Traci Minamide returns to CDM Smith as a water reuse and desalination transformational growth leader

Traci Minamide returns to CDM Smith as a water reuse and desalination transformational growth leader | CDM Smith

September 3, 2026

BELLEVUE, Washington -

Traci Minamide, PE, BCEE has rejoined CDM Smith as a vice president, senior project manager and water reuse and desalination transformational growth leader. Minamide has 38 years of project management experience with expertise in wastewater treatment, water reclamation, water reuse, stormwater quality program management, pretreatment program management and stormwater permit negotiations. In her new role, she will support key clients as a project manager and facilitate the continued growth of the firm’s water reuse and desalination project portfolio across the globe.

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The connection between technical innovation, environmental stewardship and community value is what makes this work so meaningful and exciting to me.

Traci Minamide

Water reuse and desalination transformational growth leader

Minamide returns to CDM Smith after serving as the Interim Director and General Manager at LA Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) for the city of Los Angeles. A few of Minamide’s major accomplishments over the course of her career include leading planning for the 25-MGD Donald C. Tillman Advanced Water Purification Facility progressive design-build project and collaborating to develop the Pure Water Los Angeles Program, a potable reuse effort to produce up to 230-MGD of purified water for the city. Minamide also led the design-build Hyperion Bioenergy Facility Project which utilizes co-generation of digester gas to produce 25-MW of green power making the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant 100% self-sufficient.

Traci’s extensive experience and water reuse knowledge will further propel our water reuse and desalination project portfolio forward.
Jennifer Osgood, senior vice president and delivery director

Minamide has a bachelor’s in civil engineering from California State Polytechnic University – Pomona and a master’s in civil engineering from Loyola Marymount University. She is a licensed civil engineer in California and Washington. Minamide received the Asian American Architects and Engineers Leadership Award in 2023, is a former President of the California Association of Sanitation Agencies and served on California State Water Resources Board Advisory Panel for Direct Potable Reuse. She is a previous Board Member for Clean Water So Cal and currently serves as a Board Member of the California WateReuse Association. She was also recognized as an Industry Practice Leader by Loyola Marymount University in 2024.

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Traci Minamide returns to CDM Smith as a water reuse and desalination transformational growth leader

Traci Minamide returns to CDM Smith as a water reuse and desalination transformational growth leader

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