MCWRA Elects New Board Members
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Justin Caporusso
Executive Director/MCWRA
ExecutiveDirector.mcwra11@gmail.com
(916) 412-0571
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association
Elects New Board Members
MOUNTAIN COUNTIES, Calif. (APRIL 26, 2022) – The Mountain Counties Water Resources Association (MCWRA) has announced electing El Dorado County Supervisor Lori Parlin and El Dorado Irrigation District Director Lori Anzini to its Board of Directors. These elections bring the nine-member Board of Directors to full capacity. The positions take effect immediately, and run through 2025.
“We are excited to welcome Supervisor Parlin and Director Anzini to the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association Board of Directors,” said Mike Lee, MCWRA President. “Their individual backgrounds and collective experience will be of immense benefit to the MCWRA membership and region!”
The MCWRA Board consists of six elected Water Board members and three County Supervisors. Directors represent the membership-at-large in a regional capacity, not a specific entity.
Lori Parlin, El Dorado County Supervisor
Lori Parlin was elected to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors in 2018. Supervisor Parlin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Management Information Systems, from California State University, Sacramento. In addition to collaborating with and empowering community groups, Supervisor Parlin participates in commissions and committees that lead efforts among rural counties to improve forest health, fire resiliency, broadband, and tourism impacts.
Lori Anzini, El Dorado Irrigation District Director
Lori Anzini is currently serving as a board member of the El Dorado Irrigation District, Division 4. Director Anzini is a retiree of East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), where she gained in-depth knowledge of how a large water delivery system works. EBMUD services over 1.3 million people in the East Bay of San Francisco. Director Anzini also comes to this board with a broad experience of School Board and City Council experience from the City of Pittsburg, California, where she held the post of Mayor.
ABOUT MCWRA
MCWRA serves a total of 58 Executive, Affiliate, and Associate Members across 12 of California’s mountain counties, including Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Tuolumne, and Yuba Counties.
Mountain Counties Water Resources Association Mission is to unite agencies, groups and individuals whose interests include protecting and enhancing Mountain County water resources. This Mission is realized through strengthening Members’ regional leadership, collaboration, information sharing, issue awareness, education, advocacy, and potential legislative action or legal support.
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