Bob Patterson is currently the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District General Manager. He oversees a four county groundwater conservation district overlying the Trinity Aquifer and the Barnett Shale formation. Patterson also has been extensively involved for more than 20 years in water rights and conservation in the Southwest and West. He is a former Director-At-Large of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Patterson holds a B.S. from New Mexico State University, an M.S. from Texas Technological University, and a D.V.M. from Washington State University.