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Meet Our Leadership<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

We are working to bring safe, reliable, and environmentally responsible water resources to every community in the U.S.<\/p>\r\n

\r\n About Us<\/a>\r\n CONTACT US<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Meet Our Team

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Josiah Cox<\/div>\n

President<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Todd Thomas<\/div>\n

Senior Vice President<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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David Woodsmall<\/div>\n

Senior Vice President of
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Mike Duncan<\/div>\n

Vice President<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Brent Thies<\/div>\n

Vice President and
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Russ Mitten<\/div>\n

General Counsel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Aaron Silas<\/div>\n

Vice President,
Customer Experience &
Regulatory Operations<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Jo Anna Brown<\/div>\n

Vice President of
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Shawn Nichols<\/div>\n

Vice President, Business Development & Strategic Planning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ryan Silvey<\/div>\n

Vice President, Public Policy & Strategic Communications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Cheryl Waites<\/div>\n

Chief of Staff<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Jake Freeman<\/div>\n

Director, Engineering<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Fred Kriess<\/div>\n

Regional Director, Utility Acquisitions &
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Sandy Neal<\/div>\n

Regional Director of
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Chelsie Carter<\/div>\n

Director of Customer Experience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Hope Litzsinger<\/div>\n

Director of Human Resources<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1413","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLeadership | CSWR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/centralstateswaterresources.com\/leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leadership | CSWR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/centralstateswaterresources.com\/leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CSWR\" \/>\n<meta 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