Allison Harvey Turner oversees the Water Foundation’s strategy, operations, and grantmaking, and leads the staff in pursuing its mission to secure clean, reliable water for people, nature, and our future. In addition, Allison supports philanthropy’s ability to convene, experiment with new ideas, and scale investment in transformative water solutions. Previously, Allison was the environment program director at the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, where she directed water and land conservation strategies, including managing the California Conservation Fund. She was on the senior management team that grew the organization from 10 to 30 professionals, managed a complex endowment, and guided more than $1 billion in grantmaking over 10 years. Allison also serves on advisory boards for the Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center, Sustainable Conservation, and the Water Solutions Network. She received a B.S. in chemical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.