Jenny Tanphanich

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, Resident Engineer

Jenny Tanphanich has led initiatives to protect water resources and human health for over a decade. She is a Resident Engineer at the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts, focused on construction projects including the Clearwater seven-mile effluent outfall tunnel. She developed strategies for increasing sustainable use of recycled water through her previous role as a wastewater planning engineer. Prior to LACSD, Jenny focused on mitigating climate change and its environmental impacts, such as droughts and floods, globally. She conducted water evaluations for international aid and non-profit organizations, including in Thailand and India. Jenny is a California Bay Area native and holds a B.S. and M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University, respectively.