Who's Who

California Department of Water Resources

Address: 715 P Street, Sacramento CA 95814 | Phone: 916-653-5791

EXECUTIVE TEAM
Karla Nemeth, Director
Cindy Messer, Lead Deputy Director
Laura Hollender, Deputy Director for Flood Management and Dam Safety
James Newcomb, Deputy Director of Natural Infrastructure and Ecosystem Resilience
Joel Metzger, Deputy Director of Statewide Water Resources Planning and Enterprise Project Management

DISTRICT OFFICES
Vacant, Chief
Northern District
2440 Main Street
Red Bluff, CA 96080-2398
Phone: (530) 529-7342

Karl Winkler, Chief
Central District
901 “P” Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 376-9655

Paula Landis, Chief
San Joaquin District
3374 East Shields Avenue
Fresno, CA 93726-6990
Phone: (559) 230-3310

Mark Stuart, Chief
Southern District
770 Fairmont Avenue
Glendale, CA 91203-1035

Mailing Address
PO Box 29068
Glendale, CA 91209-9068
Phone: (818) 500-1645 Ext.222

Operations & Maintenance, Carl Torgersen (916) 653-8583

FIELD DIVISIONS
Pete Scheele, Chief
Oroville Field Division
460 Glen Drive
Oroville, CA 95966
Phone: (530) 534-2323
or, PO Box 1191
Oroville, CA 96965

David Duval, Chief
Delta Field Division
5280 Bruns Road
Byron, CA 94514-1917
Phone: (209) 833-2017

Jim Thomas, Chief
San Luis Field Division
31770 Gonzaga Road
Gustine, CA 95322-9737
Phone: (209) 827-5150

Jeff Said, Chief
San Joaquin Field Division
4201 Sabodan Street
Bakersfield, CA 93313
Phone: (661) 858-5554

Sebastian Perez, Sr., Chief
Southern Field Division
31849 N. Lake Hughes Road
Castaic, CA 91384
Phone: (661) 944-8519
or, PO Box 98
Castaic, CA 91319-0098
The Reclamation Board

3310 El Camino Avenue, Room LL40
Sacramento, CA 95821
Phone: (916) 574-0609
Fax: (916) 574-0682

Benjamin F. Carter, President
Cheryl Bly-Chester, Vice President
Teri E. Rie, Secretary
Rosemarie Burroughs, Member
Maureen Doherty, Member Francis
“Butch” Hodgkins, Member Emma
T. Suarez, Member

Jay Punia, General Manager
Stephen T. Bradley, Chief Engineer
Scott Morgan, Counsel
Maureen Doherty, Staff Assistant

SIZE:3,500 employees, 11 main divisions, 5 field divisions (Oroville, Delta, San Luis, San Joaquin, Southern), 4 regional offices (Southern, South Central, Northern, North Central), more than 800 programs (branches, sections, offices, etc.)

WEBSITE: water.ca.gov

Water Fact

It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water — around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir — to recover from California’s continuing drought, according to NASA satellite data analysis.

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