Senior Director, Water Supply & System, Salt River Project (SRP)
Christa has a B.S. in Environmental Science from NAU and a Master’s of Public Administration from ASU. She began her career at the Arizona Department of Water Resources, eventually becoming the manager of the Office of Assured and Adequate Water Supply. She left ADWR to become a water resource consultant, primarily representing developers and water providers on issues relating to assured water supply requirements and water rights. Christa joined SRP in 2011 to work on water resource planning and the day-to-day operations of SRP’s joint venture with the Gila River Indian Community, the Gila River Water Storage, LLC.
Since joining SRP, Christa has held leadership positions responsible for coordinating all water rights and water contracts related activities for SRP, including Indian Water Right Settlements, Gila River and Little Colorado River Stream Adjudications, water exchanges and transfers, permitting, new projects which ensure water supply reliability and acquisition of renewable water supplies to support sustainable growth within SRP’s electric service area.
In 2023, she was promoted to Senior Director of Water Supply and System, where she is responsible for leading SRP’s water resource management group, water engineering and transmission group and construction and maintenance groups for SRP’s groundwater wells and water delivery system.
