| Shawn Dewane - President
Fred Bockmiller - First Vice President
James F. Atkinson - Vice President
James R. Fisler - Vice President
Trudy Ohlig-Hall - Vice President
Shawn Dewane, was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2005. He is currently serving as President , was President in 2009 and First Vice President in 2008.
Director Dewane owns and operates the branch office of Raymond James Financial Services in Newport Beach, which provides financial advice and retirement plan consulting. Mr. Dewane holds a Bachelors degree in Business Management from Arizona State University, an MBA from Pepperdine University, and has a Charter Financial Analyst Level One designation from the University of Southern California.
As a former member of the Association of California Water Agencies, Mr. Dewane has attended numerous annual conferences, and is familiar with the issues faced by water agencies.
Director Dewane has received the Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary International, serves as a Board Member for the Education Enhancement Society, honored as Adjunct Faculty at Pepperdine University, and is a Scholarship Recipient of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. Additionally he is a member of the Newport Harbor Chamber of Commerce and the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum.
The Registered Representative published the article, “Profitable Knowledge” in the October 1998 issue, which profiled his professional work.
Director Dewane currently Chairs the Executive Committee and serves on the Public Information, Audit Ad Hoc, and 50th Anniversary Ad Hoc Committees. Additionally he serves as Mesa’s liaison to the Independent Special Districts of Orange County, the City/Districts Liaison, the Orange County Business Council, and the Southern California Water Committee.
Director Dewane’s objectives in serving on Mesa’s Board include working to conduct sufficient oversight to ensure Mesa operates in a manner consistent with the policies and directives set by the Board. He is very committed to serving Mesa and the community.
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Fred Bockmiller was first elected to the Board of Directors in 1996 and represents the West Side of Costa Mesa. He currently Chairs Mesa’s IT Ad Hoc Committee and serves on Mesa’s Executive and Engineering & Operations Committees. Director Bockmiller serves as Mesa’s representative to the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Joint Powers Insurance Authority and City/Districts Liaison. Having been Mesa’s Board President for three terms (1999, 2000, and 2004), he has also chaired Mesa's Executive, Finance, Engineering & Operations, Public Information, and Human Resources Committees. He has represented Mesa at The Orange County Council of Governments, the ACWA Energy Committee, and the Costa Mesa Westside Revitalization Oversight Committee.
Director Bockmiller’s emphasis on the Board is on long term planning for the future of Mesa’s infrastructure.
A registered Professional Engineer, Certified Energy Manager, and LEED Accredited Professional, he also holds unlimited operating licenses in Marine and Steam Engineering. Director Bockmiller graduated from with High Honors from the California Maritime Academy and has completed supervision and management certifications at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). He is a graduate of the Leadership Tomorrow program and has studied at the Center for Creative Leadership.
Working at UCI since 1988, he is the Principal Engineer in the Facilities Management Department. He is actively involved in all aspects of Facilities Management from initial planning through final acceptance of new facilities, to operation, maintenance, and renovation of the entire campus and its extensive utility infrastructure. Together with colleagues in the Design and Construction Services Department, he has developed a set of design standards that have allowed UCI to be at the forefront of wise energy use and the construction of durable, cost-effective research, office, instructional, housing, and athletic facilities.
Developing the next generation is an area of interest for Director Bockmiller; he has been a regular guest lecturer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCI, a mentor in the Da Vinci Academy Program at Newport Harbor High School and a Board member of the Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S.), a local charity that provides youth with the tools to find jobs.
Director Bockmiller is a Newport-Mesa native and has lived in Costa Mesa since 1988.
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James F. Atkinson was elected to the Board of Directors in 1998. He previously served as President in 2002, 2003, and 2008, and as First Vice President in 2001 and 2005 through 2007.
Director Atkinson has served as the Laboratory Operations Business Manager at The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo where he worked for nearly 32 years. There his experiences included Facilities Management, Construction Management, and Business Administrative Operations.
Director Atkinson received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees from the University of La Verne. In June of 2001, Mr. Atkinson completed the Leadership Tomorrow program and served on its Board of Directors from 2002 to 2006. Director Atkinson is an International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO) Certified Plumbing Inspector and Certified member of ICBO. Through his former employer, Mr. Atkinson attended two, weeklong training courses, at the California Specialized Training Institute for earthquake response at the Emergency Operations Center as well as recovery training.
Director Atkinson currently serves on Mesa's Finance and Engineering and Operations Committees. Additionally he represents Mesa at the Orange County Water District, the Water Advisory Council of Orange County, and the Colorado River Water Users Association Public Affairs Committee
Mr. Atkinson has served on Mesa’s Human Resources, Public Information, and Finance Committees. Mr. Atkinson has served as a Director and Vice President on the Mesa Del Mar Homeowners Association and is active in the community.
