HomeMy WebLinkAboutLake Oroville Community Update - New Director Appointed to DWR, Executive Team Restructured to Strengthen Dam and Flood Safety, and Climate Resiliency Menchaca, Clarissa
From: DWR Oroville Spillways <oroville@water.ca.gov>
Sent: Thursday,January 18, 2018 934 AM
To: Menchaca, Clarissa
Subject: Lake Oroville Community Update
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January 1
New irector Appointed at Department of Water Resources, Executive
Team e tru tur to Strengthen Dam andloo Safety, Climate
Resiliency
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced the appointment of
Karla Nemeth to serve as Director of DWR. Nemeth has been deputy secretary and senior
advisor for water policy at the California Natural Resources Agency since 2014, was Bay-
Delta Conservation Plan project manager at the California Natural Resources Agency from
2009 to 2914 and was environmental and public affairs director at the Alameda County Flood
Control and ' "Vater Conservation District, Zone 7 from 2005 to 21 99. She brings extensive
knowledge of the state's water system, California Water action Plan and California VVaterFix
to the position. Nemeth succeeds Grant Davis, who is returning to, Sonoma County Water
Agency to serve as General Manager.
DWR also announced the restructuring and elevation of a number of positions on its executive
team to help improve long-term planning and day-to-day management of key water programs,
dam safety and flood control —functions that are increasingly critical in the face of climate
change. This includes replacing an existing executive position Deputy Director for Integrated
Water Management —with two positions tightly focused on priority areas, One position,
Deputy Director for Flood Management and Dam Safety, will focus specifically on flood
management, dam safety and the operation of DWR's dams, consistent with
recommendations from the Independent Forensic Team tasked with examining the Oroville
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