Say hello to Rick Maloy!
Rick Maloy is the Director of Communication overseeing water conservation, communication, and education at Central Utah Water Conservancy District. Rick knows the importance of water and what needs to be done to meet the future demand as the state of Utah continues to grow. Rick has spent over 17 years working in the field of […]
Say hello to Andy Mueller!
He is the General Manager of the Colorado River Water Conservation District. Prior to taking the helm at the Colorado River District he spent 23 years in private law practice on the West Slope of Colorado. His work ranged across the breadth of critical western Colorado topics: water, natural resource, land use and community issues. […]
Say hello to Ron Burke!
Mr. Burke became the CEO and President of the Alliance for Water Efficiency on March 22, 2021. Ron spent the first twenty years of his career working on environmental policy and programs as an Environmental Scientist for the U.S. EPA, the Environmental Health Director and Deputy Executive Director for the American Lung Association of Metropolitan […]
Say hello to George Frisvold!
He is the Bartley P. Cardon Chair of Agribusiness Economics and Policy and professor and extension specialist in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics at the University of Arizona. He received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been a Visiting Scholar at India’s National Institute of Rural […]
Say hello to Mike Vickrey!
He is a fifth generation cattle rancher from Sublette County, WY. He attended the University of Wyoming and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Animal Science. He currently serves as the President of the Green River Valley Cattlemens Association. His passions include working with young people and following the motto–The future belongs to those who […]
Say hello to Estevan López!
He is New Mexico’s Upper Colorado River Compact Commissioner and Governor’s Representative on Colorado River matters. He is a native New Mexican with 40 years of engineering experience including top-level water management. He served as Commissioner of the US Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) from 2014-17. Before that, he served as Director of the New Mexico […]
Say hello to Ed Gerak!
Ed has over 17 years of experience in water and power issues. Ed spent 10 years as the General Manager of the Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District (BWCDD), an IEDA member. In 2009, Ed began representing IEDA on the Colorado River Energy Distributors Association board, becoming president in 2015. In 2017, Ed joined the […]
Say hello to John J. Entsminger!
John oversees the operations of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which is responsible for acquiring, treating and delivering water to local agencies that collectively serve 2 million residents and more than 40 million annual visitors, and the Las Vegas Valley Water District, which serves more than 375,000 customer accounts. He was appointed general manager by […]
Say hello to Dave Showalter!
Conservation photographer and author is focused on the American West. Dave works throughout the West and has published two books prior to Living River: Sage Spirit – The American West At A Crossroads by Braided River, and Prairie Thunder – The Nature of Colorado’s Great Plains by Skyline Press. Dave is a Senior Fellow in […]
Say hello to Karen Kwon!
Karen is the Associate Program Director for the Colorado River Sustainability Campaign where she works with groups focused on advancing collaborative solutions to the water supply and ecosystem challenges existing within the Colorado River Basin. Karen is an attorney by trade with more than 20 years of experience in problem-solving resource scarcity challenges and expertise […]