Sector: Utilities
Director information for H2O AMERICA (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew F. Walters | Director; Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board; Chief Executive Officer and Chairman | 56 | ["Utility management", "Finance", "Banking", "Private equity", "Operations", "Strategy", "Mergers and acquisitions", "Joint ventures", "Equity offerings", "IPOs", "Private equity fundraising", "Debt financings", "Highly Regulated Industries and/or Public Utility Commission", "Strategic Initiatives, M&A, and/or Finance, Audit", "Executive Leadership and/or Director of Publicly Traded Company", "Safety, Sustainability, and/or Corporate Responsibility", "Information Technology, Cyber and/or AI", "Executive Compensation and Benefits"] | [] | 2026 |
| Carl Guardino | Director | 64 | ["Leadership in public policy", "Government affairs", "Strategic corporate governance", "Expertise in highly regulated industries", "Advocacy-driven organizations"] | ["Nominating & Governance Committee", "Sustainability Committee", "Compensation", "Nominating and Governance", "Sustainability"] | 2026 |
| Carol P. Wallace | Director; Chair | 70 | ["Water Industry", "Highly Regulated Industries and/or Public Utility Commission", "Strategic Initiatives, M&A, and/or Finance, Audit", "Executive Leadership and/or Director of Publicly Traded Company", "Safety, Sustainability, and/or Corporate Responsibility", "Legal, Corporate Governance, and Risk", "Executive Compensation and Benefits"] | ["Audit", "Compensation", "Finance", "Sustainability", "Finance Committee", "Sustainability Committee"] | 2026 |
| Daniel B. More | Director; Chair | 69 | ["Investment banking experience advising utility and energy clients", "Senior Advisor to Guggenheim Securities (2015\u20132025)", "Managing Director and Global Head of Utility Mergers & Acquisitions at Morgan Stanley", "Director of Clearway Energy, Inc.", "Director of Saeta Yield", "Director of New York Independent System Operator"] | ["Finance Committee", "Audit (Chair)", "Compensation", "Finance (Chair)", "Nominating & Governance"] | 2026 |
| Denise L. Kruger | Director | 62 | ["Water Industry", "Highly Regulated Industries and/or Public Utility Commission", "Strategic Initiatives, M&A, and/or Finance, Audit", "Executive Leadership and/or Director of Publicly Traded Company", "Safety, Sustainability, and/or Corporate Responsibility", "Legal, Corporate Governance, and Risk", "Corporate Communications, Public Policy, and/or Government Relations"] | ["Audit", "Finance", "Sustainability (Chair)", "Sustainability Committee"] | 2026 |
| Eric W. Thornburg | President and Chief Executive Officer until his retirement effective July 1, 2025, and Chairman until January 31, 2026 | [] | [] | 2026 | |
| Gregory P. Landis | Director | [] | ["Nominating & Governance Committee", "Finance Committee"] | 2026 | |
| Heather Hunt | Lead Independent Director; Chair | 60 | ["Expertise in utility regulation, regulatory law, and public policy", "Executive Director of the New England States Committee on Electricity", "Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control", "Commissioner of the Maine Public Utilities Commission", "Vice President at Southern Connecticut Gas Company", "Director of State and Local Government Affairs at United Technologies Corporation", "Attorney in private practice focused on utility-related regulatory matters"] | ["Compensation", "Nominating & Governance", "Nominating & Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Mary Ann Hanley | Director | 69 | ["Over 30 years of service across state government, healthcare organizations, higher education, and nonprofits", "Trustee of Goodwin University", "Director of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. (1999\u20132019)", "Chair of Economic and Strategic Development Committee at Goodwin University", "Liaison for Government and Community Alliances at Trinity Health of New England", "Experience with state legislative processes and workforce strategies"] | ["Audit", "Nominating and Governance", "Sustainability", "Nominating & Governance Committee", "Sustainability Committee"] | 2026 |
| Nick O. Rowe | Director | 68 | ["Leader in the drinking water industry for nearly four decades", "Experience in regulated water utilities", "Senior Vice President, Central Division, and President, Kentucky American Water", "Experience in executive leadership and operations roles", "Civil engineer at CSX Corporation", "Principle at NOR Solutions"] | ["Finance", "Sustainability", "Finance Committee", "Sustainability Committee"] | 2026 |
| Rebecca A. Klein | [] | ["Finance Committee", "Sustainability Committee"] | 2026 | ||
| Rebecca Armendariz Klein | Director | 61 | ["Energy, power, and water regulatory strategy", "Strategic consulting and entrepreneurship", "Market dynamics", "Capital investment for essential infrastructure", "25-year military career as Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve", "Corporate governance and directorship experience", "Founder and principal of Klein Energy, LLC", "Former Chair of the Texas Public Utility Commission", "Former Chair of the Board of the Lower Colorado River Authority", "Development of the Office of Government Affairs and Industry Relations for KPMG Consulting", "Directorships at Avista Corp. and Diamondback Energy"] | ["Audit", "Compensation", "Finance", "Sustainability"] | 2026 |
