Santa Ana River Watershed 2010

8:30 – 9:15 a.m.

Registration

Coffee Service

9:15 – 9:30 a.m.

Welcome – Santa Ana River Watershed: Reaching our Potential

• Marion Ashley, Board of Supervisors, Riverside County
• Frank Dela Vara, Director of Environmental Affairs, Disneyland Resort

9:30 – 9:40 a.m.

The Santa Ana River Watershed – A Regional Powerhouse

Ron Craig, Senior Vice President, RBF Consulting

9:40 – 11:05 a.m.

Watershed Goals: Seeing the Big Picture

Randy Record, Board Member, Eastern Municipal WD and Vice President, Association of California Water Agencies

Response Panel: How Do We Fund What Needs to be Done?

• Senator Dave Cogdill, State Senator, 14th District
• Ronald Gastelum, Interim Executive Director Southern California Water Committee
• Tim Quinn, Executive Director, Association of California Water Agencies
• Garry Brown, Founder and President of Orange County Coast Keeper, OWOW Steering Committee Member  

Audience participation (Qwizdom)

11:05– 11:20 a.m.

BREAK – Networking and Exhibits

11:20 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

The Watershed Approach: Working Together to Find Efficiencies and Synergies

Col. Thomas Magness, Commander, Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Response Panel: Implementing the Vision: OWOW is the Answer

• Fran Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair, State Water Resources Control Board
• Ruth Villalobos, Vice President of Environmental and Regulatory Services, RBF Consulting
• Dale Hoffman-Floerke, Deputy Director, Integrated Water Management, California Department of Water Resources

Audience participation (Qwizdom)

12:45 – 1 p.m.

BREAK – Exhibits

1 – 2 p.m.

LUNCH

Announcement of Watershed Award Winners

Terry Catlin, SAWPA Chair and Phil Anthony, SAWPA Vice Chair

Keynote Address: Ellen Hanak, Director of Research,  Public Policy Institute of California, co-author of the report: “California Water Myths”  

2 – 3:30 p.m.

What will the future look like?

A.G. Kawamura, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture

Response Panel: How Do We Live in the 21st Century?

• Beth Jines, Assistant General Manager for  Environmental Affairs, City of Los Angeles
• Randall Lewis, Executive Vice President, Lewis Group of Companies
• Eric Garner, Managing Partner, Best Best & Krieger
• Art Baggett, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board

Audience participation (Qwizdom)

3:30 wrap up

Wrap up

Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority