Our Team

Areas of Expertise

  • Water Resource Policy Analysis
  • Water Market Analysis
  • Strategic Water Management
  • Long-term Supply Planning & Forecasting

Education

  • M.S. Sustainability, Arizona State University
  • B.S. Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Experience

  • Water Policy Advisor, AMWUA
  • Senior Policy Analyst, Central Arizona Project
  • Associate, Partners for Economic Solutions
  • Analyst, Bay Area Economics

Jessica Fox

Southwest Regional Director

Jessica Fox is the Southwest Regional Director for WestWater Research and leads the firm’s Phoenix office. She is a dedicated water resources professional, bringing over ten years of experience in Arizona water policy and management. She has extensive experience developing and advocating for policy solutions and strategies to address groundwater and surface water issues affecting the desert southwest. While working for Arizona’s largest renewable water supplier, Jessica developed datasets and modeling tools to evaluate water supply and demand scenarios, analyze water shortage impacts, and implement effective policies and programs to achieve the organization’s strategic goals. 

Jessica earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York, and an M.S. in Sustainability at Arizona State University. Prior to joining WestWater, Jessica was the water policy advisor for the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, evaluating regional water supply issues and formulating policy proposals for its ten Phoenix-area member municipalities who serve approximately 3.5 million residents. She also spent nearly nine years conducting regional planning, policy and data analysis as a policy analyst at Central Arizona Project and Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District. 

Our Team

Jessica Fox

Southwest Regional Director

Jessica Fox is the Southwest Regional Director for WestWater Research and leads the firm’s Phoenix office. She is a dedicated water resources professional, bringing over ten years of experience in Arizona water policy and management. She has extensive experience developing and advocating for policy solutions and strategies to address groundwater and surface water issues affecting the desert southwest. While working for Arizona’s largest renewable water supplier, Jessica developed datasets and modeling tools to evaluate water supply and demand scenarios, analyze water shortage impacts, and implement effective policies and programs to achieve the organization’s strategic goals. 

Jessica earned a B.S. in Environmental Studies at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York, and an M.S. in Sustainability at Arizona State University. Prior to joining WestWater, Jessica was the water policy advisor for the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, evaluating regional water supply issues and formulating policy proposals for its ten Phoenix-area member municipalities who serve approximately 3.5 million residents. She also spent nearly nine years conducting regional planning, policy and data analysis as a policy analyst at Central Arizona Project and Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District. 

Areas of Experise

  • Water Resource Policy Analysis
  • Water Market Analysis
  • Strategic Water Management
  • Long-term Supply Planning & Forecasting

Education

  • M.S. Sustainability, Arizona State University
  • B.S. Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Experience

  • Water Policy Advisor, AMWUA
  • Senior Policy Analyst, Central Arizona Project
  • Associate, Partners for Economic Solutions
  • Analyst, Bay Area Economics