New Director Representing the Municipal Water District of Orange County Joins Metropolitan board

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Policy professor and water consultant Randall Crane was seated Tuesday as the Municipal Water District of Orange County’s newest representative on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Crane is a professor emeritus at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, where he studied water governance, infrastructure planning, transportation, and the economic development challenges of cities. Through his career, he has advised the World Bank and several countries on water access, environmental governance, and regional infrastructure planning. He succeeds Larry Dick, who served on Metropolitan’s 38-member board since 2003. Dick was MWDOC’s longest-tenured Metropolitan representative.

“Director Crane has spent much of his career studying regional governance, water management and planning for climate change – the very issues Metropolitan is grappling with today,” said Metropolitan board Chair Adán Ortega, Jr. “I look forward to having his expertise on the board and working with him to ensure a reliable and sustainable water supply for Southern California.”

Crane’s career includes service as a Fulbright professor at El Colegio de México, visiting professor at Harvard University, and senior scholar at the World Resources Institute. At UC Irvine and UCLA, Crane taught courses in urban planning, including water planning, environmental governance and public finance. He holds a doctoral degree in applied economics from MIT.

Crane was elected in 2022 to the MWDOC board of directors. He lives in Irvine with his wife, Marta, an architect, where they raised their two sons.

Note to editors: A photo of Director Crane is available upon request.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a state-established cooperative that, along with its 26 cities and retail suppliers, provide water for 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.