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 Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) from 2003-14, during which he also served as Upper Colorado River Compact Commissioner and Governor’s Representative on Colorado River matters.