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Board of Directors
TITLE NAME AGENCY PHONE EMAIL
President Pei-Chin Low MWH Americas, Inc (626) 568-6999 Pei-Chin.Low@mwhglobal.com
President Elect Jody Allen South Placer MUD (916) 871-3008 x 20 jallen@spmud.ca.gov
Past-President Darren Greenwood City of Livermore (925) 960-8100 dggreenwood@ci.livermore.ca.us
Vice President Carrie Mattingly City of San Luis Obispo (805) 781-7215 cmatting@slocity.org
Treasurer Simon Watson Orange County Sanitation District (714) 593-7213 swatson@ocsd.com
WEF Delegate Director - outgoing Fran Burlingham Brown and Caldwell (925) 210-2551 fsmith@brwncald.com
WEF Delegate Director Logan Olds Victor Valley WRA (760) 948-9849 pjohnson@vvwra.com
WEF Delegate Director - incoming Connie Leonard CDM, Inc. (213) 842-0879 leonardcj@cdm.com
Director Roanne Ross Whitley Burchett & Associates (925) 945-6850 rross@whitleyburchett.com
Director Paul Schmidtbauer South Orange County Wastewater Authority (949) 234-5412 pschmidtbauer@socwa.com
Director Nichole Baker State Water Resources Control Board (916) 341-5825 nbaker@waterboards.ca.gov
Director Jonathan Hay Black & Veatch (949) 788-4207 hayjc@bv.com
Director Mike Fisher Water Works Engineers (916) 521-9200 mikef@wwengineers.com
Director Penny Carlo Carollo Engineers (559) 436-6616 pcarlo@carollo.com
Northern Regional Director Rick Staggs City of Fresno RWRF (559) 621-5190 rick.staggs@fresno.gov
Southern Regional Director Debra Bogdanoff Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (562)908-4288 x 2734 dbogdanoff@lacsd.org
TCP Chair Director Mike Neri City of Folsom (916) 496-6377 mneri@folsom.ca.us
For full address information, visit the CWEA Online Directory.
See the Board's liaison assignments to Local Sections and Committees.
For a list of past CWEA Presidents, go to the Past Presidents List.

Committees

Committee Position Name Company Email Phone Fax
Audit Chair Jody Allen South Placer Municipal Utility District jallena@spud.ca.gov (916) 786-5438 (916) 786-2227
Biosolids Chair Todd Jordan Carollo Engineers tjordan@carollo.com  (916) 565-4888 (916) 565-4880
Biosolids Vice Chair Dave BachtelLee & Rodave.bachtel@lee-ro.com (626) 667-5366 (626) 912-2015
Biosolids Vice Chair Natalie Sierra SFPUC nsierra@sfwater.org  (415) 934-5772 (415) 934-5728
Collection Systems Chair Sergio Ramirez City of Foster City sramirez@fostercity.org  (650) 286-3544 (650) 286-2543
Collection Systems Vice Chair Jim Gusman City of Carlsbad james.gusman@carlsbadca.gov (760) 438-2722 x 7161 (760) 431-2658
Collection Systems Vice Chair Eric Nielsen Water Works Engineers ericn@wwengineers.com (916) 780-2888 x 112 (916) 780-2848
Greater Central Valley
Collection Systems
Chair Dave Bender City of Lodi dbender@lodi.gov (209) 333-6740 (209) 333-6841
Greater Central Valley
Collection Systems
Vice Chair Martin Jones Retired rcvjones@comcast.net  
Southern Section
Collection Systems
Chair Duane Johnson Affordable Pipeline Services djohnson@affordabledrain.com (619) 668-0431  
Engineering and Research Chair Pavitra Prabhakar Sanitation Districts of LA County pprabhakar@lacsd.org  (562) 699-7411 x2131  
Engineering and Research Vice Chair
(North)
Justyna Kempa-Teper Kennedy/Jenks Consultants justynateper@kennedyjenks.com  (650) 852-2828  
Engineering and Research Vice Chair
(South)
Shane Trussell Trussell Technologies, Inc. shane.trussell@trusseltech.com (626) 486-0560 x 103 (626) 486-0571
Government Affairs Chair Sophia Skoda East Bay Municipal Utility District sskoda@ebmud.com  (510) 287-1542 (510) 287-1530
Government Affairs Vice Chair Tish Berge RMC Water & Environment tberge@rmcwater.com (858) 875-7400 (858) 875-7401
HistoryChair Mike Hogan solbch1@roadrunner.com  (858) 882-7148  
History Vice Chair Nick Pinhey City of Modesto npinhey@modestogov.com (209) 577-5205  
Laboratory Chair Tony Pirondini Vacaville Water Quality Laboratory tpirondini@cityofvacaville.ca (707) 469-6433 (707) 469-6493
Laboratory Vice Chair (North) Giti Heravian Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District gheravian@fssd.com (707) 428-9153 (760) 246-5440
Laboratory Vice Chair (South) Gina Cloutier Victor Valley WWRA gcloutier@vvwra.com (760) 246-8638 x 216  
Manufacturers Chair Dave Badgley Sancon Technologies dbadge@aol.com  (818) 843-3318 (818) 843-7021
Northern Regional Chair Rick Staggs City of Fresno rick.staggs@fresno.gov  (559) 621-5190 (559) 498-1700
Northern Regional Vice Chair David Stoops City of Livermore dastoops@ci.livermore.ca.us   
Operations & Maintenance Training Chair Jeff Cooley City of Vacaville jcooley@cityofvacaville.com  (707) 469-6413  
Operations & Maintenance Training Vice Chair Keith McClure South Bayside System Authority kmcclure@sbsa.org (650) 591-7121 x206 (650) 591-7122
P3S Chair John Mukhar City of San Jose john.mukhar@sanjoseca.gov  (408) 277-3859 (408) 277-3892
P3S Vice Chair (South) John Boyd LA County Sanitation Districts jboyd@lacsd.org  (562) 408-4288 x3519 (562) 908-4224
Past Presidents Group Chair Darren Greenwood City of Livermore dggreenwood@ci.livermore.ca.us (925) 960-8100 (925) 960-8105
Public Education Chair Devina Douglas South San Luis Obispo Sanitation District devinadouglas@yahoo.com (805) 489-6666  
Safety Chair Larry Olivan Oro Lomo Sanitary District lolivan@oroloma.org (510) 481-6982 (510) 276-1528
Safety Co-chair Marjorie Boone East Bay Municipal Utility District mboone@joshuacasey.com (714) 245-9440 x 104 (714) 245-9443
Scholarship Chair Connie Leonard CDM leonardcj@cdm.com 

