Sustainable Water Investment Summit

speakers

schedule of events

2027 Speakers & AGENDA will be announced IN FALL 2026

past speakers

SWIS has brought together more than 120 of the water industry’s most influential investors, advisors, policymakers, and market leaders since its founding.

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

Principal

Ackerstein Sustainability LLC

CFO & Chief Investment Officer

Upwell Water

Chief Strategy and Development Officer

Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability

CEO

Aetos Capital

Director of Applied Research

Arcadis

General Manager

Mojave Water Agency

CEO

Homer LLC

Director, Global Water Resources, Timberland and Agriculture

Manulife Investment Management

Lobbyist

KP Public Affairs

Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer

Greyter Water Systems

Chief Strategy and Development Officer

OceanWell

Vice President, Finance & Project Development

Garney Construction

Intermountain Regional Director

WestWater Research

Partner

Burnt Island Adventures

Partner

TPG

Chief Financial Officer

Denver Water

California Regional Director

WestWater Research

President

Imagine H2O

Pacific West Managing Partner

Peoples Company

Executive Director

California Water Association 

Principal

Aqua Insights Incorporated

Board Member, Committee Chair

Water Infrastructure

Finance Authority of Arizona

Executive Director & General Manager

North Texas Municipal Water District

General Partner

Evangeline Laguna

President & CEO

VICO Infrastructure Company

General Manager

San Diego County Water Authority

General Manager

Metropolitan Water District

of Southern California

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Senior Director

Fitch Ratings

Vice President & Board of Directors

EKI Environment & Water

Partner

Taft

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Director of Outreach, Environment, Tribal & Community

OceanWell

Director, Water Strategy

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Water Resources Manager

City of Peoria, Arizona

Southwest Regional Director

WestWater Research

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

CEO

Global Water Intelligence

Senior Vice President

RAMROCK Real Estate LLC

President 

West Hills Farm Services

Partner

Baden Capital

Senior Vice President, Land Operations

Lennar

Co-Founder & CEO

MyLand

Senior Vice President, Innovation

Stantec

Manager, Colorado River Resources

Metropolitan Water District

of Southern California

Chief Business Officer

OceanWell

Partner

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Managing Partner

XPV Water Partners

Shareholder, SWIS Co-Chair

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Principal

Renewable Resources Group

Founder & CEO

Fiona Hutton & Associates

Senior Program Director, Water

Ceres

Operating Partner

Ridgewood Infrastructure

Rocky Mountain Regional Director

WestWater Research

Vice President, Western Region & Principal Hydrogeologist

INTERA

Business Development Leader, Municipal West

Woodard & Curran

General Manager

San Diego County Water Authority

Water Strategy Lead

Amazon Web Services

CEO

Maverick Water Group

Co-Founder & CEO

Blue Forest

Senior Director, Climate & ESG

ICE Data Services

Vice President, Corporate Development

EPCOR

Senior Program Officer

Walton Family Foundation

Board Member

SJW Group

CEO, SWIS Co-Chair

WestWater Research

Engagement Manager

McKinsey & Co.

Texas Regional Director

WestWater Research

Managing Director

BofA Securities Inc.

Vice President, Southern Water Resources

INTERA

Editor-at-Large for Climate

ProPublica

Partner

Roland Berger

Vice President

International Farming

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Chairman & Lead Investor

OceanWell

Senior Policy Advisor

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

President

San Jose Water

CEO

3i Strategies

President & CEO

Sustainable Strategies

Director of Portfolio Management

Gladstone Land Management

CEO

Renovo Resources

CEO

PERENfra

General Manager/CEO

Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority

Executive Director

J.P. Morgan

Chairman of the Board

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Co-Founder & Partner

Aqua Ceres

President & CEO

Vidler Water Company

General Manager

Los Virgenes Municipal Water District

General Manager

State Water Contractors

Jay Pierrepont

COO & President of Asset Management

Equilibrium

Director

Water Infrastructure

Finance Authority of Arizona

Managing Director, Sector Leader

S&P Global

Water Policy Strategist

OceanWell

Riparian Restoration Program Manager

The Nature Conservancy

Executive Director

LA Waterkeeper

EVP & Chief Operating Officer, Agricultural Operations

King Ranch Inc.

Principal

DCVC

Senior Water Policy Advisor

Accenture

President & CFO

Blue Mountain Minerals

Partner & Director of Government Affairs

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Principal

WestWater Research

Market Director, Mission Critical

Woolpert

Program Officer

Walton Family Foundation

Director, Water & Natural Resources Law

Salt River Project

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Chief Operating Officer

WestWater Research

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Research Analyst

Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Operating Partner

Upwell Water

Shareholder

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

CEO

SeaWell LLC

President

Aetos Capital

CEO

IDE Water Assets

Professor

Stanford Law School

Principal

Rotunda, River & Range LLC

Founder

Farmers Gate

Central Region Water Manager

AWS

Project Developer

Water Asset Management

Infrastructure Advisor

State of California

Environmental Services Director

Northern Water

Managing Partner

Prosarmo

President-Partner

FrontRange H2O LLC

CEO & Board Chair

Woodard & Curran

General Partner

Echo River Capital

SWIS speakers

SWIS brings together the voices defining the future of water investment. Expect speakers from across the water finance ecosystem with hard-won insights you won’t find anywhere else.