Nevada Water Resources Association
Board of Trustees
2025 - 2026
NWRA President - Reed Cozens
NWRA Vice President - Vincent Johnson
NWRA Treasurer - Kip Allander
NWRA Executive Consultant - Tina Triplett
photo by connor newman
NWRA Member
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 (2026) - NWRA Vice President
Supervising Well Supervisor
Nevada Division of Water Resources
400 Shadow Lane, Suite 201
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 486-2770
Jeff Johnson (2027)
SNWA Water Resources Department
Southern Nevada Water Authority
PO Box 99956
Las Vegas, NV 89193
(702) 862-3748
Kimberley Wolf (2026)
Manager, Permitting
AngloGold Ashanti North America
691 Lamoille Road
Lamoille, Nevada 89828
(775) 934-0658
District 3
Lander, Eureka, Elko, & White Pine Counties
Shaun DeBray (2026)
Senior Dewatering Engineer
Nevada Gold Mines
1825 Sequoia Drive
Elko, NV 89801
(775) 397-8636
Vincent Johnson (2028)
Associate Elko Manager
Broadbent & Associates Inc.
845 Railroad Street
Elko, NV 89801
(775) 777-2931
Steve King (2026)
Attorney at Law
The Law Office of Steven D. King
277 River Road
Dayton, NV 89403
(775) 427-5821
Ben Volk (2027)
Program Manager
J-U-B Engineers, Inc.
5190 Neil Road, Suite 500
Reno, NV 89502
(509) 521-6249
Nevada State Engineer
Adam Sullivan, PE
Nevada State Engineer
Nevada Division of Water 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 and Kip Allander - Editors
U.S. Geological Survey
2730 North Deer Run Road, Suite #3
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 887-7600
Nevada Division of Water Resources
901 South Stewart Street, Suite 2002
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 684-2853
Student Outreach Coordinator - Non-Voting
Mark Gookin
Principal
Terraphase Engineering
300 South Wells Avenue
Reno, NV 89502
(775) 771-7349
District 2
Mineral, Lyon, Douglas, Storey, Carson, & Churchill Counties
Kip Allander (2028)
Hydrogeologist
Nevada Division of Water Resources
901 South Stewart Street, Suite 2002
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 684-2853
Jena Huntington (2027)
Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
2730 North Deer Run Road
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 546-8431
Lindsay Marsh (2026)
Water Resources Specialist I
Carson Water Subconservancy District
777 East William Street, #209
Carson City, NV 89701
(775) 887-7450
Edmund Quaglieri (2026)
Resource Services Manager
Truckee Meadows Water Authority
1355 Capital Blvd.
Reno, NV 89502
(775) 834-8292
District 4
Humboldt, Pershing, & Washoe Counties
Reed Cozens, PE, WRS (2027) - NWRA President
Senior Water Rights Engineer
DOWL
5510 Longley Lane
Reno, NV 89511
(775) 851-4788
Matt Herrick (2026)
Principal Hydrogeologist/Division Manager
Broadbent & Associates Inc.
5450 Louie Lane, #101
Reno, NV 89511
(775) 322-7969
Karin Peternel, MS, CFM, CPSWQ, QSD/QSP (2028)
Senior Scientist III
AtkinsRéalis
10509 Professional Circle, #103
Reno, NV 89521
(775) 501-4720
Alexandra Lutz, PhD, MBA (2026)
Director
University of Nevada, Reno - 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
Header photo by LEO DROZDOFF