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

Opening Address

Victor Davis Hanson
Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Case Study: Water Banking
Marvin Meyers, Chief Executive Officer
Meyers Farms

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

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

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

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