Press
Release		Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District
31315 Chaney St
Lake Elsinore, CA 92531

1/19/2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRESS RELEASE #2469
Subject :

EVMWD Elects New Officers for 2010
New officers will serve through December
Contact :Greg Morrison, Director of Legislative and Community Affair, Public Affairs    951.674-3146, x8229
    gmorrison@evmwd.net
Lake Elsinore, CA – Officer Elections were at the top of the agenda for the January 14, 2010 Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Board of Directors regular meeting. The new 2010 officers include Judy Guglielmana, Ben Wicke and Harvey Ryan.

President Guglielmana was elected to the board in 2006 and served as Vice President in 2009.  Director Guglielmana has served on the Legislative, Conservation & Outreach Committee and attends several outside meetings on the Districts behalf, including: Western Municipal and Rancho California Water District groups and the Lake Elsinore Unified School District Board meetings.  She is also actively involved with the District’s water education programs and has participated as a poster contest judge for several years.  She is the first female Board President since 2002.

President Guglielmana has been married for 48 years to Larry and has two sons and six grandchildren.  Prior to her election to the EVMWD Board Judy was the Community Liaison for the Elsinore High Schools District and was a member of the High School Board of Trustees.  She owns Town and Country Realty and Town and Country Document Services.  Years ago she owned and operated the Spaghetti House Restaurant on Grand Avenue in Lake Elsinore.

Regarding her election as the 2010 EVMWD Board President Guglielmana shares "I am honored to have garnered the support of my fellow Board members.  Serving on the EVMWD Board has been challenging with the many issues that face us today including: the southern California water supply, Lake Elsinore Stabilization, Property Tax Revenue being taken by the State and water rate issues. I look forward to facing the challenges and leading the District into 2010."

Vice President Ben Wicke has the longest tenure on the Board, serving since 1994. Re-elected to the Board in 2006 to a four-year term, he serves on the District’s Engineering and Operations Committee, and attends regular meetings with the Eastern Municipal Water District and Western Municipal Water District Water Supply Task Force. Wicke has also been on the Meeks and Daley Water board of directors since 1995 and as President since 2001.  He also serves as a member of the Quail Valley Task Force and the Canyon Lake Water Subcommittee.  

Director Wicke was recently elected to serve as Chairman of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) 2010-2011 Region 9 Board of Directors.  Region 9’s primary goals are to provide a structure for agencies to meet and discuss water issues, provide local outreach organization necessary to advance ACWA’s legislative and regulatory priorities and to provide a forum to educate region members on ACWA’s priorities of local and statewide concern.

Director Wicke has lived in Canyon Lake for 21 years and has been a property owner since 1968 when you had to drive a jeep to access the land in Canyon Lake.   He is owner of ComWest International Enterprises Inc. in Canyon Lake, a distributor of special aluminum powders to the steel and foundry industry.  

Director Harvey Ryan will serve as the Board Treasurer in 2010.  Director Ryan was elected to the Board in 2005 and represents residents in Division 2.  Director Ryan is a local business owner and moved to Lake Elsinore in 1981 quickly becoming involved in the community and local public service.  He has also served on the Lake Elsinore Planning Commission and the Redevelopment Agency.  Director Ryan has served on the Finance and Administration and the Legislation, Conservation and Community Outreach Committees and served as Board President in 2008.

EVMWD provides service to over 140,000 water, wastewater and agricultural customers in a 96-square mile service area in Western Riverside County with an estimated 133,000 population.  The District is a sub-agency of the Western Municipal Water District, a member agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.  You can visit the EVMWD website at www.evmwd.com for additional information.

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