Deven Upadhyay, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Deven Upadhyay is the Assistant General Manager and Chief Operating Officer for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He is responsible for managing the operational business functions of the district, which include system operations, engineering, planning and water resources management. Upadhyay began his career with Metropolitan in 1995 as a resource specialist in the Planning and Resources Division. In 2005, he left Metropolitan to work for the Municipal Water District of Orange County on water policy issues. In 2008, he returned to Metropolitan as the Budget and Financial Planning Section Manager before becoming Group Manager for Water Resources Management in 2010. Upadhyay earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from California State University, Fullerton and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of La Verne.