David W. Pedersen is the General Manager of Las Virgenes Municipal Water District and Administering Agent for the Las Virgenes-Triunfo Joint Powers Authority. In this capacity, he serves as the chief executive responsible providing water and sanitation services to approximately 100,000 people.

Previously, Mr. Pedersen was the Executive Director of Operations for the Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) in Orange County California. His responsibilities there included overseeing the operation and maintenance of IRWD’s domestic, recycled, and wastewater systems that serve a population of approximately 300,000 people.

Mr. Pedersen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Irvine and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the California State University, Long Beach. He is currently the Past President of WateReuse California and serves on the Boards of the Association of California Water Agencies, Southern California Water Coalition, California Association of Sanitation Agencies and the Urban Water Institute.