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2019 Speakers
Day 1 Opening Plenary
Leadership for a Sustainable America
Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells
CEO, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Matt Barnard
CEO and Co-Founder, Plenty
Rana Foroohar
FT Columnist and Global Economic Analyst
Yvonne Forrest
Director, Houston Water
Day 2 Opening Plenary
Water Leadership Panel
Albert Cho
Vice President and General Manager, Advanced Infrastructure Analytics, Xylem
Andy Seidel
Director, UGSI Solutions, Inc.
Kevin Klau
Vice President & Group Executive, Danaher Water Quality Platform
Mirka Wilderer
CEO, De Nora Water Technologies
Yuvbir Singh
CEO, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions
Gala Dinner
Seth M. Siegel
Author
Sessions Speakers
Aaron Snyder
Chief, Regional Planning & Environment Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Adrienne Sandoval
Director, Oil Conservation Division
Alissa Lockett
Director of Engineering, San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
Amanda Brock
CEO, Aris Water Solutions
Amir Peleg
Founder & CEO, TaKaDu
Amy Dorman
Deputy Director, Pure Water San Diego
Andrew Sawyers
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Andy Kricun
Executive Director, Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority
August Ritter
Program Director, The Sustainability Accelerator at The Nature Conservancy
Avi Malul
Head of Development of Infrastructure, Mekorot
Barak Graber
Business Unit Manager, Mekorot
Biju George
Executive Vice President, Operations and Engineering, DC Water
Bill Teichmiller
CEO, EJ Water Cooperative, Inc.
Bob Yamada
Special Projects Director, San Diego County Water Authority
Booky Oren
Chairman and CEO, Booky Oren Global Water Technologies
Brent Alspach
Principal Environmental Engineer and Director of Applied Research, Arcadis
Brent Halldorson
Chief Technology Officer, Fountain Quail Water Management
Brian Thomas
Executive Director, Delta Conveyance Finance Authority
Bruce Chalmers, PE
Program Manager, Metropolitan Water District’s Regional Recycled Water Program
Bryan Bedell
Vice President, Division Leader of The Haskell Company’s Water Division
Chad Rupe
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service
Chris Shaffner
Managing Director, Sector Vice President, Water, Community Facilities, & Rural Equity Investments, CoBank
Christopher Gasson
Publisher, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Cristina Ahmadpour
President - North America, Isle Ltd.
Dan Hoins
County Administrator, Sarpy County, Nebraska.
Dana Lawson
Senior Engineer, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Darren Thompson
SAWS Director, Water Resources
David Balsar
Head of Innovation Division, Mekorot
David Johnson
Deputy General Manager of Engineering and Operations, Las Vegas Valley Water District and Southern Nevada Water Authority
David Stanton
CEO, UGSI Solutions
Deane Dray
Managing Director, RBC Capital Markets
Del Patterson
Chairman, South Delaware County Rural Water
Diane Taniguchi-Dennis
CEO, Clean Water Services
Dominique Lueckenhoff
Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, Hugo Neu Corporation
Dr. Dora Chiang
Technical Strategy Leader for Emerging Contaminants, CDM Smith
Dustin Brownlow
Co-founder, Antelope Water Management
Edward Fanter
Managing Director, National Bank Financial and Co-Head of US Investment Banking Power, Utilities & Infrastructure
Elena S. Melchert
Director for the Upstream Oil and Gas Research Division at the Department of Energy
Elesia Glover
Senior Project & Policy Manager, Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
Eli Cohen
CEO, Mekorot
Eric Wessels
PE, Utility Management Services Lead, HDR
Erin Young
Water Resources Manager, City of Flagstaff
Eva Arnaiz
Country Manager, USA, Aqualia
Gabriel Collins
Baker Botts Fellow in Energy & Environmental Regulatory Affairs at Rice University's Baker Institute
Galit Sasson
Senior Engineer, Mekorot
George Hawkins
Founder and President, Moonshot LLC
George Theo
Chief Executive Officer, Unitywater
Grant Page
CEO, Magna Imperio Systems
Hillel Schuster
Head of Asia Practice, KPMG
Howard Neukrug
Senior Advisor, GWLG & Co-Chair of the LUOW Advisory Board
Hugo Gutierrez
Director of State Government Affairs, Marathon Oil Corporation
Ian Elkins
Editor, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Jablanka Uzelac
Managing Director, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Jack Canfield
Assistant Director, City of Houston, Houston Public Works
Jackie Vincent
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, WSSC
