Bianca Sievers

Bianca Sievers was appointed Deputy Director for Special Initiatives at the Department of Water Resources on October 15, 2021. In this capacity, Sievers will be working to implement the Department’s Human Right to Water Policy; build and strengthen partnerships with vulnerable communities and environmental justice organizations; and align Department strategic thinking and actions related the Water Resilience Portfolio, DWR Strategic Plan, and organizational health efforts. Sievers has been Policy Advisor to the Director of the Department of Water Resources since 2018.

Sievers held multiple positions at the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development from 2014 to 2018, including Senior Business Development Specialist and California Competes Tax Credit Specialist. Sievers was Legislative Assistant for the Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. from 2012 to 2014. Sievers earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management, and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Economics from the University of California, Davis.