Roger K. Patterson is assistant general manager for Metropolitan overseeing Metropolitan’s strategic water initiatives for the Colorado River and Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta.

Patterson was the director of the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources from 1999 – 2005.  He was responsible for water administration, water planning, flood-plain delineation, dam safety and the state databank.  He represented Nebraska on interstate compacts, decrees and basin associations and led the state team in the settlement of U.S. Supreme Court cases on the North Platte and Republican rivers.

Prior to his work in Nebraska, Patterson served 25 years with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.  During his Reclamation tenure, he served as regional director in both the mid-Pacific region based in Sacramento and the Great Plains region headquartered in Billings, Mont.

A registered professional engineer in Nebraska and Colorado, Patterson earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from the University of Nebraska.