Cynthia Koehler
WaterNow Alliance
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Cynthia Koehler is an environmental attorney and water policy expert with 30 years of experience working on federal and state water and natural resource issues. She is the co-founder and executive director of WaterNow Alliance, a nonprofit network of local water leaders dedicated to advancing sustainable, equitable and climate resilient water management strategies nationwide. She has served for the last 15 years as an elected Board Director Marin Municipal Water District, a local water provider serving a population of 200,000 people and responsible for a 21,000 acres of watershed lands. She is an appointed member of the US EPA’s Environmental Financial Advisory Council, and has served previously on US EPA’s Local Government Advisory Committee (2016-18) and Governor Brown’s Urban Advisory Group (2018-17). She is on the Board of the Water Education Foundation and the Advisory Council for the Pacific Institute, among others. She worked previously as the Legislative Director for California water issues for the Environmental Defense Fund, and is the recipient of The Bay Institute’s Hero of the Bay Award, as well as other commendations for her environmental leadership. She has written and speaks extensively on water, utilities and sustainability issues. Cynthia holds a B.A. from Pomona College and J.D. and Environmental Law Certificate from the University of Oregon School of Law.