Dr. Satya Gala is a Senior Program Manager with 22 years of experience in program and project management with a focus on flood management implementation, multi-benefit project development, climate change analysis, integrated flood, and water supply planning, environmental planning, permitting, hydrology, hydraulics, and groundwater management.Having spent most of his career in California where water resources management is critical due to increasingly extreme storms, scarcity of supply, and prolonged periods of drought, Dr. Gala had the unique opportunity and experience to manage large-scale programs and projects to increase the State’s resiliency to these conditions. Dr. Gala was instrumental in the successful implementation of the East Porterville Water Supply Project as the Program Manager by developing an efficient planning process, feasibility study, and facilitating stakeholders and was recognized with the 2017 Water Justice Leadership award for his efforts and contribution.