(213) 457-2200

(213) 627-8295
Select Society (5S) Co-Chair (North) Maura Bonnarens East Bay Municipal Utility District mbonnare@ebmud.com  (510) 287-1141 (510) 287-1530
Select Society (5S) Co-Chair (South) Steve Agor Tetra Tech steven.agor@tetratech.com  (949)727-7099 (949) 727-7097
Southern Regional Chair Debra Bogdanoff Los Angeles County
Sanitation District
dbogdanoff@lacsd.org  (562) 699-7411 (562) 695-1874
Southern Regional Vice Chair Barbara Santos City of Simi Valley bsantos@simivalley.org (805) 583-6446 (805) 583-6497
Students & Young Professionals Chair Megan Yoo Student meganyoo@gmail.com (949) 278-5761  
Students & Young Professionals Vice Chair (North) Sandie DeMedeiros CDM demedeirossl@cdm.com (925) 296-8031 (925) 933-4174
Students & Young Professionals Vice Chair (South) Amanda Schmidt RMC Water & Environment aschmidt@rmcwater.com (310) 566-6463 (310) 566-6461
Super Group Chair Dennis Mc Bride City of Redding dmcbride@ci.redding.ca.us  (530) 224-6063 (530) 224-6071
Super Group Vice Chair Dale Ducharme Veolia Water/City of Arvin dale.ducharme@veoliawaterna.com (661) 854-2421 (661) 854-3869
TCP Chair Mike Neri City of Folson mneri@folsom.ca.us (916) 496-6377 (916) 351-3331
TCP Vice Chair (North) Lenny Rather Oro Loma Sanitation District lrather@oroloma.org (510) 276-4700 (510) 276-1528
TCP Vice Chair (South) Simon Watson Orange County Sanitation District swatson@ocsd.com (714) 593-7213 (714) 962-3071
Training Coordination Chair Bob Bradley Sacramento Area Sewer District bradleyb@sacsewer.com (916) 876-8471 (916) 875-6911
Training Coordination Vice Chair       
Conference Committees, Task Forces, & Special Positions
Annual Conference  2011 Chair Connie Leonard CDM leonardcj@cdm.com (213) 842-0879  
Annual Conference 2011 Vice Chair Debra Bogdanoff Los Angeles County Sanitation District dbogdanoff@lacsd.org (562) 789-0644 (562) 692-5103
Annual Conference 2012 Chair Nichole Baker State Water Resources Control Board nbaker@waterboards.ca.gov (916) 341-5825 (916) 341-5707
Northern Regional
Training Conference 2010
Co-Chair Blaine Drewes City of Livermore b_drewes@hotmail.com (925) 960-8162 (925) 960-8105
Northern Regional
Training Conference 2010
Co-Chair Steve Dominguez Delta Diablo SD steved@ddsd.org (925) 756-1967 (925) 756-1962
Northern Safety Day 2010 Chair Zoeanne Tafolla VSFCD ztafolla@vsfcd.com (707) 644-8949 x 281  
Tri-State Seminar 2010Chair Bruce Dacko Nevada WEA     
Tri-State Seminar 2010 Vice Chair Pat Davis AZ Water      
SSO WDR Task ForceChair Nick PinheyCity of Modesto npinhey@modestogov.com (209) 577-5205 (209) 831-4472
Member Communications Task ForceChair Ann HeilLos Angeles County
Sanitation District
