Nina Hawk

Nina Hawk is Bay-Delta Initiatives group manager /chief of Bay-Delta resources for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. In this role, she is responsible for managing the development and implementation of Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta strategy, including the Bay-Delta Initiatives Program.

Hawk joined Metropolitan in 2020 as the Bay-Delta Initiatives policy manager to provide strategic oversight on Bay-Delta programs and projects, including Metropolitan’s Bay-Delta Science Program. She also has represented Metropolitan’s interests on issues such as the Delta Conveyance program, voluntary agreements, Sites Reservoir, and major statewide/Bay-Delta policy forums.

Prior to Metropolitan, Hawk served as the chief operating officer of Valley Water’s Water Utility Enterprise where she managed activities ranging from imported water delivery to surface and groundwater storage, recycling/purification, and water conservation/efficiency programs.

Hawk earned her bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering and her master’s degree in public administration from San Jose State University.