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John Andrew is Assistant Deputy Director of the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), where he oversees all of DWR’s climate change activities. He was the lead author of DWR’s climate change water adaptation white paper, Managing an Uncertain Future; Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for California’s Water (October 2008), and served as the water sector lead for the California Climate Adaptation Strategy (December 2009). John also helped develop the water-related measures in the AB 32 Scoping Plan (December 2008) and led the development of DWR’s first sustainability policy (April 2009).

From 2004-07, Mr. Andrew was DWR’s Chief of Special Planning Projects, serving as an editor of the California Water Plan Update 2005, the State’s strategic plan for water resources. From 2000-03, John served as the Drinking Water Quality Program Manager and Southern California Regional Coordinator for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, and before that, he was the Chief of Fish Facilities for DWR's Environmental Services Office. Prior to joining DWR, John spent eight years in research and field assignments with the drinking water program at the California Department of Health Services in Berkeley. From 1991-98, Mr. Andrew was also a publicly elected director of the Stege Sanitary District in Contra Costa County, which serves the communities of El Cerrito, Kensington, and the Richmond Annex.

Mr. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in water resources and environmental engineering and is a licensed Civil Engineer in the state of California. He holds degrees in civil engineering and public policy from the University of California at Berkeley.