Laurie Park is the president of Water Energy Innovations, a firm established in 2012 to advance knowledge and understanding of the nation’s water-energy nexus. Park previously managed the Hetch Hetchy Water & Power project, was the program manager of the California Sustainability Alliance and served as vice president at GEI Consultants. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/105646/rss en Management & Supply Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:14:51 +0000 Laurie Park https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/09/29/why-california-is-challenged-by-its-mind-set-of-plenty https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2016/09/29/why-california-is-challenged-by-its-mind-set-of-plenty Californians must deal with periodic drought, but when water is available it’s not evenly distributed, and a mind-set of ‘plenty’ makes coping with less over the long term a difficult scenario, says Water Energy Innovations president Laurie Park.