December 11-13, 2019
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
December 11
Colorado River 101 – A View of the River
- Colby Pellegrino, Director of Water Resources, Southern Nevada Water Authority | PDF ⟶
Augmentation Colloquium – When Flows Are Low
- Moderator: Lisa Atkins, President, Central Arizona Water Conservation District | PDF ⟶
- Chuck Cullom, Colorado River Programs Manager, Central Arizona Project | PDF ⟶
- Candice Hasenyager, Assistant Planning Director, Utah Division of Water Resources | PDF ⟶
- Sandy Kerl, General Manager, San Diego County Water Authority | PDF ⟶
- Deven Upadhyay, Assistant General Manager/Chief Operating Officer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | PDF ⟶
- Greg Walch, General Counsel, Southern Nevada Water Authority | PDF ⟶
Regulatory Colloquium – Rules of the River
- Moderator: Aaron Chavez, Executive Director, San Juan Water Commission
- Christopher Bellona, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines | PDF ⟶
- Lowry A. Crook, Esq., Partner, Best Best & Krieger, LLP | PDF ⟶
- Maribeth Klein, Senior Attorney, Salt River Project | PDF ⟶
- Melissa Mata, Program Coordinator, San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program, US Fish and Wildlife Service | PDF ⟶
December 12
Welcome
- Jim Broderick, CRWUA President | Video ⟶
Commissioner’s Perspective: Responding to Risk in the Colorado River Basin | Video ⟶
- Brenda Burman, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
DCP: An Upper Basin Perspective | Video ⟶
- Moderator: Amy Haas, Executive Director, Upper Colorado River Commission
- Rebecca Mitchell, Director, Colorado Water Conservation Board and, Commissioner, Upper Colorado River Commission
- Steve Wolff, Administrator, Interstate Streams Division, Wyoming State Engineer’s Office
Interim Guidelines Discussion | Video ⟶
- Moderator: John Fleck, Director of Water Resources, The University of New Mexico
- Ted Cooke, General Manager, Central Arizona Project
- John Entsminger, General Manager, Southern Nevada Water Authority
- Terry Fulp, Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- Andy Mueller, General Manager, Colorado River Water Conservation District
- Jennifer Pitt, Director, Colorado River Program, National Audubon Society
- Tina Shields, Water Department Manager, Imperial Irrigation District
- Daryl Vigil, Water Administrator, Jicarilla Apache Nation
Lunch
Running the Rapids of Climate Change: What Does the Science Say?
- Moderator: Anne Castle, Senior Fellow, Getches-Wilkinson Center, University of Colorado | PDF ⟶
- Katharine Jacobs, Director, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, University of Arizona | PDF ⟶
- Eric Kuhn, Author, Retired General Manager, Colorado River Conservation District | PDF ⟶
- Jack Schmidt, Professor of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University | PDF ⟶
Tribal Water: Opportunities and Challenges
- Moderator: Darryl Vigil, Water Administrator, Jicarilla Apache Nation
- Lorelei Cloud, Councilwoman, Southern Ute Tribal Council
- Jason John, Principal Hydrologist, Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources
- Dr. Henry Martinez, General Manager, Imperial Irrigation District
- Jay Weiner, Legal Counsel, Quechan Indian Tribe
- Tim Williams, Chairman, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
150th Anniversary of John Wesley Powell Expedition: A Look Into the Future of the West Through Education, Art, Science and Policy | PDF ⟶
- Moderator: Dr. Thomas Minckley, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming
- Jessica Flock, Wyoming History Day Coordinator, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
- Patrick Kikut, Senior Associate Lecturer, Department of Visual and Literary Art, University of Wyoming
- Jason Robison, Law Professor, College of Law, University of Wyoming
Forecasting Beyond the Next Bend
- Moderator: Jeanine Jones, Interstate Resources Manager, California Department of Water Resources | PDF ⟶
- Tom Hamill, Research Meteorologist, NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory | PDF ⟶
- James Prairie, Hydrologic Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water & Environmental Systems | PDF ⟶
- Russ Sands, Senior Program Manager, Colorado Water Conservation Board, State of Colorado | PDF ⟶
December 13
Business Meeting | Video ⟶
Senior Federal Agency Water Officials Panel – Improving Inter-agency Coordination for Water Supply Reliability | Video ⟶
- Moderator: Aubrey Bettencourt, Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water & Science, U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Department of the Interior - Dr. Timothy Petty, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science
- Brenda Burman, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Dr. Timothy Gallaudet, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere
U.S. Department of Energy - Daniel Simmons, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Astor Boozer, Regional Conservationist – West
U.S. Department of Environmental Protection - Jess Kramer, Senior Counsel to the Assistant Administrator, Office of Water