Paul Redvers Brown is an active practitioner, author, and speaker with experience in the planning and management of water utilities and environmental services. From 1975 to 2013, he worked for CDM Smith, most recently as Executive Vice President and member of the firm’s Board of Directors. In addition, he was the Founding Technical Director of CDM Smith’s Centre for Integrated Urban Solutions in Singapore. In 2013, he established his own firm in Southern California. Brown is co-author (with Vladimir Novotny and Jack Ahern) of the book Water Centric Sustainable Communities, published by John Wiley & Sons. A member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and a Fellow in the International Water Association (IWA), he is a former chair of the IWA Cities of the Future program committee. Brown was a Visiting Professor at the University of South Florida (USF) Patel College of Global Sustainability, where he also served as Director of Applied Research.