Featuring Susan Kennedy, Cadiz Chairman & CEO
May 6, 2025
(S1, E 89, 25 mins) – In this episode, I sit down with Susan Kennedy, Chairman and CEO of Cadiz Inc., a trailblazing leader whose career spans high-impact roles in both public service and the private sector. Susan served at the highest levels of California government, including as Chief of Staff to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Cabinet Secretary to Governor Gray Davis. Today, she’s at the helm of a mission-driven company working to solve one of the most urgent challenges of our time: equitable access to clean water.
We talk about her remarkable transition from public service to leading one of California’s most ambitious water solutions companies, and how that shift has shaped her leadership and vision. Susan shares how Cadiz is tackling the urgent challenge of equitable access to clean water, leveraging innovative infrastructure, partnerships, and bold long-term planning. We also get into how her political experience has helped navigate California’s complex regulatory landscape, and how Cadiz is uniquely positioned to deliver on its mission with both the technology and funding to back it up.
If you’re interested in how leadership, policy, and innovation converge to solve real-world challenges, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.
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