aheil@lacsd.org (562) 908-4288 x2803 (562) 908-4293
Awards Task ForceChair Nichole Baker State Water Resources Control Board nbaker@waterboards.ca.gov(510) 874-3200  
Certification Prep Task ForceCo-Chair Joanna De Sa City of Sunnyvale jDeSa@ci.sunnyvale.ca.us (510) 293-5099 (408) 277-8044
Certification Prep Task ForceCo-Chair Gina Cloutier Victor Valley WWRA gloutier@vvwra.com (760) 246-8638 x 216 (760) 246-5440
Relationships with Other Associations
AWWA Liaison Liaison Paul Schmidtbauer SOCWA pschmidtbauer@socwa.com (949) 234-5412 (949) 489-0130
California Stormwater Quality AssociationLiaison Darren Greenwood City of Livermore dggreenwood@ci.livermore.ca.us (925) 960-8100 (925) 960-8105
California Rural Water AssociationLiaison Debra Bogdanoff Los Angeles County
Sanitation District
dbogdanoff@lacsd.org  (562) 699-7411 (562) 695-1874
CASA Liaison Pei-Chin Low MWH Americas, Inc Pei-Chin.Low@mwhglobal.com (626) 568-6999 (626) 568-6102
ELTAC Delegate Anthony Pirondini City of Vacaville tpirondini@ci.vacaville.ca.us  (707) 469-6433 (707) 469-6493
ELTAC Liaison Dave Greenwood Los Angeles County
Sanitation District
dgreenwood@lacsd.org  (562) 699-7411 (562) 699-4515
SWRCB Operator Advisory RepresentativeHugh Logan South Bayside System Authority hlogan@sbsa.org  (650) 591-7121 (650) 591-7122
SWRCB Operator Advisory Representative Chris BerchInland Empire Utilities Agency cberch@ieua.org  (909) 393-5434 (909) 393-8129
Tri-TAC Delegate Layne Baroldi Orange County Sanitation District lbaroldi@ocsd.com  (714) 593-7456 (714) 962-2591
Tri-TAC Delegate Nichole Baker State Water Resources Control Boardnbaker@waterboards.ca.gov(510) 874-3200  
Tri-TAC Delegate Gail Chesler Central Contra Costa Sanitary District gchesler@centralsan.dst.ca.us  (925) 229-7294  
Tri-TAC Delegate James Clark Black & Veatch clarkjh@bv.com  (213) 312-3300 (213) 312-3399
Tri-TAC Delegate Ben Horenstein East Bay MUD bhorenst@ebmud.com (510) 287-1846  
Tri-TAC Delegate Robert Gillette Carollo Engineers rgillette@carollo.com  (916) 565-4888 (916) 565-4880
Tri-TAC Delegate Thomas Grovhoug Larry Walker Associates tomg@lwadavis.com  (530) 753-6400 (530) 753-7030
Tri-TAC Delegate Jacqueline Kepke CH2M Hill jkepke@ch2m.com  (510) 251-2426  
Tri-TAC Delegate Monica Oakley Oakley Water Strategies moakley@oakleywater.com  (510) 339-2986  
Tri-TAC Delegate Chuck Weir East Bay Dischargers Authority cweir@ebda.org  (510) 278-5910  
Water Reuse/CWEA Liaison Carrie Mattingly City of San Luis Obispo cblair@slocity.org (805) 781-7205 (805) 781-7218
WW Summit Delegate Pei-Chin Low MWH Americas, Inc Pei-Chin.Low@mwhglobal.com (626) 568-6999 (626) 568-6102

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