Nevada Water Resources Association
Board of Trustees
2026 - 2027
NWRA President - Reed Cozens
NWRA Vice President - Jena Huntington
NWRA Treasurer - Kip Allander
NWRA Executive Consultant - Tina Triplett
District 1
Clark, Lincoln, Nye, & Esmeralda Counties
Aaron Bunker (2028)
Water Resource Manager
Virgin Valley Water District
500 Riverside Road
Mesquite, Nevada 89027
(702) 346-5731
Christi Cooper (2029)
Chief, Southern Nevada Branch Office
Nevada Division of Water Resources
400 Shadow Lane Suite 201
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 486-2770
Jeff Johnson (2027)
Associate Hydrogeologist
Broadbent & Associates Inc
8 W Pacific Avenue
Henderson, NV 89015
(702) 563-0600
Nick Ross (2027)
WETLAB - Western Environmental Testing Laboratory
475 East Greg Street Suite 119
Sparks, NV 89431
(775) 232-3158
District 2
Mineral, Lyon, Douglas, Storey, Carson, & Churchill Counties
Kip Allander (2028) - NWRA Treasurer
Chief of Hydrology
Nevada Division of Water Resources
901 South Stewart Street Suite 2002
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 684-2853
Jena Huntington (2027)
Hydrologist, Studies Chief
US Geological Survey
2730 North Deer Run Road Suite 3
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 546-8431
Lindsay Budija (2029)
Water Resource Specialist I
Carson Water Subconservancy District
777 East William Street #209
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 887-7450
Jason Kuchnicki (2027)
Environmental Scientist
Bureau of Water Quality Planning – Nevada
901 South Stewart Street Suite 4001
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 687-9450
Nevada State Engineer
Christopher Thorson, PE
Acting Nevada State Engineer
Nevada Division of Water Resources
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
901 South Stewart Street Suite 2002
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 684-2861
Executive Consultant
Tina Triplett
Nevada Water Resources Association
PO Box 8064
Reno, NV 89507
(775) 473-5473 Phone/Fax
Technical Journal Editors - Non-Voting
Ramon Naranjo
Research Hydrologist
US Geological Survey
2730 North Deer Run Road Suite 3
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 224-7992
Kip Allander
Chief of Hydrology
Nevada Division of Water Resources
901 South Stewart Street Suite 2002
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 684-2853
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NWRA Member
District 3
Lander, Eureka, Elko, & White Pine Counties
Shaun DeBray (2029)
Senior Dewatering Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines
1825 Sequoia Drive
Elko, NV 89801
(775) 397-8636
Vincent Johnson (2028) - NWRA Vice President
Associate/Elko Manager
Broadbent & Associates Inc
845 Railroad Street
Elko, NV 89801
(775) 777-2931
Brian Gale (2027)
Rancher, Elko County Commissioner
Humboldt River Basin Water Authority
HC 60 Box 645
Ruby Valley, NV 89833
(775) 388-3358
Ben Volk (2027)
Program Manager
J-U-B Engineers Inc
5190 Neil Road Suite 500
Reno, NV 89502
(509) 521-6249
District 4
Humboldt, Pershing, & Washoe Counties
Reed Cozens, PE, WRS (2027) - NWRA President
General Manager
Carson Water Subconservancy District
777 East William Street #209
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 887-7450
Edmund Quaglieri (2029)
Resource Services Manager
Truckee Meadows Water Authority
1355 Capital Blvd
Reno, NV 89502
(775) 834-8292
Karin Peternel, MS, CFM, CPSWQ, QSD/QSP (2028)
Senior Scientist III
AtkinsRéalis
10615 Professional Circle Suite106
Reno, NV 89521
(775) 501-4720
Alexandra Lutz, PhD, MBA (2027)
Director
DRI/UNR - Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences
2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512
(775) 329-3637
Student Members - Non-Voting
Gabson Baguma
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 South Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
(775) 473-5473
Eugene Long
Desert Research Institute
2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512
(775) 473-5473
Julian Cardona Vallejo
University of Nevada, Reno
PO Box 8064
Reno, NV 89507
(775) 473-5473
Ahdee Zeidman
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 South Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154
(775) 473-5473
Student Outreach Coordinators - Non-Voting
Mark Gookin
Principal
Terraphase Engineering
300 South Wells Avenue #13
Reno, NV 89502
(775) 771-7349
Amy Miecznikowski
Project Engineer
Terraphase Engineering Inc
300 South Wells Avenue #13
Reno, NV 89502
(775) 240-9444
