DENVER—Jennifer L. Gimbel was named director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board on Wednesday, replacing Rod Kuharich, who retired in June.
The Water Conservation Board is responsible for protecting and conserving the state’s water, planning for droughts, planning water projects, and identifying and mitigating flood hazards.
Gimbel, an attorney, has worked for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation since 2001 in positions including associate director of operations, manager of the environmental and water resources office and policy analyst.
Since 2005, she has been chairwoman of the interior secretary’s Indian Water Rights Working Group.
It was the second major water position filled this week. On Monday, Gov. Bill Ritter named Dick Wolfe the state water engineer to oversee the Division of Water Resources, which handles the distribution of the state’s scarce water among water-rights owners.
