Officers & Executive Director

Current & Past Officers of the California Water & Environmental Modeling Forum

CWEMF Executive Director & Officers

Executive Director: Sujoy Roy (Tetra Tech, Inc.)
Convener: Vivek Bedekar (S.S. Papadopulos & Assoc.)
Vice-Convener: Nicole Osorio (CA Dept of Water Resources)
Secretary: Ben Bray (East Bay Municipal Utility District)
Treasurer: Stacy Tanaka (Watercourse Engineering, Inc.)
Past-Convener: Jesse Jankowski (SWRCB)

Previous Executive Directors

2017-2025 Paul Hutton (Tetra Tech, Inc.)
2010-2017 Elaine Archibald (Archibald Consulting)
2003-2010 Richard Satkowski (SWRCB)
1997-2002 John Williams (Retired)

Previous Conveners

2023-2024 Jesse Jankowski (SWRCB)
2021-2022 Tariq Kadir (DWR)
2019-2020 Shyamal Chowdhury (United States Army Corps of Engineers)
2017-2018 Tariq Kadir (CA Dept of Water Resources)
2015-2016 Josué Medellín-Azuara (UC Davis)
2013-2014 Ben Bray (East Bay Municipal Utility District)
2011-2012 Marianne Guerin (Resource Management Associates)
2009-2010 Paul Hutton (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California)
2007-2008 Tara Smith (CA Dept of Water Resources)
2005-2006 K. T. Shum (East Bay Municipal Utility District)
2002-2004 Nigel Quinn (Lawrence Berkeley NL, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
2001 Richard Satkowski (State Water Resources Control Board)
2000 Rob Tull (CH2M Hill)
1999 Spreck Rosekrans (Environmental Defense)
1998 Richard Denton (Contra Costa Water District)
1996-1997 Jay Lund (U.C. Davis)
1995 Jeff Lefkoff (Hydrologic Consultants, Inc.)
1994 Greg Gartrell (Contra Costa Water District)

Previous Vice-Conveners

2023-2024 Vivek Bedekar (S.S. Papadopulos & Assoc.)
2021-2022 Jesse Jankowski (SWRCB)
2020 Tariq Kadir (CA Dept of Water Resources)
2019 Abdul Khan (CA Dept of Water Resources
2017-2018 Shyamal Chowdhury (United States Army Corps of Engineers)
2015-2016 Tariq Kadir (CA Dept of Water Resources)
2013-2014 Josué Medellín-Azuara (UC Davis)
2011-2012 Ben Bray (East Bay Municipal Utility District)
2009-2010 Marianne Guerin (Resources Management Associates)
2007-2008 Paul Hutton (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California)
2005-2006 Tara Smith (CA Dept of Water Resources)
2003-2004 K.T. Shum (East Bay Municipal Utility District)
2002 Rob Tull (CH2M Hill)
2000-2001 Lloyd Peterson (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)
1999 George Barnes (CA Department of Water Resources)
1998 Spreck Rosekrans (Environmental Defense)
1996-1997 Richard Denton (Contra Costa Water District)
1995 Jay Lund (U.C. Davis)
1994 Jeff Lefkoff (Hydrologic Consultants, Inc.)

Previous Secretaries

2013-2020 George Nichol (Retired)
2001-2012 George Nichol (State Water Resources Control Board)
2000 George Nichol (Central Valley Reg. Water Quality Control Bd)
1994-1999 George Nichol (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Previous Treasurers

2005-2007 Lisa Holm (CALFED)
2002-2004 Lisa Holm (Contra Costa Water District)
2001 Kevin Long (State Water Resources Control Board)
1994-2000 Margaret Johnston (San Francisco Estuary Institute)