Sandi Matsumoto

The Nature Conservancy, California Water Program Director

Sandi Matsumoto is the Director for The Nature Conservancy’s California Water Program. She leads a multi-disciplinary team focused on securing a resilient and sustainable water future for California. The Water Program is working to secure the wintering grounds of the Pacific Flyway, to revive healthy rivers to sustain salmon, and to advance sustainable groundwater management that ensures drinking water for people and supports nature. During her 17 years with TNC, she has worked at the nexus of water, agriculture and the environment across the state, including by launching BirdReturns and TNC’s efforts to implement the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. A Central Valley native, she earned her B.A. from Yale University and M.B.A. from the Anderson School at UCLA. In 2017, she was appointed by Governor Brown to serve as a board member on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy. She also serves on the Advisory Council to the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center and as an advisor to the emerging Environmental Leadership Initiative.