA)

The Santa Ana River Watershed - A Regional Powerhouse

Ron Craig, Senior Vice President, RBF Consulting

Watershed Goals: Seeing the Big Picture

Randy Record, Board Member, Eastern Municipal Water District and Vice President, Association of California Water Agencies

Response Panel: How Do We Fund Water Needs to be Done?

Senator Dave Cogdill, State Senator, 14th District

Ronald Gastelum, Interim Executive Director, Southern California Water Committee

Joe Grindstaff, Executive Officer, Delta Stewardship Council

Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies

The Watershed Approach: Working Together to Find Efficiencies and Synergies

Col. Thomas Magness, Commander, Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Response Panel: Implementing the Vision: OWOW is the Answer

Fran Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair, State Water Resources Control Board

Ruth Villalobos, Vice President of Environmental and Regulatory Services, RBF Consulting

Dale Hoffman-Floerke, Deputy Director, Integrated Water Management, California Department of Water Resources

Keynote Address

Ellen Hanak, Director of Research, Public Policy Institute of California, co-author of the report: "California Water Myths"

What will the future look like?

A.G. Kawamura, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture

Response Panel: How Do We Live in the 21st Century?

Beth Jines, Assistant General Manager for Environmental Affairs, City of Los Angeles

Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President, Lewis Group of Companies

Art Baggett, Board member, State Water Resources Control Board

Eric Garner, Managing Partner, Best Best & Krieger

Wrap up

Terry Tamminen, Director of the Climate Policy Program, New America Foundation