ABOUT

It has been my honor to serve as your representative on the Western Municipal Water District Board. During my tenure, WMWD has continued diversifying its water supply sources and we now obtain about 40% of our water locally where we were 100% dependent on imported water less than 10 years ago. I look forward to serving you for the next four years and would appreciate your vote on November 8.

Mike Gardner came to Riverside in 1971 to continue his education at the University of California, Riverside where he received his Bachelor of Science Degree and completed all the coursework for the Ph.D. While at UCR Mike met and married his wife Joyce. Mike and Joyce have lived in the same house in Riverside for 48 years. Their three children graduated from Riverside Public Schools. Mike worked for Southern California Edison for 23 years beginning in the Environmental Planning group and working his way up to fairly senior management. After leaving Edison Mike worked for three different Riverside-based small businesses helping them with management, organizational, and staffing issues.

In 2007 Mike was elected to the Riverside City Council where he served for 12 years. For most of this time, he sat on the council committee that oversees Riverside’s public utilities and was regarded as the Council expert on utility matters. Mike was a Governor’s appointee to the Seismic Safety Commission and served three Governors over 11 years. Mike has over 35 years of utility management experience significant experience and has managed large numbers of people and budgets of over a Billion dollars.

Mike’s primary goals for his next term on the Western Municipal Water District board are diversifying the water supply, creating new statewide water infrastructure, and keeping rates as low as possible. Please contact Mike at [email protected] or on his cell phone at (951) 897-8660 if you have questions, suggestions, or would like additional information.