2026 Annual Election

Board of Directors Candidates

The Board of Directors shall consist of ten (10) Charter Members who shall each have one (1) vote and fifteen (15) Participating Members who shall each have one (1) vote.

Participating Members

(15)
  • MA

    Mike Austin

    Distribution System Supervisor · Las Vegas Valley Water

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  • DS

    Donovan Szarka

    · East Bay Municipal Utility District

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  • Ryan Dove

    Manager, Gas Systems Programs · Southern California Gas Company

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  • JD

    Jeff Daniels

    Water Division Manager · City of Modesto

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  • EB

    Elias Bettis

    · City of Sacramento

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  • Kristen Garcia

    · NV Energy - Southern Nevada

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  • Lynsay Demko

    Corporate Damage Prevention Administrator ·

  • Gil Rivas

    Director of Distribution System · San Jose Water Company

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  • AB

    Alvin Broglio

    Purchasing Agent · Calaveras Telephone Company

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  • Daniel Rosales

    Utility Construction Compliance Specialist · Alameda Municipal Power

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  • AJ

    Aaron Johnson

    · Dublin San Ramon Services District

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  • BD

    Boyd Duchene

    Supervising Construction Management Inspector · Clark County Water Reclamation District

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  • Darrell Johnson

    · Comcast

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  • WR

    Wes Rigsby

    Traffic Signal Systems Supervisor · County of Santa Clara

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  • Jesse Hampton

    Plant Operations Manager · Calaveras County Water District

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Charter Members

(9)
  • SA

    Saleh Aboutaleb

    · City of Oakland

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  • Joe Dickson

    T&D Line Assets Supervisor Business Operations · SMUD

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  • Brandy Brooks

    Water Distribution PW Tech / Cross Connection Specialist II · City of Antioch

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  • TW

    Tammy Wilfong

    Sr. Manager · MCI WorldCom - Nevada

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  • Ion Venieris

    · Pacific Gas & Electric

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  • PB

    Paul Bagneschi

    Damage Prevention · AT&T

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  • BC

    Brandon Chalk

    · Contra Costa Water District

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  • Sean McQuade

    Supervisor · County of Sacramento

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  • Mike Smuin

    OSP Construction Manager · Consolidated Communications

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Stakeholder Members

(8)

  • Erich Metzger

    Chief Operations Officer · SOCOM Underground Construction

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  • SN

    Sann Naing

    Utilities Engineer · California Public Utilities Commission

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  • Dayne Johnson

    · CSWST2

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  • Dennis Bott

    Regulatory Engineer · Public Utilities Commission of Nevada

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  • Mike Marrero

    Operations Regional Director for the western U.S. · USIC

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  • Rick Torrens

    · KCI Technologies, Inc.

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  • Austin Benedict

    State Director of Nevada · ELM Utilities

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  • Harold Lefler

    · Western States Contracting

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