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The district is organized under the Municipal District Law of 1911 (California Water Code 71000). A five-member Board of Directors governs the district, each representing one of five divisions. The directors serve overlapping four-year terms. The board bi-ennially selects from among it's members, officers and a representative to the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Term through:
Division 1 Charles Caspary, Treasurer
 January 2009
Division 2 Glen Peterson, MWD representative January 2011
Division 3 Lee Renger, Vice President January 2011
Division 4 Joseph M. Bowman, President January 2009
Division 5 Jeff Smith, Secretary January 2011
 
Charles Caspary

Charles Caspary (Division 1 Director) joined the board in 2001. A resident of Hidden Hills, he has more than 35 years of experience in the recycling and environmental services industry. Mr. Caspary is former owner of Atlas Refuse Removal and Las Virgenes Disposal, and served on the California Refuse Removal Council, the Greater Los Angeles Solid Waste Management Association, and as a Trustee of the Viewpoint Educational Foundation. Caspary served on the Board of Trustees for the Boys & Girls Club of Conejo and Las Virgenes.

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Glen Peterson (Division 2 Director) has served on the district board since 1987. Mr. Peterson represents LVMWD on the board of Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), a position he has held since 1993. He is currently president of the Association of California Water Agencies, (ACWA), a board member of the NWRA and chair for the Federal Affairs Committee. He was awarded the Public Health Appreciation Award from the California Dept. of Health Services for his work in fluoridation. As a resident in the district for over 30 years and owner of Cornell Realty, Peterson serves as director/treasurer of the Mountains Conservancy Foundation, treasurer of the Agoura Community Center Foundation, he's a member and past president of Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation and the Agoura Hills Rotary, as well as being the founder of Peter Strauss Ranch. He is an award-winning grape grower and vintner.

Lee Renger (Division 3 Director) joined the board in October 2005. An area resident since 1967, Mr. Renger is a retired scientist/electrical engineer with experience in NASA projects as well as bio-electronics. He earned BSEE and MSEE degrees at CalTech in Pasadena. His NASA experience included work on the Mariner Venus probe while he was with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mr. Renger later moved on to biomedical pursuits, with a body of work that includes developmental work on pacemakers, insulin pumps and implanted glucose monitors. He is named as an inventor or co-inventor on 22 different patents.

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Joseph M. Bowman (Division 4 Director) has been a board member since November 2002. Bowman moved to Westlake Village in 1968 and was instrumental in the early development of that 12,800 acre master planned community. He has extensive and varied experience in asset and real estate management including work as a receiver for the Superior Court. Mr. Bowman recently retired as the Executive Director of HomeAid Los Angeles/Ventura, a not-for-profit corporation that builds shelters for the temporarily homeless. Previously Mr. Bowman served on community boards as a director of Many Mansions; a founding director of The Westlakers, a men's service organization; and of the Wellness Community, Valley-Ventura, a service agency for cancer patients and their families.

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Jeff Smith (Division 5 Director) was elected to the board in November 2006. He owns a home improvement and contracting company based in Agoura Hills that he founded in 1995. Mr. Smith has a degree in engineering from Cal State Northridge and a Masters in Engineering Management from USC. Prior to establishing his own business, his engineering career saw extensive experience in the design and development of spacecraft propulsion systems. He also spearheaded a program to apply advanced combustion technologies in the destruction of hazardous industrial wastes. In addition to his role on the LVMWD board, Mr. Smith also volunteers as a youth baseball coach.

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