BRANCH HIGHLIGHTS:

The Southern California Branch, focusing on Los Angeles and Orange Counties, has a new group of confirmed officers who are geared up for 2024. This year we have a lot of great events planned that range from traditional technical presentations, professional networking, student engagement events, and just for fun events. Stay tuned for more information and thank you for being a supporter of the GRA Southern California Branch.

BRANCH INFORMATION:

The Southern California Branch continues its focus on student engagement and ongoing scholastic scholarship programs this year. We will be having student engagement events throughout the year, and we intend to boost our student membership and reward hard working students with scholarships. If you would like to learn more about these events, please reach out to our Vice-President Trevor Pontifex at tpontifex@elmontgomery.com. If you are interested in being an annual or monthly corporate sponsor for one of our events this year, please reach out to our Treasurer Hiroko Hort at hmhort@gsienv.com. For general questions, please reach out to our President Patrick Wickham at pwickham@elmontgomery.com or our Secretary Susan Xie at sxie@ekiconsult.com.

Branch Officers

  • President

    Patrick Wickham, PG

    Hydrogeologist, Montgomery and Associates
    Pasadena, CA
    Tel: (916) 753-4173
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  • Vice President

    Trevor Pontifex, PG

    Hydrogeologist, Montgomery and Associates
    Pasadena, CA
    Tel: (805) 448-5921
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  • Treasurer

    Hiroko Hort, Ph.D., PE

    Environmental Engineer, GSI Environmental, Inc.
    Irvine, CA
    Tel: (720) 273-6364
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  • Secretary

    Susan Xie, PE

    Water Resources Engineer, EKI Environment and Water, Inc.
    Irvine, CA
    Tel: (650) 292-9135
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  • Immediate Past President

    Moises Santillan, MPA, PG

    Associate Hydrogeologist, Water Replenishment District
    Lakewood, CA
    msantillan@wrd.org 
    (562) 519-1354

Technical Advisors

  • Michael Cruikshank, PG, CHg, Water Systems Consulting, Inc.
  • Max Giannetta, Ph.D., GSI Environmental, Inc.
  • Nathan Hatch, Intera, Inc.
  • W. Richard Laton, Ph.D., PG, CHg, CPG, CSU Fullerton
  • Brittney Maine, AECOM
  • Patrick O’Connell, PG, CHg, EKI Environment & Water, Inc.
  • Matt Pendleton, PG, CHg, University of Waterloo
  • Trevor Pontifex, Montgomery & Associates, Inc.
  • Jon Rohrer, PG, CHg, Roux, Inc.
  • Bill Sedlak, Quinn Environmental Strategies, Inc.

Corporate Sponsor:

 

We would like to give a special thanks to Intera for their support as an Annual Sponsor to the Southern California GRA Branch! With their support, we are making strides to bring the best speakers and a variety of events to our GRA membership in the Southern California region for 2024.

Upcoming Events

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  • Southern California and San Diego Branch Meeting: Extracting Lithium from Geothermal Brines
    March 27, 2024 - 6 p.m.