Cathy Green
Service area: Huntington Beach and portions of Fountain Valley
Cathy Green was elected to the Orange County Water District (OCWD) Board of Directors in November 2010 and was re-elected in 2012, 2016, 2020 and 2024. She has served as president in 2015 – 2016 and 2023 – 2024. She has also served as 1st vice president in 2013 – 2014 and 2020 – 2022.
Prior to Director Green’s service on OCWD’s board, she was elected to two consecutive terms on the Huntington Beach City Council where she served two terms as mayor. Director Green has been involved as a council liaison and committee member on many city boards, commissions and committees. She served on the Orange County Transportation Authority Board and was a director of OC Clean Tech.
In September 2023, Director Green was elected to serve as President of the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) for the 2024-2025 term, following her tenure as Vice President from 2022 – 2023. ACWA, the largest statewide coalition of public water agencies in the country, has seen significant contributions from Director Green since she joined in 2012. She has served on the Executive Committee since 2020 and has been a member of the ACWA Board since 2016. Further demonstrating her leadership, Director Green has been part of the Region 10 Board since 2012, holding the position of Chair from 2018 to 2019 and serving as Vice Chair from 2016 to 2017 and again since 2020. She has also served on the Water Quality Committee since 2012, the Energy Committee since 2019, and the State Legislative Committee from 2012 to 2015.
Director Green serves on the boards of CalOptima, the Huntington Valley Boys and Girls Club and the Orange County Explorer Program; serves on the Huntington Beach City School District Medi-Cal Collaborative; is a director of the Prime Health Foundation and the Huntington Beach Hospital; is a member of the American Legion Unit 133 Auxiliary, Huntington Beach Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the Elks Lodge 1959; and is on the Advisory Board of the Bolsa Chica Conservancy. She is a founding member of Amigos de Bolsa Chica.
In addition, her community involvement has included serving as president of the Therapeutic Riding Center and the Huntington Beach Community Clinic, chair of the Orange County Emergency Medical Care Committee and of Explorer’s/Learning for Life, first aid chair of Huntington Beach CERT, and board member of the OC Boy Scouts of America Council and American Family Housing.
Director Green is the recipient of many awards. Her most recent is a 2024 Orange County Boy Scouts Citizen of Character Award. She has also received the 2020 Boys and Girls Clubs of America National Service to Youth Award, the 2010 Spurgeon Award, and was named the 2005 Woman of the Year by then State Senator John Campbell. Other awards include the 2006 United Way Excellence in Child Care Planning, the 2007 Peace Maker Award from the Greater Huntington Beach Interfaith Council and the Golden West College Pillar of Achievement Award. She has also been recognized as Huntington Beach’s Citizen of the Year by the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce, a Huntington Beach Soroptimist’s Woman of Distinction and a Bolsa Chica Conservancy Conservator of the Year.
Director Green is a registered nurse and holds a degree in law. As a nurse, Director Green worked in the health care areas of intensive care, student health, community health, and patient advocacy. In addition to nursing, she gained experience with a variety of environmental projects while associated with Lockhart and Associates.
Director Green has been a resident of Huntington Beach since 1970 where she raised her two children, Teresa and Tom, with her late husband Peter.