Kevin is tasked with scaling the WaterSmart business and leads the team to drive customer engagement and improve operational efficiency for municipal and investor-owned water utilities globally. Kevin has more than 20 years of sales experience with high growth software companies and prior to WaterSmart Kevin served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Innotas, Inc. which he successfully sold to PlanView in 2016. Kevin joined Innotas from TIBCO Corporation where he served as Vice President of Sales for the Western US and Mexico. He is also credited for increasing the customer base more than 120 percent while building revenue and services growth more than 300 percent in Mexico. Prior to TIBCO, Kevin worked at Salesforce.com and Oracle Corp. in executive sales management roles. Kevin is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Political Science.

Prior to founding The Westly Group, Steve Westly served as the Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer of the state of California — the world’s eighth largest economy. As Controller, he chaired the State Lands Commission and served on 63 other boards and commissions, including CalPERS and CalSTRS, the nation’s two largest public pension funds, which together invest more than $350 billion. During his four-year term, Steve spearheaded innovative tax programs that helped close the State’s budget deficit and also led an effort to commit more than $1 billion to clean technology investments. In the 2008 election cycle Steve served as a California co-chair and a National Finance Committee member of the Obama for America campaign. He currently serves on the Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board as a representative for the venture capital industry. Before running for office, Steve helped guide the online auction company eBay through its period of most rapid growth, serving as the Senior Vice President of Marketing, Business Development, M&A and International. Steve helped bring eBay to Europe and Asia and developed the marketing and acquisition strategies that paved the path for the firm’s exponential growth. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, where he served on the faculty for five years. Steve and his wife, Anita, run the Westly Foundation, which provides education and health care services for children and underserved communities throughout California.

Henri is the founder of Apsara Capital LLP, an investment firm based in London focusing on water. He is an observer on the board of AquaSpy Inc., and was a seed investor in Valor Water (acquired by Xylem). Henri is a member of the UK Water Partnership’s Development & Implementation Group, and on the leadership board of Twenty65, an association bridging the innovation gap between cutting-edge academic research and the wider water industry. He is also the founder of ACT in Africa, a non-profit organization that provides entrepreneurship training to young Zimbabweans. Henri holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and International Relations from Brown University, a Master’s degree in International Legal Studies from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, a Postgraduate diploma in Law from BPP Law School in London, and was a non-practicing member of the British Bar from 2006 to 2011. Henri also holds a professional certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Stanford University.

Steve Bennet is founder and managing director of Bodega Partners and is an active participant in the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial ecosystem as start-up CFO, Angel Investor, and Professor. Steve has a passion for both entrepreneurship and education. He has taught entrepreneurial finance since 1995 and is currently adjunct faculty at San Jose State University. Previously, he was a lecturer at U.C. Berkeley. His focus is on experiential education and has developed new courses at SJSU, including the Entrepreneurship Lab (ELAB), Venture Lab (VLAB), and the Silicon Valley Experience. He is also on the Steering Committee for the Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship and UCLA Venture Capital Fund. Prior to and concurrent with Bodega, Steve was a Venture Partner at Outlook Ventures, Board Member of Sand Hill Angels, Partner at Menlo Incubator and held various financial and management positions at Bay Logics, Digital Microwave, and Arthur Andersen.

Veery is the Director of Philanthropic Services for Energy Innovation, where she helps clients achieve their goals in climate and energy philanthropy. Veery earned a JD degree with honors from UC Hastings School of the Law where she focused on environmental issues. She was Managing Editor of West-Northwest, the Hastings environmental law and policy journal, and published a paper entitled, “Wind Energy Development: Can Wind Power Overcome Substantial Hurdles to Reach the Grid?” Veery received a B.A. degree magna cum laude from Georgetown University with a double major in finance and international business. She spent her junior year at the London School of Economics. While she attended Georgetown and Hastings, Veery worked for The Nature Conservancy, ClimateWorks Foundation, and the environmental law division of Union Pacific.

Peter leads WaterSmart’s new market development and also works in governmental and regulatory affairs activities. He has decades of experience in water conservation and efficiency, water rights and transfers, environmental regulation, finance, economics and policy. Prior to WaterSmart, Peter was Director of Water Resource Protection for The Nature Conservancy, where he led river restoration efforts throughout California. As Vice President at Western Water Company, he completed water transfer agreements with California agricultural water districts to conserve and lease water to municipal water districts. Early in his career, Peter also worked at GE Capital Solutions, Environmental Defense Fund, and the Pacific Institute. Peter earned his MBA in Finance from the Yale School of Management and an MES in Water Science, Management and Policy from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Robert Hahn is professor and director of economics at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford; a senior fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at Oxford; and a senior fellow at the Georgetown University Center for Business and Public Policy. Bob worked at the American Enterprise Institute for two decades. While there, he co-founded and directed the AEI-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, a leader in policy research in law and economics, regulation, and antitrust. Previously, he worked for the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisers and was the chief economist on the White House drafting team for the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. His responsibilities included helping to design the innovative market-based cap-and-trade system for limiting smokestack sulfur emissions. Bob also has served on the faculties of Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University. He is a frequent contributor to leading scholarly journals including the American Economic Review, Science, and the Yale Law Journal, as well as to general-interest periodicals including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times.

