Dr. Roy L. Wolfe oversees Corporate Resources at Metropolitan.  Corporate Resources includes all aspects of Engineering, Information Technology and Business Services.  In this capacity, Dr. Wolfe oversees a staff of nearly 700 employees with an annual budget exceeding $500 million, including Metropolitan’s 10-year $3.4 billion Capital Investment Plan.  He was formerly Metropolitan’s Associate Director or Water Quality and project manager for Metropolitan’s strategic plan.

Wolfe earned his B.A. in Zoology  from San Diego State University in 1980.  He went on to earn a doctorate in environmental analysis from the University of California at Irvine in 1985.  He was also a research scientist and lecturer at the university before joining Metropolitan in that same year.

In his current capacity, Wolfe has also overseen the development of Metropolitan’s 5-year Information Technology Strategic Plan, restructured the district’s Capital Investment Plan, participated in labor, property, and project negotiations, and provided oversight in working with Metropolitan’s member agencies in numerous areas including assessment of new facilities to meet growing water needs.  He is also co-host of Metropolitan’s award-winning video magazine, Straight from the Tap.

He has also had a lead role in developing the California urban position and consensus on water quality issues of the CAL-FED Bay-Delta Program.  He was formerly chair of the California Urban Water Agencies’ water quality committee, a member of CAL-FED’s water quality technical committee and was appointed to the governor of California’s panel on MTBE as it affects drinking water.  He was also appointed to the National Academy of Sciences panel to develop research priorities for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

Most recently, Wolfe was elected vice chair of the Board of Trustees for the American Water Works Association Research Foundation.  Dr. Wolfe has authored or co-authored more than 60 scientific publications during his 25 years of involvement in drinking water quality issues.