The Very Last Drop: Managing Water & Food Production |
Presentation Slides & Bios |
Essential Elements Series Welcome
Chancellor Frank Gornick, WHCCD
Jim Mayer, Executive Director, CA Forward
William Bourdeau, Executive Vice President, Harris Farms
Introduction of William Craft & Kathleen Guy, The Eaton Cummings Group and
The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle, Filmunition Pictures
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Opening Address
Victor Davis Hanson
Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution |
Case Study: Water Banking
Marvin Meyers, Chief Executive Officer
Meyers Farms |
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Panel One:
Applied Water Innovation — To The Last Drop!
Initial Remarks/Moderator:
Dorene D’Adamo, Board Member, State Water Resources Control Board
Panelists:
Sarge Green, Consultant, CSU Fresno, Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
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Joe MacIlvaine, President, Paramount Farms
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Deborah Miller, President, The Deerpoint Group
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Michael Jackson, Area Manager, US Bureau of Reclamation
David Orth, General Manager, Kings River Conservation District
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Jason Peltier, Deputy General Manager, Westlands Water District
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Sandra Schubert, Undersecretary, CA Department of Food and Agriculture |
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Panel Two:
Agriculture Technology Job Creation — From the Future to the Valley
Initial Remarks/Moderator:
Daniel M. Dooley, Executive Vice President, University of California, Office of the President
Panelists:
Glenda Humiston, State Director, USDA Rural Development, US Department of Agriculture
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Corny Gallagher, Senior Vice President, Global Agriculture, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
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Jim Mayer, Executive Director, CA Forward
Anthony T. Oliveira, Oliveira Advisory Services LLC
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Erik Balling, President, California Water Services
and Green Leaf Ag
Facilitated Discussion
William Craft and Kathleen Guy |
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Panel Three:
Immediate Actions & Alliances to Create San Joaquin Valley Water Jobs
Initial Remarks/Moderator
Mark Nechodom, Director, Department of Conservation
Panelists:
Debbie Davis, Community & Rural Affairs Advisor, Local Drought Laison, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
Rich Engel, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni Affairs, UC Davis
Frank Gornick, Chancellor, WHCCD
Sandra Schubert, Undersecretary, CA Department of Food and Agriculture
Doug Verboon, County Supervisor, District 3, Kings County
Facilitated Discussion
William Craft and Kathleen Guy |
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Conversation For Change
Summary of the Day:
Chancellor Frank Gornick
Initial Remarks:
Robert Gore, The Gualco Group
Moderators:
William Craft & Kathleen Guy
Challenge for the Conversation Participants:
Debbie Davis
Dorene D’Adamo
Corny Gallagher
Glenda Humiston
Jim Mayer
Mark Nechodom
Sandra Schubert |
Next Steps
Frank Gornick, William Craft and Kathleen Guy |