Sharon B. Megdal , Ph.D.

Sharon B. Megdal is Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center (WRRC), an Extension and research unit in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her work focuses on water policy and water resources management challenges and solutions, on which she writes and frequently speaks. She also holds the titles Professor and Specialist, Department Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, C.W. & Modene Neely Endowed Professor, and Distinguished Outreach Professor. Dr. Megdal, whose geographic scope of work ranges from local to international, places particular emphasis on how to achieve desired policy objectives in terms of institutional structures and possible changes to them. In November 2014, Dr. Megdal was elected to a second six-year term on the Central Arizona Water Conservation District Board of Directors, where she is responsible for the policies, rates and taxes associated with delivering Colorado River water through the Central Arizona Project. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University.