EP105: Rebuilding Confidence: The Consumer Confidence Report’s Role in Public Trust

The chat with a panel of experts about ways to level up the annual water quality reports. Hear feedback from various stakeholder groups through the research conducted by the Environmental Policy and Innovation Center (EPIC) team. Seasoned communication and marketing professionals weigh in on the power of the CCR to build public trust plus learn how collaboration across states can benefit our community members.

Watch the episode on the Rogue Water Lab YouTube. Check out EP105 here.

Meet the panel.

Sam Villegas is Director of Strategic Communication Services for Raftelis and has been conducting public outreach for public works for more than 25 years.

After 20 years in movies and advertising in New York, Duke Greenhill is now the chair of Advertising & Branding, Graphic Design & Visual Experience, and Branded Entertainment at SCAD. His work and writings are cited in over half a million industry and academic journals.

Wendi Wilkes is the Regulatory & legislative affairs manager at the association of state drinking water administrators (ASDWA) and a policy grad student at Johns Hopkins. She’s a self-described water problem solver living in Washington, DC.

Sri Vedachalam is the Director of Water at the Environmental Policy Innovation Center and is constantly working to demystify water policies to bring the fastest improvements in equity and environmental outcomes.