Paula Yang is currently the Manager of the (Power System) Asset Management Section with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. She has over 32 years of service with LADWP, joining LADWP in 1984 after working 2 years for Bechtel Power Corporation. Paula started her career in structural design and moved through LADWP working in a variety of different organizations. She has worked in the areas of environmental licensing, power contract development, groundwater management, legislative affairs management, and corporate asset management. Paula is a licensed Civil Engineer and earned her BS in Civil Engineering and BS in Materials Science & Engineering from UC Berkeley and an MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Southern California. She is married and has two sons.