What Happened?
Washington, DC-based Metropolitan-Water-District-of-Southern-California Promoted Fidencio Mares as Chief Administrative Officer
About the Company
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving nearly 19 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs
About the Person
Fidencio “Feedy” Mares is the interim assistant general manager and chief administrative officer of The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. In this capacity, he is responsible for the strategic direction and management of Metropolitan’s critical administrative functions. His primary responsibilities include managing Human Resources, Information Technology, Business Outreach, Real Property, and Administrative Services. Prior to joining Metropolitan, Mares was the owner of the Mares Company, where he served as a consultant to companies in the overall assessment of their management programs and processes including the evaluation of the strategic alignment and performance of the human resources function, executive compensation systems, performance metrics, talent management processes, employee and labor relations procedures, and organization structure and design. Prior to becoming a consultant, Mares worked both in the private and public sectors, serving as vice president of human resources and corporate communications for Beckham Coulter and as chief administrative officer of BHP/Pacific Resources and President & CEO of Gas Operations. He worked for more than 15 years in the public sector for The Gas Company in Hawaii and Southern California Edison Company. A graduate of the California State University, Fresno, he also serves on the National Board of Visitors (Distinguished Graduates) for the University. Mares is also very involved in community activities such as his long tenure serving as Vice Chair of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California.
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