Mel Ira Katz

Mel Katz

Member since January 2025

Born: New York, New York

 

Representing

San Diego County Water Authority

 

Current committee appointments:

Chair - Organization, Personnel and Effectiveness Committee; Ad Hoc Committee on Management Transition

Member - Executive Committee; Legal and Claims Committee; One Water and Adaptation Committee; Legislation and Communications Committee

 

Professional and community activities:

Mel Katz has served on the San Diego County Water Authority’s board of directors since 2018, representing the city of Del Mar.

 

Katz is the executive officer of the staffing services firm Manpower San Diego, which he co-founded in 1977. He currently sits on the boards of the San Diego Foundation and the San Diego Regional Policy & Innovation Center. His record of civic involvement includes serving as board chair of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the San Diego Workforce Partnership, San Diego Convention Center, American Cancer Society and the San Diego Library Commission.

Katz and his wife Linda were named Mr. and Mrs. San Diego in 2017 by San Diego Rotary for their extensive community leadership. The couple has three children and five grandchildren.