Meet Our Staff
Mandip Samra, General Manager
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Joseph Lillio, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Joseph Lillio has a long history of achieving financial performance goals through effective strategic leadership and long-term financial planning. He has modernized several processes increasing effectiveness as part of his prudent financial management. He is a collaborative leader with a passion for positivity. He is the right leader to help BWP navigate the rough seas of our adaptive challenge: finding a path to full environmental sustainability while remaining reliable and affordable across all of our services. Joe came to us from El Segundo where he had served as the CFO for seven years. Prior to that, he served the city of Oxnard in the same role and has over 20 years of experience in municipal finance. In his free time, Joe enjoys spending time with his wife of twenty-seven years and four children, engaging in various outdoor activities, visiting national parks, going on cruises, and spending quality time with family and friends on weekends. He also enjoys attending his kids' club and high school soccer games.
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Richard H. Wilson, Assistant General Manager/Water
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Riad Sleiman, Assistant General Manager/Electric Services
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Frank Messineo, Acting Assistant General Manager/Power Supply
Frank Messineo holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from California State University, Northridge. He has over 20 years of experience in power production, leading operations, maintenance, and critical enhancements. Mr. Messineo joined Burbank Water and Power (BWP) in 2003 and has served in various power production roles until 2017 when he became the Power Production Manager. He has led decommissioning, construction, operations, maintenance, emission reduction retrofits, and other major improvements to BWP and Southern California Public Power Authority projects. Several of which were first-of-a-kind and award-winning generation equipment enhancements done in partnership with industry-leading equipment manufacturers to support the incorporation of renewable energy, improved reliability, and increased operational efficiency.
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Sean Aquino, Assistant General Manager/Customer Service Operations
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Jeannine Edwards, Assistant General Manager Strategy/Communications and Outreach
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Drew Johnstone, Sustainability Officer
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Alexander Prestia, Assistant General Manager/Utility Administrative Services
Mr. Alex Prestia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish from the University of Florida and a Master of Education in Human Resources and Organizational Development from the University of Georgia. Alex has over 15 years of human resources and organizational development experience, having worked in the private sector as a consultant and 6+ years in public service - most recently at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has experience building and managing small, mid-sized, regional, and global strategic programs that help people reconnect with how they can bring their best selves to work. Mr. Prestia joined BWP in February of 2024. When not at work, Alex enjoys painting, traveling, and relaxing with an audiobook and his hairless Sphinx cat, Jupiter.
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James Compton, Assistant General Manager/Chief Technology Officer
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