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San Diego County Water Authority
News Release: December 9, 2004 |
Contact:
John Liarakos
Office (858) 522-6703
Mobile (858) 761-2544 |
or
Donna Nenow
Office (858) 522-6707
Mobile (858) 414-8168 |
Water Authority elects new officers to board of directors
Two-year terms begin Jan. 1, 2005
By a unanimous vote, the San Diego County Water Authority board of directors
today elected its new chairman, vice chairman and secretary.
James Bond of Encinitas was elected chairman of the board, George Loveland
of San Diego, vice-chairman and Claude “Bud” Lewis of Carlsbad,
secretary. The new officers begin two-year terms on Jan. 1, 2005.
James Bond represents the San Dieguito Water District in Encinitas on the
Water Authority board. A board member since 1998, Bond currently serves as vice-chairman
of the board and vice chairman of the executive committee. Bond represents the
Water Authority as a director of California Colorado River Board and the Association
of California Water Agencies. He is a member of the Water Authority’s
Ad Hoc Committee on Bi-national Activities, Fiscal Policy and Water Policy committees
and the Quantification Settlement Agreement Implementation Ad Hoc committee.
Currently in his fourth term on the Encinitas City Council, Bond has served
on the Water Authority board from 1993 to 1997 and 1998 to current. He is a
director and past chairman of San Dieguito Water District.
In addition to these responsibilities, Bond twice served as mayor of the city
of Encinitas and has been a city councilmember since 1992. Bond is a director
of the Cardiff Sanitation District and serves on the SANDAG Shoreline Erosion
Committee and the SANDAG Borders/SANDAG Regional Planning committee. He is a
past chairman of the Boys and Girls Club of San Dieguito and past president
of the Del Mar Rotary Club.
George Loveland represents the city of San Diego on the Water Authority board.
On the board since 2001, he currently serves as the board secretary and a delegate
to the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California board. Loveland is
a member of the Water Authority’s Fiscal Policy and Water Policy committees
and the Quantification Settlement Agreement Implementation Ad Hoc committee.
Loveland is Assistant City Manager for the city of San Diego. His areas of
responsibility include Citizens’ Assistance, Deputy City Managers, and
the Development Services, Human Resources, Planning and the Public & Media
Affairs departments. He is the former Senior Deputy General Manager responsible
for supervision of Water, Wastewater, Transportation, Engineering, Development
Review, Parks and Recreation, Environmental Services and General Services.
Claude “Bud” Lewis, mayor of the city of Carlsbad, has served on
the Water Authority board since 1995. Lewis currently serves as a delegate to
the MWD board, SANDAG board representative and is a member of the Public Affairs,
Water Policy and Desalination Ad Hoc committees.
Lewis has been the mayor of Carlsbad since 1986. For 34 years, Lewis taught
U.S. history and government at Carlsbad High School, where he was twice named
“Teacher of the Year.” He also served as head coach for both the
varsity football and baseball teams at Carlsbad and retired from the school
system in 1992.
The San Diego County Water Authority is a public agency serving the San Diego
region as a wholesale supplier of water from the Colorado River and Northern
California. The Water Authority works through its 23 member agencies to provide
a safe, reliable water supply to support the region’s $130 billion economy
and the quality of life of 3 million residents.
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