Santa Clara Valley Water District

   
Re-elected:  November 2012
Term expires:  December 2016

Board Ad Hoc Committee Assignments:
Recycled Water Ad Hoc Committee

External Committee Assignments:
California WateReuse Association Education,
   Legislative & Potable Reuse Committees
Northern California Latino Water Coalition (Alt.)
Pajaro River Watershed Flood Protection Authority (Alt.)
San Felipe Division Reach 1 Committee (Alt.)
San Luis Delta Mendota Water Authority Bd., Division 4
Santa Clara Co. Emergency Preparedness Council (Alt.)
Santa Clara Co. Special Districts Association
South County Regional Wastewater Authority (Alt.)
Sunnyvale (City of) Redev. Agency Oversight Board (Alt.)
Recycled Water Policy Advisory Comm.

Board Advisory Committee Assignments:
Agricultural Water Advisory Committee (Alt.)
Landscape Advisory Committee
Lwr. Peninsula Flood Protection & Watershed Adv. Comm. (Alt.)
West Valley Flood Protection & Watershed Adv. Comm.

Alviso resident Richard Santos retired as a Fire Captain from the San Jose Fire Department
with 33 years of service. During his tenure at the San Jose Fire Department, he was elected
vice chair for 12 years on the San Jose Police and Fire Retirement Board and was a labor
representative of the San Jose Firefighters local union. He was then and is still very active as
a volunteer for community services and as chair, spearheaded several civic activity fundraiser
projects. He was appointed to the 28-member South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Committee.

Richard was appointed by the San Jose Mayor and City Council to the Envision San Jose 2040
General Plan 37-member task force, and recognized as "Citizen of the Year for 2006" by the
Berryessa Citizen Advisory Council.

Richard earned his Bachelor's degree in public administration from Farelston and Nova Colleges
and Associate's degrees in police science and fire science. He also has a lifetime teaching
credential from the California Community College system, where he taught fire science at Mission
College.

Director Santos may be contacted by e-mail at rsantos@valleywater.org or by phone at (408)234-7707. 

Correspondence to the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Members may be sent via
e-mail to: board@valleywater.org.