Staff

Allen Young

Senior Communications Officer

As senior communications officer, Allen Young leads communications for the Water Foundation. For the past 15 years, he has worked as a journalist and political communications specialist in Sacramento. Allen serves the Foundation by guiding communications strategy, media relations, and multimedia production. He also provides communications capacity and guidance to Foundation grantees.

Mostly recently, Allen worked as press secretary to California Attorney General Rob Bonta and his predecessor, AG Xavier Becerra. Before that, Allen served the California Department of Water Resources in the communications department. As a journalist, Allen wrote for local and national publications and produced stories for NPR affiliates in Sacramento and San Francisco.

Office

555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1155
Sacramento, CA 95814

Contact

[email protected]

"Growing up, I spent nearly every weekend at Salmon Creek outside Bodega Bay or Drakes beach at Point Reyes National Seashore.

My mom grew up in Inverness and Drakes’ was also her childhood beach. I swam competitively at UC Santa Cruz and used to swim along the beaches of Monterey Bay for fun. Since becoming a father, I take my daughter to Pacifica State Beach (with its famous beachside Taco Bell). For inland waterways, my dad used to take me to Mt. Shasta and I grew up rafting and playing near the headwaters of the Sacramento River. Open water swimming has been a constant in my life, and one that I cherish. "