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
Debbie Franco is the inaugural Managing Director of the Water Solutions Network (WSN). She joined the network after almost ten years in the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, most recently as the Senior Advisor for Water and Rural Affairs. Read more
Eric Averett is the CEO of Homer LLC, a company which has developed an unparalleled network of water sourcing, storage and distribution assets to sustainably supply water to central valley farmers. Eric recently joined Homer after serving 13 years as the General Manager of the Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District. Eric has been actively involved […] Read more
Amanda Miller (she/her) is the Senior Operations Manager for the California Water Data Consortium. Her work focuses on building, implementing, and managing the Consortium’s core operations and pilot projects. Read more