ACWA Board Roster
ACWA’s 2026-’27 Board of Directors are:
Ernie Avila
ACWA President
Contra Costa Water District (Region 5)
Carol Lee Gonzales-Brady
ACWA Vice President
Rancho Water District (Region 9)
Cathy Green
ACWA Immediate Past President
Orange County Water District (Region 10)
Raul Avila
Local Government Committee Chair
Calleguas Municipal Water District (Region 8)
Sean Bigley
Water Management Committee Chair
City of Roseville (Region 3)
Bill Cooper
Business Development Committee Chair
Santa Clarita Valley Municipal Water District (Region 8)
Edgar Dymally
Water Quality Committee Chair
Foothill Municipal Water District (Region 8)
Anthony R. Fellow, Ph.D.
Region 8 Chair
Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District
Dana Friehauf
Region 10 Vice Chair
Santa Fe Irrigation District
Sargeant Green
Region 6 Chair
Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District
Joe Grindstaff
Region 9 Chair
Eastern Municipal Water District (Region 9)
Steve Huber
Region 5 Vice Chair
United Conservation Water District
Deanna Jackson
Region 6 Vice Chair
Tri-County Water Authority
Trevor Joseph
Groundwater Committee Chair
Sacramento Suburban Water District (Region 4)
Cary Keaten
Region 4 Chair
Solano Irrigation District
Lutfi Kharuf
Legal Affairs Committee Chair
Helix Water District (Region 10)
Ranjiv Khush
Region 1 Vice Chair
Marin Municipal Water District (Region 1)
Eric Larrabee
Region 2 Chair
Western Canal Water District
Lauren Layne
State Legislative Committee Chair
Alta Irrigation District (Region 6)
Cliff Loeffler
Region 7 Chair
Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District
George Murdoch
Region 10 Vice Chair
East Orange County Water District
Sheridan Nicholas
Region 7 Vice Chair
Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District
Paul Ortega
Region 9 Vice Chair
Desert Water Agency
Sarah Palmer
Region 5 Chair
Zone 7 Water Agency
Don Patterson
Finance Committee Chair
Las Virgenes Municipal Water District (Region 8)
Kevin Phillips
Membership Committee Chair
Paradise Irrigation District (Region 2)
Scott Quady
Region 8 Vice Chair
Calleguas Municipal Water District
David Rabbitt
Region 1 Chair
Sonoma Water
Bruce Rupp
ACWA JPIA Vice President
Humboldt Bay Municipal Water District (Region 1)
Michael Saunders
Region 3 Chair
Georgetown Divide Public Utility District
Jessica Self
Region 3 Vice Chair
Union Public Utility District
Anjanette Shadley
Agriculture Committee Chair
Crescenta Valley Water District (Region 8)
Kristin Sicke
Region 4 Vice Chair
Yolo County Flood Control & Water Conservation District
Cristel Tufenkjian
Communications Committee Chair
McMullin Area GSA (Region 6)
Jolene Walsh
Federal Affairs Committee Chair
Eastern Municipal Water District (Region 9)
Josh Watkins
Region 2 Vice Chair
City of Redding
Damon Wyckoff
Energy Committee Chair
Calaveras County Water District (Region 3)