CELPC Presents: Wade Crowfoot California's Water Future: Disaster or Deliverance? _2/15/2018

California Environmental Law & Policy Center (CELPC) presents: CALIFORNIA’S WATER FUTURE: DISASTER OR DELIVERANCE? Please join CELPC in welcoming Wade Crowfoot, CEO of The Water Foundation. How can our state make its water systems more resilient in the age of climate change? And are our institutions up to the task? Wade will explore these questions as he outlines current movements, opportunities and hot topics within California water policy. Wade Crowfoot is CEO of the Water Foundation, a nonprofit philanthropy working to transform water use in the American West. Prior to this role, Wade served California Governor Jerry Brown as deputy cabinet secretary and senior advisor, where he led the administration’s drought response efforts and spearheaded priority initiatives to build California’s climate resilience. Before joining the Brown Administration, Wade served as west coast regional director for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). He also served as senior environmental advisor to former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, where he led many of Mayor Newsom’s environmental initiatives. Wade holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.