Professional and Community Activities: For the past fifteen years, Jacque McMillan has worked extensively with business and community leaders and elected officials to ensure that the 19 million Southland residents continue to have a safe, reliable and low-cost supply of drinking water. She has served as an officer, committee chair or active member for over fifteen business chamber or advocacy entities in the Southern California and has assisted these groups in developing policy positions that would enrich the business climate and quality of life for its residents.
Before she was promoted to a legislative advocate, Ms. McMillan worked five years in Metropolitan Water District’s real property section acquiring thousands of acres for Diamond Valley Lake, an 800,000 acre-foot reservoir that doubled the Southland’s storage capacity for drinking water. Prior to joining Metropolitan, she worked for three petroleum companies managing 15 oil field projects in California and acquiring oil, gas and coal rights in over nine states and seventy-nine counties.
Ms. McMillan and her husband, Bill, have been residents of the Santa Clarita Valley for over eighteen years. She has a Masters in Business from California State University, Northridge; a Bachelor’s from University of Houston, and an Associate Degree from Houston Community College. Ms. McMillan is also a graduate of the Valley Leadership Institute and Leadership LA.
