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Monterey County Water Resources Agency Names Interim Water Resources Agency Manager







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The Monterey County Water Resources Agency announced on Monday, December 17 that they've selected Shauna Lorance as their interim General Manager effective January 2, 2019. Lorance will lead the agency while a national recruitment continues for a permanent director. Salary for this limited-term assignment will be finalized by the Board of Supervisors during their first meeting next year, January 8, 2019. Ms. Lorance brings to Monterey County Water Resources Agency three decades of experience in both water management and as a water resources consulting engineer. For 20 years, she worked at the San Juan Water District, one of the largest water providers in the Sacramento region. She was the general manager at this District for 13 years. “We are pleased to be able to retain a manager of Ms. Lorance’s caliber to provide oversight and continuity for the Water Resources Agency at this time,” says Supervisor Luis Alejo, Chair, Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Supervisors. “The Agency has significant projects in process such as projects in cooperation with the Salinas Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency, completion of the Interlake Tunnel project, and future work to meet the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s and California Division of Safety of Dams’ compliance projects at Lakes San Antonio and Nacimiento.”
Ms. Lorance has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Davis and is a registered civil engineer in the state of California.

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