Board Meeting Information
The regular Board meetings occur every 3rd Thursday of each month at the District office at 6:00pm. If there are changes in dates and times you will see revisions on those individual dates. The regularly scheduled Board meeting dates for 2023 are:
Please find the Notice of Change of Date for April’s Regular Meetings of the Board of Directors here.
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Meeting Minutes & Agendas
2023
August 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
July 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
June 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
May 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
April 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
March 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Feb. 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Jan. 2023 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
2022
December 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
November 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
October 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
September 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
August 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
July 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
June 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
May 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
April 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
March 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Feb. 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Jan. 2022 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
2021
December 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
November 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
October 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
September 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
August 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
July 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
June 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
May 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
April 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
March 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Feb. 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Jan. 2021 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
2020
Dec. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Nov. 2020 | Meeting Minutes. |Board Agenda
Oct. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Sept. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Aug. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
July 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
June 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
May 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Notice Of Change In Location For Regular Board Meeting
Apr. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Mar. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Special Meeting March 18, 2020
Feb. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | Board Agenda
Jan. 2020 | Meeting Minutes | January 15, 2020 Agenda
2019
Dec. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Nov. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Oct. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Sept. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Aug 2019 | Meeting Minutes
July 2019 | Meeting Minutes (There will not be approved board meeting minutes for June)
May 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Apr. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Mar. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Feb. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
Jan. 2019 | Meeting Minutes
2018
DEC 2018 | Meeting Minutes
NOV 2018 | Meeting Minutes
OCT 2018 | Meeting Minutes
SEPT 2018 | Meeting Minutes
AUGUST 2018 | Meeting Minutes
JULY 2018 | Meeting Minutes
JUNE 2018 | Meeting Minutes
JUNE 2018 | Meeting Minutes
MAY 2018 | Meeting Minutes
APR 2018 | Meeting Minutes
MAR 2018 | Meeting Minutes
FEB 2018 | Meeting Minutes
JAN 2018 | Meeting Minutes
Meet our Board Members

Walter Partridge
Chairman
Walter Partridge and his wife Stephanie have lived in the Pinery for 28 years. They have 6 children, 12 grandchildren, and 8 great-grandchildren. Walt operates Partridge Auction Services from his office in Parker. Before becoming a professional auctioneer, Walt worked in industrial explosives for over 30 years.
He started his explosives career as a sales representative for DuPont in Alaska and ended his career as President of Explosive Technologies International, Export Division. During his explosives career, he traveled to many mining and construction operations throughout the world. He and his family lived in New Zealand, Australia, Alaska, Delaware, Washington State, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Colorado.
Walt has had several interesting experiences traveling overseas. For example, on 9/11 he was at a remote site in the Sierra Desert and saw the towers come down on an Arabian speaking station watching with several members of the Muslim community. Several days passed before he was able to get back to the United States. Before becoming a professional auctioneer, Walt conducted benefit auctions in each area he lived and continues to do so.
He is certified by the National Auctioneers Association as a Benefit Auction Specialist. Walt joined the Colorado Auctioneers Association and the National Auctioneers Association in 1998. He was elected to the Colorado Auctioneers Association (CAA) Board of Directors in 2002, and along with chairing several committees, served over 8 years as treasurer and was president for 2 years. Presently Walt is treasurer of the Colorado Auctioneers Foundation which provides scholarships and training for Colorado auctioneers. He was the 2005 Colorado State Bid Calling Champion and inducted into the CAA Hall of Fame in 2013. He is past President of the Explosives Distributors Association, an organization of explosives distributors in the United States and Canada.
Walt is active at his church and enjoys fishing and traveling with his family and friends. Walt has served multiple terms on the Pinery Water Board. He is honored to serve on the board and understands his responsibility to the Pinery residents. He continues to work for cost-effective reliable water and sewer services.

Rod Bergholm
Director
Rod and his wife, Sandy have lived in the Pinery since 1980. They have four children, eleven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Rod is a graduate Professional Engineer and spent most of his career in the telecommunications industry, ending there as Executive Director-Audit Services. During those years, he had capacity provisioning and capital management responsibilities over fourteen states, acquiring significant insight in utilities management. Rod recently retired from the Pinery Water District having spent six years as a Business Analyst where he focused on operational efficiency and cost effectiveness in water provisioning and usage along with water conservation planning.
Rod has firsthand experience with the challenges associated with providing a reliable supply of quality water at reasonable rates as expected by the users/owners of the Pinery Water District. He completed numerous analyses of operating and maintenance practices, usage patterns and trends, future demands and supply options, and conservation alternatives as part of his duties at the District. Rod understands the challenges presented by the precipitation patterns in the West and the Board’s role in providing guidance and oversight for assuring the water availability that the users need and expect.
Rod would be honored to serve on the Board of Directors and to help assure the continued reliability and service that we residents are accustomed to receiving.