Bob is currently conducting several behavioral economics experiments aimed at encouraging the conservation of water and energy resources, and improving education and health outcomes. He also continues to do research on Internet policy, environmental policy, and understanding the benefits of breakthrough innovations. He was recently appointed as a member of the U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking.

In addition, Bob is co-founder of the Community Preparatory School, an inner-city middle school in Providence, Rhode Island, that provides opportunities for disadvantaged youth to achieve their full potential.

William K. Reilly served as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to 1993 and currently serves as a Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, LP, an international investment partnership. He is based in San Francisco, CA.

Mr. Reilly was the Founding Partner of Aqua International Partners, an investment group that finances water improvements in developing countries. In May 2010, he was appointed by President Obama to co-chair the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling and in late 2012 to the President’s Council for Global Development. He currently serves as Chairman of the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and as a director of the National Geographic Education Foundation. He is Co-chair of the Global Water Challenge.

Mr. Reilly previously served as the first Payne Visiting Professor at Stanford University. He is Chairman Emeritus of both the World Wildlife Fund and the ClimateWorks Foundation, and past President of The Conservation Foundation.

Mr. Reilly holds a B.A from Yale University, a J.D. from Harvard University and an M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University.

Susan Leal is a water utility expert and author specializing in identifying realistic and creative solutions to the water-related challenges.

Currently, she is Principal and Founder of Urban Water Works a consultancy firm that Leal advises public and private sector clients on water, wastewater and energy issues related to climate change, resiliency and sustainability. She just concluded three years as the Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President for Water, the Americas at AECOM.

Previously, she concluded a two-year Senior Fellowship at Harvard University. As part of her fellowship, she co-authored Running Out of Water, a proactive book focused on solutions to our looming water crisis. She continues to serve as an Associate of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard and has recently agreed to co-author a book for Harvard University Press. She is a member of the advisory board of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, where she also received her BA and JD.

As former General Manager of San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission, Ms. Leal led the charge for a dramatic upgrade of the Bay Area’s water system and outdated wastewater system. She previously served two terms as the elected Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco and as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Edmund Archuleta served as General Manager for the El Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board from January 1989 through January of 2013 where he has since been an advisor. He was responsible for all aspects of water and wastewater service to the Greater El Paso Metropolitan Area, a population of approximately 700,000 people. During his service as General Manager, El Paso Water Utilities was recognized in Texas, regionally, and nationally for innovations and leadership in water conservation, reclamation, and utility management.

Early career experience included working for two different engineering consulting firms as a project engineer. During that time he worked on feasibility assessments as well as on design of several systems for both the private and public sector. Ed also developed significant experience in assessing and designing systems for tannery wastes, meat packing plants, potato processing plants, steel mills, and power plants.



Mr. Archuleta, a registered Professional Engineer in Texas, New Mexico, and Iowa, earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Degrees in Civil Engineering from New Mexico State University, as well as a Master of Management Degree from the University of New Mexico.

Lynn Broaddus founded Broadview Collaborative, Inc. in 2014 to bring a systems approach to the complexities at the intersection of water, energy, food, soil, buildings, and transportation, all in a context of resource sustainability, community resiliency, and social equity. As President, she oversees all aspects of the firm, with special focus on strategic directions and partnerships. She also serves as a nonresident fellow with the Metropolitan Policy Program of the Brookings Institution.

Prior to establishing Broadview, Dr. Broaddus led The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread’s environment program from 2008-2014, convening hundreds of national leaders to address looming challenges in U.S. freshwater management. This work covered a wide range of topics such as the connections among freshwater and climate change, infrastructure and built environment, agriculture, energy, finance and public health, resulting in more than a dozen publications on U.S. water management needs.

Dr. Broaddus also served for six years as executive director of Milwaukee Riverkeeper®, and for 12 years with The Nature Conservancy and a related organization, NatureServe. Earlier career experiences include energy conservation and teaching. She earned her Ph.D. in botany and genetics from Duke University, an M.B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and her bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of Virginia.

Rob co-founded WaterSmart with Peter Yolles and currently acts as a strategic advisor to the company. He is the Managing Director for Summit Water Infrastructure Group at Summit Global Management, a leading water-specific investment firm based in San Diego. Prior to joining Summit, Rob was the Director of Water Investment Research at Aquillian Investments, a boutique investment advisory firm focusing on sustainability and based in San Francisco. Prior to entering the private sector, Rob was an officer in the U.S. Public Health Service and served within the Department of Health and Human Services. Rob holds a Masters in Public Health from George Washington University, with a concentration in Global Health Policy, and a BS from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.