WRD Director Willard H. Murray, Jr. presently serves as Board President. He chairs the Administrative Committee and is a member of the External Affairs Committee. Director Murray is also a member of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Board of Directors.
A veteran public servant, Mr. Murray was a four-term Assemblyman for the 52nd Assembly District. During his tenure in the Assembly, Mr. Murray was a member of the Committees on Budget, Local Government, Utilities and Commerce and Education. He served on the Budget Subcommittee on Education, Finance, Select Committees on California-Africa and California-Mexico Affairs, and the Joint Committee on the Arts. Mr. Murray also chaired the Budget Subcommittee on State Administration.
Director Murray represents Division One, which includes the cities of Hawthorne , Inglewood, and portions of Los Angeles .


Willard H. Murray, Jr.