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Yazdan “Yaz” Emrani Sworn In As New Member Of Metropolitan Water District Board Of Directors

/in , /by /California Water News Daily

Yazdan “Yaz” Emrani was recently sworn in as the newest member of the Board of Directors for Metropolitan Water District (MWD) of Southern California. Emrani is the director of Public Works for the city of San Fernando and is also the city’s engineer. His responsibilities as part of the MWD board includes serving on four Metropolitan boards including: Audit and Ethics Committee; Communications and Legislation Committee; Facilities Naming Ad Hoc Committee; and the Organization, Personnel and Technology Committee. Emrani is succeeding San Fernando Mayor Sylvia Ballin on the 38-member MWD board. Ballin had served on the MWD board since 2007.

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Oakland Finance Director And Veteran Muni Advisor Are 2018 Freda Johnson Award Winners

/in , /by /The Bond Buyer (New York)by Andrew Coen

Katano Kasaine, director of finance for the City of Oakland, Calif., and Noreen White, co-founder of Acacia Financial Group, will receive the 2018 Freda Johnson Award for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance. The Northeast Women in Public Finance will formally present the awards at The Bond Buyer’s Deal of the Year ceremony in New York City on Dec. 6. The award is named for Freda Johnson, a founding board member of the organization who was an executive vice president and public finance division head at Moody’s Investors Service from 1979 through 1990.

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