Marta Lugo

Valley Water, DEI and Civic Engagement Officer

As part of the senior leadership team, Marta Lugo serves as Valley' Water’s External Affairs Assistant Officer in managing and leading agency-wide External Affairs programs and initiatives that promote, raise awareness and build broad community-wide support for safe, clean water, flood protection, and environmental stewardship. She also provides strategic direction and oversees the Office of Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and the Office of Civic Engagement, whose focus is on fostering and advancing social and environmental justice and promoting equity in all policy-making, business decision making & service delivery to the public. Marta is a communications and community outreach professional with more than fifteen years of cross-discipline experience for both private and public sectors within in the fields of public water utilities, public health/ healthcare, and arts education. Marta started her career at the Santa Clara Valley Water District nearly 5 years ago overseeing the water district’s water conservation advertising campaign: Brown is the New Green. Shortly after, she was promoted to lead the recycled and purified water outreach program in which she established a public tour program for the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center. She now manages the Water Education & Volunteer program under the newly formed Office of Civic Engagement. Prior to the water district, Marta worked for the Santa Clara County Public Health Department for 9 years mostly in health communications— bringing a unique and diverse perspective from a complimentary field. A Bay Area native, she holds a B.S. in Mass Communications from San Jose State University and a Masters in Public Health.