ARTEMISA CONSULTANTS

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Rosey A. Jencks
Integrated Planning, Stormwater, Nature-Based Solutions & Climate Resiliency
 

Work Experience
Founder and President Artemisa Consultants, Albany, California, 2025 - Present
-    Founded and currently leading a water resource consultancy, offering customized services to municipalities and private clients.
-    Cultivate and manage relationships with clients, delivering innovative water resource solutions.
-    Oversee all aspects of the business, including operations, client engagement, and strategic planning, ensuring sustainable growth and high-quality service delivery.

Vice President / National Specialty Leader
Brown and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, California, 2017- 2025
-    Led Stormwater and Nature-Based Solutions Practice for 70 affiliated staff. Set national technical direction, provided specialist oversight, mentored staff, developed conference strategy, publications, and research.
-    Led sales strategy for top tier pursuits for regional offices, winning community-wide planning projects in Vancouver, BC; Seattle, WA; Los Angeles, CA; and Los Angeles County.
-    Consulted with cities, utilities and regional consultant teams on utility and watershed planning and policy, climate resiliency, and stormwater management.
-    Founded and led the company’s Equity Community of Practice.
-    Developed first protocols for incorporating equity considerations into project work.
-    Authored BC’s first Equity and Environmental Justice and Nature-Based Solutions Lens, Toolkit and Training Materials.
-    Served on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG), Climate Initiative, One Water, and Connected Planning leadership committees.

 

Program Manager, Urban Watershed Management Program
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, CA, 2005 - 2017  
Founded San Francisco’s Urban Watershed Management Program; led all aspects of programs, policies, and projects.
-    Grew inter-disciplinary team from one to ten staff with an annual budget of $1M.
-    Led stakeholder and public engagement with city and state agencies, community
stakeholders, elected officials, and regulators.
-    Led Civic Center Sustainable Utilities District Plan and the building-scale non-potable
reuse demonstration project (the Living Machine) at SFPUC’s headquarters at 525
Golden Gate Avenue.
-    Submitted winning application for the 2012 U.S. Water Prize.
-    Conducted regulatory reporting and presented to public officials, senior managers, and inter-agency partners.

 

Led the Urban Watershed Assessment, the $2B collection system planning component of SFPUC’s $6.9B, 20-year Sewer System Improvement Program.
-    Directed five- to fifteen-person teams of staff and consultants.
-    Developed technical strategy and oversaw collection system planning integrating green and grey infrastructure with climate and social factors.
-    Planned, designed, and implemented $64M worth of green infrastructure demonstration projects.
-    Created Watershed Planning Game used as part of SSIP. Won the 2013 award for Outstanding Public Involvement/Education Program by the Association of Environmental Professionals.
-    Developed stormwater and non-potable water policies, conducted green infrastructure performance monitoring and studies, conducted public outreach, and oversaw regulatory compliance.
-    Managed staff and consultants for a non-structural flood risk reduction program. Created a residential grant program, improved engagement with flood insurance agents, and recommended building code updates.

Earlier Work Experience
Planner, Capital Asset Management Program, SF Dept. of Public Works, San Francisco, CA, 2003-2005
Planner, Capital Planning Group, SF Recreation and Parks Department, San Francisco, CA, 2002-2003
Program Coordinator, SF Planning and Urban Research Association, San Francisco, CA, 2000-2002
Consultant, Urban Ecology, Oakland, CA, 1999-2000
Program Director, Neighborhood Parks Council, San Francisco, CA, 1999-2000
Consultant, Moore, Iacofano, and Goltsman, (MIG) Inc., Berkeley, CA, 1998-1999
Consultant, United Indian Nations, Oakland, CA, 1997-1998

Other Professional and Volunteer Experience
US Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisor
Bay Area Council Water Committee, Member
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association, Water + Climate Policy Board Member
UC Berkeley Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, thesis advisor and guest lecturer
Google & San Francisco Estuary Institute, Re-Oaking Silicon Valley, Science Advisor
Association of Bay Area Governments, Low Impact Development Leadership Committee
American Society of Civil Engineers, Low Impact Development Conference Committee Member
Green for All National Stormwater Committee member

 

Select Publications and Presentations
M. Luevano, A. Bazzi, R. Jencks, T. Sprague, Making a Positive Difference: Planning for Climate-Resilient One Infrastructure Projects in Vulnerable LA Communities, WEFTEC Conference Proceedings, 2023, Publication.
R. Jencks, Equity Approaches in Climate Resilience and Nature-Based Solutions Planning in the Bay Area, CASQA 2023 Panel Presentation.
R. Jencks, L. Marrero, Building Climate-Resilient Transportation Network in Vulnerable Communities, Pacific Water Conference 2023 Presentation.
R. Jencks, Future Trends in the Stormwater Sector, 2023 Honolulu Storm Water BMP Workshop, 2023. Panel Discussion.
R. Jencks, Integrated One Water Planning for Urban Resilience, World Water Week 2023, Presentation.
R. Jencks, Re-thinking Green Infrastructure for Tomorrow's Cities, To Catch a Falling Sky, Science World, 2019, Presentation.