Jim McGannon
Director
Jim McGannon joined the Board in May 2018. He is a forestry/arborist consultant. His career includes working as City Arborist in Bismarck, N.D. and most of his career as City Forester in Colorado Springs. His profession includes work as a professional/certified forester and certified/arborist. He works with landowners, land trusts, commercial interests, homeowners, expert witness, and agencies. Jim and his wife, Maria, have lived in the Pinery since 2014 and in the Denver/Colorado Springs area most of their lives. Jim is also active on the Pinery HOA.
Jim has volunteered and serve(s) on many community and regional boards and committees. Prior to being on the Board, Jim served as Chair of the Pinery Water Conservation Task Force. Jim will continue to be a Board liaison to the Task Force. His interests in the outdoors and land stewardship has been a passion for him and a force that drives him to be part of volunteering in the communities that he works and lives in. He has experience on Boards and task forces that include Municipal Utilities, conservation groups, homeowner associations, Boy Scouts of America (he is an Eagle Scout), Living History Associations, sportsmans groups, land trusts across Colorado, and many others.
Future water planning for this district is something Jim has a keen interest in.

Lisa Neal-Graves
Director
Lisa Neal-Graves is a senior technical executive and thought leader with more than 25 years of experience with multinational, Fortune 50, mid-size growth, and start-up corporations. From architecting WorldNet business internet services to pushing neuromorphic computing research, throughout her career, Lisa has led technology strategy and product innovation for publicly traded, privately held, and early-stage growth companies. Lisa has led companies through IPOs and major M&A transactions.
Lisa is a recognized technology and legal leader on internet/cyber security, artificial intelligence, data science, data privacy, and SaaS/IaaS/PaaS cloud-based architecture and standards. She has extensive European and APAC product development, international go-to-market operations, and global P&L expertise. Lisa also has significant R&D experiences delivering products and services across multiple industries including telecommunications, healthcare, and financial services, as well as federal, state, and local government agencies.
Throughout her career, Lisa has led new product introduction and deployment as well as corporate-wide technology strategic planning, senior leadership new technology education, and policy development. Lisa also has extensive experience driving research strategic planning and partnership management.
Lisa has lived and worked in Europe (Italy and UK) as well as Shanghai, China with responsibility for new product line introduction and business development. She has managed R&D and product management multinational teams across the US, UK, Germany, and major cities within China.
Most recently, Lisa leveraged her expertise and experiences as a leader in government, initially as the former Chief Innovation Officer for the Colorado Attorney General, then as a candidate for public office. Before her work in government, Lisa was the head of the Cloud Strategic Product Group for Zayo Group, where she led the integration of multiple corporate acquisitions to build a global cloud business.
Before joining Zayo Group, Lisa spent 10 years at Intel Corporation, as Corporate Counsel for the CIO, and in various roles of increasing responsibility and impact for the company’s strategic technology and research planning. Lisa has held roles such as VP R&D, CTO, SVP/GM, and CIO with industry frontrunners such as Unisys, Chase, Deloitte, Lucent, and AT&T.

Josh Connors
Director
Josh Connors lives in The Pinery with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.
Josh spent four years in the United States Army attaining the rank of Sergeant, serving at Ft. Drum in New York, Camp Casey in South Korea, and Ft. Sill in Oklahoma. After his discharge he started his career helping companies assess, monitor and improve the security, resiliency, and privacy of their technology and industrial control systems, networks, and data. He is currently a Senior Manager, Information Technology Risk and Compliance at ServiceNow.
In his first role out of the Army he was involved in several assessments of industrial control systems and networks, like those used to control water distribution and treatment systems, for one of the largest investor owned electric and natural gas transmission and distribution companies in the United States. At that time he was selected to attend the Control Systems Cybersecurity Advanced training course provided by the Industrial Control System Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) within the Department of Homeland Security. This course provided extensive training on methods for attacking and defending industrial controls systems.
In his free time he enjoys spending as much time as possible with his family, particularly out in nature, camping and hiking.
Josh has enjoyed and been honored to be involved with the Pinery Water and Wastewater District, first as a member of the Water Efficiency Task Force and now as a member of the Board. He looks forward to continuing to contribute his expertise to the work of maintaining cost-effective, secure and resilient service to the members of the District.