Board & Staff

Board Members

President

BILL MASSEY
707.888.9534
e-mail: modocbill@gmail.com

Vice President /NRWA Director

JOHN COVINGTON
Morongo Band of Mission Indians Water Dept.
951.755.5270
e-mail: jcovington@morongo-nsn.gov

Board Secretary/Treasurer

JON CURRY
Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District
661.822.5504
e-mail: jcurry@tccwd.com

Director

PHILIP “FLIP” BOERMAN
916.801.0683
e-mail: fboerman@crwrma.org

Director

TERESA TANAKA
209.482.1015
e-mail: tretanaka@gmail.com

Director

DEBRA SEDWICK
916.214.1533
e-mail: debsedwick@att.net

Director

JIM HANSEN
Marina Ranchos County Water District
760.247.1205
e-mail: gmmrcwd@gmail.com


Management Staff

Executive Director

DAN DEMOSS
cell: 916.616.7761
e-mail: ddemoss@calruralwater.org

Deputy Director

DUSTIN HARDWICK
cell: 760.920.0842
e-mail: dhardwick@calruralwater.org


Administrative Staff

Project Manager and Executive Assistant to the Director

RUBY BRUNGESS
e-mail: rbrungess@calruralwater.org

Program Support Specialist II

ASHLEY FOLTZ
e-mail: afoltz@calruralwater.org


Accounting Department

Accounting Manager

CHRISTINA SCHAEFER
e-mail: cschaefer@calruralwater.org

Accounts Payable

TONI PERSCHON
e-mail: tperschon@calruralwater.org

Accounts Receivable

PRIYA VANDHANA
e-mail: pvandhana@calruralwater.org

General Accounting Questions

Kiara Swann
e-mail: accounting@calruralwater.org


Apprenticeship Program

Coordinators

JORDAN FAULHABER
e-mail: jfaulhaber@calruralwater.org

ASHLEY FOLTZ
e-mail: afoltz@calruralwater.org


CCC Lead Sampling Program

CCC Managers

JESS REYNOLDS
e-mail: jreynolds@calruralwater.org

SUNAINA KAUR
e-mail: skaur@calruralwater.org

CCC Lead Sampling Schedulers

OLIVIA BOEHMER
e-mail: oboehmer@calruralwater.org

SUSAN BOROWSKI
e-mail: sborowski@calruralwater.org


Events, Training & Membership

ACR Publications, Membership, Events & Training

CANDICE COLSON-JACKSON, Facility Manager
e-mail: candicej@calruralwater.org


Resource Development Unit/SUSP Engineering

Deputy Director

DUSTIN HARDWICK
cell: 760.920.0842
e-mail: dhardwick@calruralwater.org

Resource Development Coordinator

LUIS CARMONA
916.283.8509
e-mail: lcarmona@calruralwater.org

Administrative Assistants

ELIZABETH CLIFFORD
e-mail: lcarmona@calruralwater.org

URIS Customer Service Representative

ERIKA CANHAM
e-mail: ecanham@calruralwater.org

Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director and Project Manager

THOMAS ELISHER
530.306.7045
e-mail: telisher@urisinsurance.com

Senior Project Engineers

JEFFREY BENSCH, P.E.
e-mail: jbensch@calruralwater.org
NATE THOMAS, P.E.
e-mail: nthomas@calruralwater.org
CHUCK STEINBERGS, P.E.
e-mail: csteinbergs@calruralwater.org
HOUMAN AZARI, P.E.
e-mail: hazari@calruralwater.org

Project Engineer

KELLY ARCHER
e-mail: karcher@calruralwater.org
ARCHANA BHARDWAJ,P.E.
e-mail: abhardwaj@calruralwater.org
GLENN LUBBE, P.E.
e-mail: glubbe@calruralwater.org

Associate Engineers

MOHAMMAD DANISHYAR, E.I.T.
e-mail: mdanishyar@calruralwater.org
NASSER DANISHYAR, E.I.T
e-mail: ndanishyar@calruralwater.org
DYLAN DIBBLE, E.I.T.
e-mail: ddibble@calruralwater.org
TIMOFEY POLIAKOV, E.I.T.
e-mail: tpoliakov@calruralwater.org

Project Assistant

AUDRA STRALING
e-mail: ncook@calruralwater.org

Engineering Program Manager

NICOLE COOK
916.283.8507
e-mail: ncook@calruralwater.org

Senior Hydrogeologist

THOMAS E. BALLARD, PG, CHG
e-mail: tballard@calruralwarer.org

Lead Technical Specialist

BELINDA CARROLL
e-mail: bcarroll@calruralwater.org


Federal Program Staff

Federal Programs Manager

CHRIS RIZZO
cell: 909.714.6210
e-mail: crizzo@calruralwater.org

Source Water Protection Specialists

TAHNEE PRAISWATERnorth
cell: 530.457.7243
e-mail: tpraiswater@calruralwater.org

MICHAEL SIMS – Lead Leak Detection Specialist – south
cell: 858.444.6378
e-mail: msims@calruralwater.org

