AWWEE is led by a Board of Directors comprised of many distinguished leaders in the water, energy and environment fields in California. 

President

Lana Haddad

Legislative Services Section Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Vice President

Jenna McDavid

ZEV Strategy Practice Director,
Kimley-Horn

Treasurer

Secretary

Virginia Thompson

Development Director, NextEra Energy

Andrea Roess

Managing Director,
David Taussig & Associates, Inc.

Director

Allison Bially

Director, Alternative Energy Systems Consulting (AESC)

Director

Phyllis Currie

Retired from Pasadena Water and Power

Director

Jamie Garrett

Founder, Trellis Strategy

Director

Barbara Hale

Assistant General Manager, Power, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Director

Sephra Ninow

Director

Laura Nomura

Retired from Eastern Municipal Water District

Gwenneth O’Hara

Founding Director

Jennifer Persike

Director

Director of Regulatory Affairs, Center for Sustainable Energy

Shareholder, Buchalter

President, Jennifer Persike & Company

Director

Laurel Rothschild

Vice President of Energy Programs, The Energy Coalition

Amy Rowland

CEO, Pangea Biological

Director

Director

Winifred (Windie) Yancy

Retired from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Executive Director

Meghan Roberts

Membership and Marketing Coordinator

Nicolette Noland

Operations Assistant

Allison Ward


FOUNDING DIRECTORS

Nancy Jenkins Ander

Marcie Edwards

Lillian Kawasaki

Lisa Morinini

Laurene Park

Lynda Ziegler

PAST DIRECTORS

Sharon Cohen

Lisa Davidson

Laura Doll

Erin Grizard

Dian Grueneich

Veronica Hicks

Reiko Kerr

Mary Nichols

Nancy Saracino

Nancy Sutley