Board of Directors / Staff

Board Members Position Organization
Stephanie Hearn President GEI Consultants
Dolores Salgado 1st VP Ardurra
Steve Torigiani 2nd VP Young Wooldridge LLP
Joe Butkiewicz Treasurer Kern Water Bank
Angelica Martin Secretary Tejon Ranch
Jason Gianquinto WAKC Past Leader Semitropic Water Storage District
Joe Ashley Oil & Gas California Resources Corp
John Gaugel Farming/Water Users Wonderful Orchards
Raul Barraza Municipal/Purveyor Arvin CSD
Vanessa Yap Escobedo Ag Water District Kern Tulare Water District
Amy Rutledge Public/Stakeholders Kern County Public Health
David Ansolabehere Ag Water District Cawelo Water District
David Hampton Ag Water District North Kern Water District
George Ming Public/Stakeholders Alliance Appraisal
Greg Hammett Ag Water District/Purveyor West Kern Water District
Jason Giannelli Farming/Water Users Old River Farming
Kristina Budak Municipal/Purveyor City of Bakersfield
Laura Cattani Farming/Water Users Kern County Water Agency
Rafael Molina Municipal/Purveyor California Water Service
Ryan Nunneley Municipal/Purveyor Oildale Mutual Water Company
Samuel Blue Ag Water District Arvin Edison Water Storage District
Scott Thayer Public/Stakeholders Castle & Cooke, Inc
Steven Teglia Ag Water District Kern Delta Water District
Trent Taylor Ag Water District Rosedale-Rio Bravo WSD
Tiphanie White-LaGue Oil & Gas Chevron

Water Fact

Friant Dam and Miller ton Lake (520,500-acre-foot capacity), were completed in 1942, on the San Joaquin River northeast of Fresno. The Friant-Kern Canal, was completed in 1949, running 152 miles from Friant to the Kern River in Bakersfield.

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The Water Association of Kern County is embarking upon a new, stronger effort to educate the general public about water issues that effect Kern County. A newly designed website, videos, Facebook and Twitter are all methods that will be used as a way of reaching the public. Messages will be simple and clear and provide many sources of information about water so that citizens  and policy makers can become informed and be better decision makers. Learn More ▸

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