Board of Directors

Director Avila was elected to the Calleguas Municipal Water District Board of Directors in 2020, and currently serves as Board Secretary.  He represents Division 1, which encompasses the City of Simi Valley.

Director Avila is a Navy Veteran and currently works as a civilian in the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Port Hueneme Division.  His experience includes managing the inspection and testing of components necessary for Naval reconnaissance and combat systems.

Director Avila is a member of the Calleguas Engineering and Construction, and Groundwater Committees.  He also serves as Calleguas’ representative on the Association of Water Agencies of Ventura County (AWA VC).  Beginning in 2023, Director Avila will serve a term as a Special District Representative on the Ventura County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo).

Mr. Avila and his family have resided in Simi Valley, CA since 2016.

Calleguas Committees:

• Engineering & Construction (member)
• Groundwater (member)
• Operations & Organization (chair)
• Public Engagement, Communication, & Legislative Affairs (member)

Scott H. Quady was elected Calleguas Municipal Water District Board representative of Division 2 in November, 2008, served as Board President 2012-2016, and commenced a new term as Board President in 2023.  Retired in 2017 from employment as an Environmental Resource Analyst, he has long-term experience in the non-profit, private and municipal agency sectors.

Academically, he holds a Master of Science degree in environmental science, a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry, and is a Thousand Oaks High School alumnus.

Career track and training include:

• Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certificate from the California Department of Consumer Affairs.
• Water Treatment Operator (Grade II) from the California Department of Health Services.
• Obtained management level certifications (Grade 4) from the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) for two vocations: Laboratory Analyst and Environmental Compliance Inspector.

Director Quady is a member of the Calleguas Ad-Hoc Drought Response Committee. He serves on the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) Energy Committee and as the Alternate Vice-Chair on the Region 8 Board. He is Calleguas’ representative on the Board of Directors of the ACWA/Joint Powers Insurance Authority (ACWA/JPIA) and also serves on the Workers’ Compensation Board. He was elected to the California Water Insurance Fund Board in May 2019 and re-elected in 2022. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ventura County Regional Energy Alliance and is an individual member of the American Water Works Association (AWWA).

Other affiliations: Mr. Quady serves on the Emmett R. Quady Foundation, where he advocates for educational categories in science/mathematics, and U.S. Naval History.

Calleguas Committees

• Operations & Organization (member)
• Water Supply, Storage, and Partnership Development (chair)

Director Waters was born in Thousand Oaks and grew up in Moorpark. He is a fourth generation farmer, with a family tradition of leadership in water resources. His grandfather was on the committee which formed Calleguas in the early 1950s to bring imported water into Ventura County. His father served on water agency boards in the Moorpark area and brought Director Waters to Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency (GMA) meetings when he was still a teenager.

After graduating from Moorpark High School, Director Waters attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, majoring in agriculture. Knowing that farming was his lifelong passion, he returned to work for the family farm in Ventura County. He and his wife Heather have settled in Moorpark with their two daughters and their dog, Goose.

Director Waters’ goal is to provide sustainable water for Ventura County for generations to come.

Calleguas Committees:

• Finance (member)
• Groundwater (chair)
• Water Supply, Storage, and Partnership Development (member)

Director Robert was elected to the Calleguas Municipal Water District Board of Directors in 2022.  He represents Division 4, which covers south Oxnard and the City of Port Hueneme.

Director Robert has a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a background in rapid prototype engineering and manufacturing optimization and logistics. Since 2019 he’s been the Naval Systems Safety Lead for the Navy’s major caliber weapons systems at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Port Hueneme Division. His duties focus on keeping the sailors and the fleet safe via complex decision analysis and risk management.

Director Robert is a member of the Calleguas Engineering and Construction committee.  He also serves as Calleguas’ representative to the Ventura County Special District’s Association.

Calleguas Committees

• Engineering & Construction (chair)

Director McMillan recently retired after serving 31 years as a Principal Government and Regional Affairs Representative for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the nation’s largest water purveyor.  She has worked extensively with businesses, community leaders, and elected officials to ensure that Southern California’s 19 million residents continue to have a safe, reliable, and low-cost supply of drinking water.  She has served as an officer, committee chair, or active member for over thirty years representing agricultural, business, and advocacy entities in east Ventura County, the San Fernando Valley, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and downtown Los Angeles.  Jacque assisted these groups in developing policy positions on water that would enrich the region’s business climate and quality of life for its residents.  From 2003 to 2019, she also served as a Board Director for the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (formerly Castaic Lake Water Agency).

Before being promoted as a legislative advocate, Jacque worked five years in Metropolitan’s real property section acquiring thousands of acres for Diamond Valley Lake, an 800,000-acre-foot reservoir that doubled the Southland’s storage capacity for drinking water.  Prior to joining Metropolitan, Jacque worked for three petroleum companies managing 15 oil field projects in California and acquiring oil, gas and coal rights in over nine states and seventy-nine counties.

Director McMillan serves as Treasurer of the Calleguas Board of Directors and as Calleguas’ Representative on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Board of Directors. Jacque is the Chair – Ad Hoc Committee on Bay-Delta Negotiations and a member of the Engineering, Operations and Technology Committee; Ethics, Organization and Personnel Committee; Finance and Asset Management Committee; Legislation and Communications Committee; Subcommittee on Demand Management and Conservation Programs and Priorities; Subcommittee on Long-Term Regional Planning Processes and Business Modeling; Subcommittee on Pure Water Southern California and Regional Conveyance; and Ad Hoc Committee on Policy Impacts of Third-Party Changes to Member Agency Boundaries.

Jacque has a Master’s in Business from California State University, Northridge; a Bachelor’s from the University of Houston, and an Associate Degree from Houston Community College.  She is also a graduate of the leadership classes — Oxnard Leadership, Valley Leadership Institute, and Leadership LA.

Calleguas Committees

• Finance (chair, Treasurer)
• Public Engagement, Communication, & Legislative Affairs (chair)