Please join us for a special evening with guest Sarah
Porter. Sarah is director of the Kyl
Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University's Morrison Institute for
Public Policy. Established in 2014, the Kyl Center promotes research, analysis,
collaboration and open dialogue to build consensus in support of sound water
stewardship solutions for Arizona and the West. The Kyl Center’s cornerstone
project is the award-winning Arizona
Water Blueprint, a comprehensive online hub of information about Arizona
water resources and policy.
Sarah came to the Kyl Center from the National Audubon
Society, where she served as the Arizona state director and led Audubon's
Western Rivers Project, a multistate initiative to protect and restore
important river habitats in the Intermountain West. As deputy director of
Audubon Arizona, Sarah was a key team member in the effort to launch the Nina
Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center, a nature education center located in a
restored riparian habitat in South Phoenix. Before joining the staff of Audubon
in 2006, Sarah spent fourteen years as an attorney in private practice,
specializing in complex commercial litigation.
Sarah has served on Senator Sinema’s Water Advisory Council,
Governor Ducey’s Water Augmentation, Innovation and Conservation Council,
University of Arizona's Water Resources Research Center's External Advisory
Council, Phoenix’s Environmental Quality and Sustainability Commission and
several community boards. A native of Phoenix, Sarah received her bachelor’s
degree with honors from Harvard College and her J.D. magna cum laude from
Arizona State University College of Law, where she was a John S. Armstrong
Award recipient. She clerked for Hon. William C. Canby, Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals.
Wednesday, April 19:
Cocktails & Networking 5:30pm
– 6:15pm
Dinner & Speaker 6:15pm
– 8:30pm
There will not be a virtual option for this event.