SAN JOSE (BCN) — An interim chief executive officer was named to the Santa Clara Valley Water District as it conducts a national search to permanently fill the position.
The district’s board of directors during a Tuesday meeting at its San Jose headquarters appointed Norma Camacho to temporarily lead the agency.
“Ms. Camacho has the experience and know-how that we need to steer this ship while we search for a permanent replacement,” board chairwoman Barbara Keegan said in a statement today.
“We believe that the day-to-day operation of this organization is in good hands,” Keegan said.
Beau Goldie had been CEO until January, when he retired after 31 years with the district. After Goldie’s departure, the district’s chief operating officers rotated as acting CEO, starting with Jim Fiedler for a month and followed by Camacho, according to agency officials.
Camacho has been with the district for four years in charge of the watersheds division, where she was responsible for leading a team on multiple projects including completing the Evelyn Bridge Fish Passage, district officials said.
Camacho also helped make “significant progress” on projects at the San Francisquito, Permanente, and Upper Llagas creeks, according to district officials.
“I look at this as a team effort with myself and all the chiefs. I think it’s going to take all of us to work together in collaboration to get through this gap period, to continue all the good work of the district, and to push forward on the large projects that … are going to be facing us in the future,” Camacho said in a statement.