Decentralized Wastewater Circut Rider

Dan DeMoss
cell: 916.616.7761
e-mail: ddemoss@calruralwater.org

EPA Program Specialists

CHRIS RIZZO, Federal Program Manager, EPA Wastewater Specialist
cell: 909.714.6210
e-mail: crizzo@calruralwater.org

JULIA MARTINEZ, EPA Program Specialist & CRWA Trainer
cell: 707.349.0039
e-mail: jmartinez@calruralwater.org

Energy Efficiency Circuit Rider

BRIAN HOFFMAN
cell: 707.514.5838
e-mail: bhoffman@calruralwater.org

Circuit Riders

ABEL SILVA, Disaster Recovery 
cell: 909.915.4158
e-mail: asilva@calruralwater.org

MICHAEL SWEITZERSouthern CA
cell: 442.446.9629
e-mail: msweitzer@calruralwater.org

DARIN MCCOSKER – Northern CA
cell: 707.533.3466
e-mail: dmccosker@calruralwater.org

PHILIP KOCHCentral CA
cell: 661.401.38181
e-mail: pkoch@calruralwater.org

Source Water Protection Specialists

DONNY BREEDLOVENorthern CA
e-mail: dbreedlove@calruralwater.org

Wastewater Specialists

PAT CONWAYCentral/Southern CA
cell: 559.741.5336
e-mail: pconway@calruralwater.org

MASON FAULHABERNorthern CA
cell: 916.413.3466
e-mail: mfaulhaber@calruralwater.org


SUSP Operations

SUSP Field Training and Operations Manager

FERNANDO SAENZ
e-mail: fsaenz@calruralwater.org

SUSP Compliance

DEBRA SKLETON, Compliance Supervisor
e-mail: dskelton@calruralwater.org

KRISTEN OTA, Compliance Specialist
e-mail: kota@calruralwater.org

PAIGE FITZGIBBON, Complaince Specialist
e-mail: pfitzgibbon@calruralwater.org

SUSP Regional Managers

ESTEVAN GARIBAY
e-mail: egaribay@calruralwater.org

MIKE BUSSE
e-mail: mbusse@calruralwater.org

BRAD HOAGLAND
e-mail: bhoagland@calruralwater.org

SUSP Chief Plant Officer

JOEY ESCRUPULO
e-mail: jescrupulo@calruralwater.org

SUSP Administrative Assistants

CIERRA CREAMER
e-mail: ccreamer@calruralwater.org

MADDIE SAENZ
e-mail: msaenz@calruralwater.org

ERIN BACHARA
e-mail: erin@suspinc.org

BRENDA HERNANDEZ
e-mail: brenda@suspinc.org

FLAVIA TAYLOR
e-mail: flavia@suspinc.org

SUSP Maintenance Specialist

JACOB ANZALDUA
e-mail: jacob@suspinc.org

JOSH BROWNING
e-mail: jbrowning@suspinc.org

ALEX CRUZ
e-mail: acruz@calruralwater.org

JOEY FILLMORE
e-mail: joey@suspinc.org

ABIGAIL FITZPATRICK
e-mail: afitzpatrick@calruralwater.org

JOSH HINDS
e-mail: josh@suspinc.org

MANUEL MADRID
e-mail: mmadrid@calruralwater.org

CODY MATHIES
e-mail:cody@suspinc.org

ZAREK NAZARENO
e-mail: znazareno@calruralwater.org

SUSP Supervising Field Specialist

MICHAEL LANE
e-mail: mlane@calruralwater.org

SUSP Technical Field Specialist

MARK HARDISON, Leak Detection Specialist III/Water Use Efficiency Specialist
e-mail: mhardison@calruralwater.org

EMILIO GONZALEZ
e-mail: emillio@suspinc.org

SUSP Field Technicians

ANDREW AVILA
e-mail: andrew@suspinc.org

JERAMEY CLIMER
e-mail: jeramey@suspinc.org

JOSEPH CORRIEA
e-mail: josephc@suspinc.org

GARRETT CURRY
e-mail: tcreamer@calruralwater.org

MATTHEW MARTINEZ
e-mail: matt@suspinc.org

MATTHEW MOLINA
e-mail: mattm@suspinc.org

MICHAEL ROSAS
e-mail: michaelr@suspinc.org

FERNANDO SAENZ III
e-mail: fernando@suspinc.org

JAMES WEISER
e-mail: james@suspinc.org

CAMERON WEST
e-mail: cwest@calruralwater.org

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