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San Diego County Water Authority

Director:
Elsa Saxod
Agency: City of San Diego
Date seated on Board: June 02, 2008
Term Expiration Date: February 7, 2010
Current SDCWA Committee Appointments:
  • Imported Water
  • Legislation, Conservation, and Outreach
Past SDCWA Committee Appointments: None
Water industry affiliations:
  • Past director of the Department of Binational Affairs for the city of San Diego focused on binational environmental issues including water and wastewater issues
  • Consulting work has included: work on water and wastewater infrastructure issues and U.S./Mexico relations, water issues for the U.S. EPA, and research project on plannling issues for transboundary aquifers on the U.S./Mexico border for a consortium of U.S. and Mexican Universities
  • Co-chair for the San Diego/Tijuana Binational Watershed Advisory Council
  • Past chair for the U.S. EPA Border 2012 Regional Water Working Group
Professional and community activities:
  • Chaired the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s International Committee
  • Serves on UCSD’s Board of Overseers
  • Serves on Dean’s Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University
  • Regional Chamber’s representative to the San Diego International Airport Advisory Committee
  • Past chair of SANDAG Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities
  • Served on the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors
  • San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure Committee and Water Subcommittee
Other:
  • Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from San Diego State University