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Pablo Arroyave Selected as Assistant Regional Director for Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region

Media Contact: Pete Lucero, (916) 978-5100, 07/24/2008 16:15

For Release: July 24, 2008

Mr. Donald Glaser, Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Region, today announced the selection of Mr. Pablo Arroyave as the Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services effective August 31, 2008. 

In his new position, Mr. Arroyave will assist the Regional Director in overseeing the management of Reclamation's water projects in an area encompassing the northern two-thirds of California, most of western Nevada, and part of southern Oregon.  Mr. Arroyave will serve as a key member of the Regional Director's management team, supervising technical offices and programs, leading special studies and investigations, serving on policy-setting committees, and representing the Regional Director at meetings, conferences, and public appearances.

"With Pablo's leadership skills and his expertise working with a variety of groups and stakeholders, he is an excellent choice for Assistant Regional Director." said Mr. Glaser.  "I will depend greatly upon his experience and judgment in managing Regional programs and personnel."

Since August 2006, Mr. Arroyave has served as Area Manager of the Mid-Pacific Region's Klamath Basin Area Office in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  In this capacity, he directed program activities for the Klamath Project, which provides water for 240,000 acres of farmland and also for the Klamath National Wildlife Refuges.

A Federal employee for 17 years, Mr. Arroyave previously served as the Deputy Area Manager for the Region's Lahontan Basin Area Office in Carson City, Nevada, and as the Regional Liaison in Washington D.C.  His former positions include Special Assistant to the Deputy Regional Director and Program Manager for the San Joaquin River Riparian Habitat Restoration Program.  He first worked for Reclamation in the Lower Colorado Regional Office in Boulder City, Nevada.  He began his Federal career with the Bureau of Land Management in Kanab, Utah.

Mr. Arroyave earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Wildlife Ecology from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, in 1992.  He has two children.

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