About me
Todd was born and raised in Utah. He grew up in the Millcreek area of the Salt Lake Valley, attending Skyline High School and later Brigham Young University where he obtained a BS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1995. While at BYU, Todd met and married his sweetheart, Daisy. They live in Orem and are the proud parents of four children and four grandchildren.
Todd has worked for the Utah Division of Water Resources since 1998. He started his career as a Civil Engineer in the River Basin Planning Section and eventually became the section’s manager. Todd was also the manager of the Project Funding Section for a few years and is currently the Assistant Director over the division’s planning branch. Todd was the primary author of several major publications by the division, including the 2001 State Water Plan and also oversaw the production of the 2021 State Water Plan as well as many detailed planning studies on water reuse, conjunctive management of surface and ground water, drought, reservoir sedimentation, and leak detection. Todd currently is helping to oversee the important effort to prepare the Great Salt Lake Basin Integrated Plan and the next State Water Plan to be published by the end of 2026.
