Rich is a hydrogeologist and data scientist at Larry Walker Associates (LWA), an environmental engineering and consulting firm, where he designs scientific studies and monitoring networks to support sustainable groundwater planning and management. His work bridges hydrology and data science and has received awards from the Microsoft AI for Earth Challenge, American Geophysical Union, NASA, […] Read more
Rafael (Rafa) Maestu is an Economist and Chief Data Scientist with the Office of Information Management and Analysis at the State Water Resources Control Board. Prior to Joining the Water Board in 1999, he worked for the Spanish Ministry of Environment and for the European Union. Read more
Dr. Agarwal’s work focuses on development of tools to improve data usability, accessibility, and sharing in the eco-sciences. She leads several teams developing advanced cyber infrastructure to support collaborative data analysis and stewardship. Read more
Mike is a Senior Integrated Water Management Specialist at Stantec Consulting, a visiting scholar in Anthropology at University of California, Irvine, and a fellow of the Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation. He brings eighteen years of watershed management experience to interagency and interdisciplinary planning, research, and implementation efforts, focusing on facilitation and meaningful involvement of […] Read more
Drew Atwater is the Manager of Rates, Charges, and Financial Planning at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Drew has over ten years’ experience managing finance, water efficiency, and water resource planning functions in the water sector. Read more
Christina Babbitt manages the California Groundwater Program at Environmental Defense Fund, where she is working to advance water trading policy in California and scale replicable groundwater sustainability projects across California’s Central Valley. In these efforts, Christina focuses on building partnerships among NGOs, agencies, water districts, and agricultural partners in ways that enhance collective impact. Read more
Joy Bonaguro has spent her career working at the nexus of data, technology, design and policy. Joy was recently appointed as Chief Data Officer of the State of California with an overarching goal to improve government use of data. Read more
Martha Davis retired in late 2017 from her position as Assistant General Manager/Executive Manager for Policy Development at the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA), a municipal water water district serving 850,000 people in western San Bernardino County. During her 17 year tenure, Ms. Davis led many of the Agency’s award-winning planning and green programs including […] Read more
E. Joaquin Esquivel was appointed to the State Water Resources Control Board by Governor Jerry Brown in March 2017 and designated by Governor Gavin Newsom as Chair in February 2019. Read more
David Harris serves as the Enterprise Chief Data Officer for the California Natural Resources Agency where he supports cross-departmental teams in the development of data management and decision support systems. As part of these duties he’s provided consultation and systems development services to the team implementing the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, AB1755. David […] Read more