Kristine Johnson is the Founder and Executive Director of the Kingfisher Foundation in San Francisco, California. Kingfisher strives to foster resiliency in marine fisheries and freshwater systems by supporting projects advancing leadership, capacity and regulatory clarity for the management and use of environmental information enabled by modern technology tools. Before transitioning to the non-profit sector, Kristine worked for […] Read more
Ashley Boren is executive director of Sustainable Conservation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping California thrive by uniting people to solve the toughest challenges facing the state’s land, air and water. Sustainable Conservation brings together business, landowners, government and other stakeholders to steward the resources that we all depend on in ways that are just and […] Read more
Mitra Rogers leads Public Policy efforts on behalf of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing business, throughout California. As a Public Policy Manager, Mitra is responsible for leading AWS’ relationships with policymakers and advocating for policies that support the business. Read more
Hannah Ake is a Senior Program Manager at the California Water Data Consortium and uses her background in hydrology, biology, and data science to solve interdisciplinary problems statewide, while furthering the Consortium’s goal of using data and data stewardship to foster sustainable long-term water resource planning in California. Prior to joining the Consortium, Hannah worked […] Read more
Tara Moran is the Chief Executive Officer for the California Water Data Consortium. She advances the Consortium’s goals of accessible and usable data for sustainable water management. Read more
Joone Lopez is the General Manager of the Moulton Niguel Water District, which provides water, wastewater and recycled water services to approximately 170,000 people within South Orange County. Before joining Moulton Niguel, she served as the General Manager of Calaveras County Water District located in Northern California. Read more
Adrian Covert is the Vice President of Public Policy for the Bay Area Council, providing research and advocacy leadership for the Council’s committees on Homelessness, Water & Resilience, Commuter Shuttles, and Advanced Communications Infrastructure. Adrian has lead numerous successful Bay Area Council initiatives, including legislation to update California’s water data systems, regulations over San Francisco’s […] Read more
Meredith is the Chief Technical Advisor at the UC Berkeley Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society. Her work focuses on technical foundations, applications, and implications of computing, information, and data spanning multidisciplinary areas such as health and medicine, climate and sustainability, and human welfare and social justice. Under the Obama Administration, she led the White […] Read more
Deven Upadhyay is the Assistant General Manager and Chief Operating Officer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He is responsible for managing the operational business functions of the district, which include system operations, engineering, planning and water resources management. Read more
David Orth is principal of David Orth Strategic Water Consulting, which offers strategic planning, program implementation and water resource development services. David has over 35 years of financial and management experience, serving as principal at New Current Land and Water, LLC. Read more