2012 Winners!
Sharon Megdal
Director, Water Resources Research Center
PhD, Economics, Princeton University, 1981
Sharon Megdal is the director of the University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center. She also serves as a professor and specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Her work focuses on state and regional water resources management and policy with areas of focus including storage and recovery programs, regional approaches to water management, ecosystem restoration, and the role of the private sector in water delivery. She also writes a public policy column for the Arizona Water Resource, the bi-monthly Water Resources Research Center newsletter, and regularly makes presentations on water issues to diverse audiences.