Climate Solutions: Water in the West
Felicia Marcus is currently the William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s Water in the West Program and an attorney, consultant, and member of the Water Policy Group. Most recently, she was chair of the California State Water Board, with regulatory responsibility for water conservation, groundwater management, wastewater recycling, stormwater capture, and desalination, water rights laws, and the state’s drinking water program. Marcus helped lead the board through the state’s worst drought in modern history.
Prior to this, she led US EPA’s Southwest and Pacific Region–working extensively on air, water, and toxics issues while helping negotiate agreements, develop policy, and implement projects on state, tribal, US-Mexico border, and Pacific Islands issues. She also headed the Los Angeles Department of Public Works which under her leadership gained national awards for environmental initiatives and performance.
She has also held senior leadership positions with national non-profit organizations and has been a practicing attorney in the private and non-profit sectors. She currently serves on the Commission on Environmental Cooperation-Joint Public Advisory Council (US, Mexico, Canada) and was recently elected a Fellow in the (US) National Academy of Public Administration.
Marcus has a law degree from NYU and an AB cum laude from Harvard College in East Asian Studies.
Ms. Marcus' Athenaeum presentation is part of the Climate Solutions Series this spring.
Food for Thought: Podcast with Felicia Marcus