Christine Chavez

Water Conservation Manager @City Of Santa Fe

Santa Fe, NM, US

Manage and provide oversight of all staff to include all employment decisions such as hiring, performance management and discipline-Fiscal management of $1 million-dollar budget from various funding sources-Developed, implemented and regularly monitor the impacts of community water conservation programs including commercial/residential rebate programs, K-12 education programs and customer-based leak detection programs using AMI metering and EyeOnWater platforms-Staff lead for the City Council appointed Water Conservation Committee focused on developing and implementing strategic policy directives for the community-Guided a performance-based community-wide strategic planning process resulting in the development of the City\'s inaugural water conservation program scorecard-Implemented the quarterly evaluation of performance indicators that assess and measure the water conservation program\'s community-wide impacts by utilizing an annual feedback and data collection loop that incorporates public input-Extensive interaction with internal and external customers including elected officials, state officials and media-Social equity consideration of all conservation programming using the GARE Racial Equity Toolkit-Testified before state legislative subcommittee in support of proposed water conservation legislation.

New Mexico State University

Master of Science (M.S.), Biology

New Mexico State University

Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Environmental Science

Santa Fe Community College

Associate in Arts in Spanish

Santa Fe Community College

Associate in Arts in Business Administration

The University of New Mexico

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA