H2O Breakfast 2021 Keynote Diane Taniguchi-Dennis

Diane Taniguchi-Dennis, Chief Executive Officer for Clean Water Services

Diane is the Chief Executive Officer for Clean Water Services, the water resources management utility that provides wastewater, stormwater, flow management, water supply planning and ecological enhancement services for more than 600,000 customers in urban Washington County, Oregon, and the Tualatin River Watershed. A leader and innovator in environmental sustainability, water resources management, research and development of new technology and digital solutions, Clean Water Services is a member of the Leading Utility of the World Network and has been recognized as a Utility of the Future.

Diane currently serves on the Boards of Directors for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies and Willamette Partnership. She is part of the Research Advisory Committee for the Water Research Foundation. Winner of the 2019 Water Finance & Management Award, she is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Oregon and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and a Master’s of Business Administration from the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University.