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James R. Fisler was appointed to the Board of Directors in August 2009. He currently serves on Mesa’s Public Information and IT Ad Hoc Committees as well as Mesa’s liaison to the Local Agency Formation Committee of Orange County.
Director Fisler previously served on Mesa’s Engineering & Operations Committee and as the Vice-Chair of the Planning Commission for the City of Costa Mesa, as well as Parks and Recreation Commissioner prior to that.
Director Fisler has a passion for public policy and is very involved in community service. He has been a member of the City of Costa Mesa’s Residential Rehabilitation and Redevelopment Committee since 1997 in many capacities, including as an alternate, full member, or liaison from the Planning Commission. He has been a volunteer in the city’s Neighbors for Neighbors program for over 10 years and is a graduate of the Citizens Police Academy.
Mr. Fisler is currently a Realtor with Torelli Realty in Mesa Verde and was a regional manager for Nordstrom stores for over 12 years. Both positions equipped him with the necessary skills to provide outstanding customer service.
Director Fisler’s interest in serving on the Board began after attending several Board meetings and he was motivated at the prospect of being involved in water supply, storage, and delivery to the community as well as promoting conservation.
Mr. Fisler has been a resident of Costa Mesa for 40 years and has lived in the Mesa Verde area for 17 years.
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Trudy Ohlig-Hall was elected to the Board of Directors in 1987 and has served three terms as Mesa's Board President. She is a veteran to the water industry and currently Chairs the Finance, Audit Ad Hoc, and 50th Anniversary Ad Hoc Committees and serves as Mesa’s liaison to the Municipal Water District of Orange County. Additionally she has chaired numerous Mesa Committees such as Finance, Engineering & Operations, Human Resources, and Public Information.
As a Director of Mesa Consolidated Water District, her first priority is to provide her customers with clean, safe, reliable, and affordable water. Mesa's Mission Statement is "Dedicated to Satisfying Our Community's Water Needs" and Director Ohlig-Hall strives to go above and beyond that statement. As a former Accountant she has committed herself to keeping a close watch on our rates.
Director Ohlig-Hall's knowledge, involvement, and dedication to the water community predates her position on the Mesa Board by many years. Before becoming a Mesa Director, she had realized that water is our most important commodity in this desert region. For 10 years before becoming a Mesa Director, she was a member of and also chaired Mesa's Water Advisory Committee. She also served on several committees for other water agencies before she became a Mesa Director.
In 1985 she was appointed to an ad-hoc committee of the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) on the subject of the possible reorganization of MWDOC member agencies. She also participated on a MWDOC committee to improve the safety and reliability of the water in Orange County. She served on those committees with the General Manager of MWDOC, Stan Sprague.
Director Ohlig-Hall and former Mesa Director Henry Panian became the first members of the Southern California Water Committee (SCWC), which was formed by then Orange County Supervisor Harriet Weider.
Director Ohlig-Hall was a member of the Water Advisory Council of Orange County (WACO) in its early stages and has continued her participation since becoming a Director of Mesa. In 1993 she was instrumental in changing the charter of WACO to give all of Orange Counties Water Agencies a full voice in the matters of WACO.
For numerous years she has been a member of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). She was instrumental in creating and chairing the "Policy Makers Forum" that is held during AWWA Conferences. She has also been awarded the AWWA Chair's Award twice.
The largest and most important water agency in the state is the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA). ACWA is made up of representatives from every water agency in the state. She has been a member of ACWA's water quality committee for over 10 years and has worked with ACWA on several water quality issues. The two main concerns were over the naturally occurring water contaminant Radon and the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE). Her insistence on the use of good science in the evaluation of Radon saved Mesa's customers millions of dollars. She has worked hard for several years to have the ground water contaminant MTBE removed from gasoline.
She worked for two long and hard years to successfully defeat a Sacramento legislative bill that would have forced Mesa to merge with the Irvine Water agency. This action would have taken control of Mesa away from the citizens of Costa Mesa.
For the past several years she has been Mesa's liaison to The Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), where she helped establish the policies and the by-laws for Water Agencies and Special Districts to become members of LAFCO.
Director Ohlig-Hall also has been a tireless supporter of another Orange County Agency, the Independent Special Districts of Orange County (ISDOC).
In addition to over 25 years involvement in the water industry, Director Ohlig-Hall has always been involved in community activities and local matters. She served as director of the Mesa North Community Association and chair of the Beautification Committee--an activity that brings her close to Mesa's customers in her district. She was President of the Mesa North Community Association, a Girl Scout leader for 15 years, Chair for Costa Mesa's Mothers for The March of Dimes, and Vice President of the Costa Mesa Historical Society.
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Shawn
Dewane - President
Fred
Bockmiller - First Vice President
James
F. Atkinson - Vice President
James
R. Fisler- Vice President
Trudy
Ohlig-Hall - Vice President
