Board of Directors

The Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors is comprised of seven members, each elected from equally-divided districts drawn through a formal process. The purpose of the Board, on behalf of Santa Clara County, is to provide Silicon Valley safe, clean water for a healthy life, environment and economy.

The directors serve overlapping four-year terms, a structure created pursuant to the adoption of the District Act. 

Find your Director by entering your address into the Valley Water Local Information map

• View the Valley Water Fiscal Year 2026 Board Work Plan
• View the current Valley Water Board Policy and Planning Calendar
• View FPPC Form 806 (updated 4/2026)- This form is used to report additional compensation that officials receive when appointing themselves to positions on committees, boards, or commissions of another public agency or to a committee or position of the agency of which the public official is a member.
• View board meeting, agendas and minutes.

NOTE:  The maximum potential compensation shown on Form 806 is not a guarantee of that compensation as Directors are compensated for up to 15 days per month for attendance at Board meetings, or for each day’s service rendered as a member of the Board, as described in Board Governance Policy GP-10.6.1.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Board of Directors can be contacted in the following ways:

• Email correspondence to [email protected]
• Mail correspondence to:  SCVWD Board of Directors, 5750 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA 95118
• Communications may be sent to individual Directors through their District emails listed below and available on their individual web pages.
  • John L. Varela, Director District 1 [email protected]
  • Shiloh Ballard, Director District 2 [email protected]
  • Richard P. Santos, Director District 3 [email protected]
  • Jim Beall, Director District 4 [email protected]
  • Nai Hsueh, Director District 5 [email protected]
  • Tony Estremera, Director District 6 [email protected]
  • Rebecca Eisenberg, Director District 7 [email protected]