Brian Walker is a civil engineer with 15 years of experience in hydrology and water management with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and in private industry, currently serving as the District Hydrologist for the Sacramento District. He is the Regional Technical Specialist for hydrology related to the assessment of reservoir operation studies for the South Pacific Division. He received a B.S.C.E and M.S.C.E from Purdue University in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on watershed hydrology under Dr. G.S. Rao during graduate studies. As a civil engineer with USACE, he has worked on numerous flood risk mitigation, reservoir reoperation, and ecosystem restoration studies, as well as working on system-wide hydrology studies for the State of California Department of Water Resources. He was recently appointed as the divisional representative to the USACE National Hydrology Committee and is also an approved a member of the USACE Climate Preparedness and Resilience community of practice. Outside of work, he is an avid jazz bassist and soon-to-be father of two.