Jacques Euler
Beauty Division – Manufacturing Sustainability, Procter & Gamble
James Reyes
Vice President Aquatic Informatics
James Schlaman
Director of Planning and Water Resources, Black and Veatch
James West
Senior Managing Director, Evercore ISI
Jason Assouline
Associate, Carollo Engineers
Jay Sheehan
Sr. Vice President and Sr. Partner, Woodard & Curran
Jeff Baudier
Managing Director, BCP
Jim Lochhead
CEO/Manager, Denver Water
Jim Maras
Executive Director, Association of Regional Water Organizations (ARWO)
Jim Summers
Chief Executive Officer, H2O Midstream
John Durand
President, XRI
John Hanula
Senior Vice President, Stantec
Joke Cuperus
CEO, PWN
Josh Adler
Founder and CEO, Sourcewater
Jude Grounds
Senior Project Manager | Vice President – Carollo Engineers
Karen Pallansch
CEO, Alexandria Renew Enterprises
Kayed Lakhia
Director, Hazard Mitigation , FEMA/DHS
Kelly Bennett
Co-Founder and President of B3
Kelly Graplar
Deputy CEO, Iowa Lakes Regional Water, Iowa
Kevin Shafer
Executive Director, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)
Kim Adamson
Director, Utility Planning & Business Development, Liberty Utilities
Kimberly Wurtz
Attorney, Ball Morse Lowe PLLC
Laura Capper
Founder and CEO of CAP Resources, Principal in EnergyMakers Advisory Group
Laurent Auguste
Independent
Lisa Henthorne
President - Produced Water Society
Lucia Cade
Chair, South East Water, Australia
Lyda Hakes
Engineer, Portland Water Bureau (PWB)
Marty Adams
General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Michael Patella
Senior Policy Advisor, Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Mike Markus
General Manager, Orange County Water District (OCWD)
Moti Shiri
VP, Technology, Mekorot
Omer Bar
Process and Operation Engineer, Shafdan WWTP, Mekorot
Pat Whalen
President and CEO of LuminUltra Technologies Ltd.
Paul Choules
CEO, Water Cycle
Paul Hasler
North America Editor, Global Water Intelligence (GWI)
Peter Lake
Board Chairman, Texas Water Development Board
Rade Ray Kljajic
Managing Director, American Public Infrastructure Ltd
Rebecca Roose
Federal Environmental Policy Expert , New Mexico Environment Department
Richard Harasick
Senior Assistant General Manager, Water System, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Robert Montenegro
Executive Vice President, Grundfos USA
Robert Simm
Senior Vice President, Water, Stantec
Roger Bailey
General Manager and CEO, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
Sam Wade
CEO, National Rural Water Association
Sarah Buck
Director of Regionalization, RCAP Inc.
Scott S. Slater
Chief Executive Officer & President, Cadiz Inc.
Scott W. Jellison, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer, The Metropolitan District (MDC)
Seth Brown
Principal and Founder of Storm and Stream Solutions, LLC
Seth M. Siegel
Author
Stephen Auton-Smith
Managing Director, Ernst & Young Infrastructure Advisors LLC
Steve Cole
Partner and Executive Vice President of Five Point Energy
Sue McCormick
Chief Executive Officer, Great Lakes Water Authority
Suresh Vasan
Managing Director, Private Capital Advisory’s Private Capital Solutions Group
Tad Bohannon
Chief Executive Officer, Central Arkansas Water
Tammy Stone
Consultant, Isle Utilities
Ted Chapman
Senior Director, S&P Global Ratings Municipal Infrastructure Group
Ted Henifin
General Manager, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Terry Mah
Founder, Malabar Group
Thomas Curran
Senior Analyst & Senior Vice President, B. Riley FBR
Thomas Walkosak
CEO, EOSi
Timothy Thomure
Director, Tucson Water
Todd Swingle
Executive Director, Toho Water Authority, Kissimmee, FL
Tom Bartol
Manager for Water/Wastewater Policy, Permitting, and Compliance at JEA
Tom Entsminger
Manager of Program Administration, Texas Water Development Board
Tom Pankratz
Editor, Water Desalination Report (WDR)
Torri Martin
Interim Deputy Commissioner, Office of Information Management, City of Atlanta.
Traci Minamide
COO, City of Los Angeles, LA Sanitation and Environment
Trent Stober
PE, Utility Management Services Director, HDR
Vetrivel Dhagumudi
Global Program Leader, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Vijay Rengaraju
US Segment Business Manager for Power Generation and Water, ABB Inc
Walt Roberts
Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture, Legislative Affairs and External Relations
Will Sarni
Founder and CEO, Water Foundry
Yair Poleg
Co-founder and CTO, Ayyeka
Yossi Yaacoby
Chief of Staff to CEO, Mekorot
Yuliana E. Porras-Mendoza
Advanced Water Treatment Research Coordinator, United States Bureau of Reclamation
Zachary Sadow
CFO, Antelope
