Become a member to vote in our 2025 Fall Elections!
The CBSWC is having Board elections, and we want to make sure you get the opportunity to vote! Please fill out the membership form to confirm your membership to receive a ballot.
Membership is free and each qualified Member is entitled to one vote per matter brought the membership, including board elections. Associate Members are non-voting. Ballots will be sent out via email on October 16, 2025. Learn more →
Interested in running for a vacant Board position?
We have seven Board positions up for election this year:*
Board Position 1, Water Purveyor Position #1
Board Position 3, Water Purveyor #3
Board Position 5, Water Purveyor #5
Board Position 7, Water Purveyor #7
Board Position 9, At-Large Position #2
Board Position 11, County Commissioner Position #2
Board Position 13, Conservation District Position #2
If you are interested in running for a Board position, please contact Claire Miller at (509) 505-3046 or Claire.miller@commerce.wa.gov by September 30, 2025.
*Board Directors must be members of the Coalition, which means they must reside in Franklin, Lincoln, Adams, or Grant (FLAG) Counties, and are not a state or federally elected official, agency, department, or staff person. Water Purveyor means a representative from a Group A or B water system located in the FLAG counties. At-Large means any person living in the FLAG counties. County Commissioners must be currently elected commissioners from one of the FLAG counties, no more than one Director shall represent the same County.
Become a Member
There are two categories of members:
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Member—any person residing in Washington or any entity operating in the FLAG (Franklin, Lincoln, Adams, and Grant) counties with an interest in Group A and B water systems.
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Associate Member—any state or federal elected official, agency, department, or staff person representing such.
Each qualified Member is entitled to one vote per matter brought before the membership, including board elections. Associate Members are non-voting. Membership to the Columbia Basin Sustainable Water Coalition is free!
Board Members
Elsa Bowen
Chair
Lincoln County Conservation District
Shawn O'Brien
Vice Chair
City of Ephrata
Judi Ellis
Columbia Water Services
Kristina Ribellia
Secretary
Columbia Basin Conservation District
Robin Adolphsen
City of Othello
Richard Law
City of Moses Lake
Paul Wollman
Warden Hutterian Brethren
Bob Davis
City of Quincy
Kristine Shuler
City of Warden
Jo Gilchrist
Lincoln County
Michele Kiesz
Kagele/Kiesz Family Farms, LLC
Clint Didier
Franklin County
Rob Jones
Grant County
Britton Baker
Alternate for Kristina Ribellia
Columbia Basin Conservation District
Brean Nieman
Alternate for
Elsa Bowen
Lincoln County Conservation District
Cameron Williamson
Alternate for
Robin Adolphsen
City of Othello