Jeff Walker is a Senior Advisor to the American Flood Coalition, where he supports flood resilience policy development and spreading best practices between states. Most recently, he was the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) from 2016 until he retired in 2024. For more than 30 years, he served in various areas of the TWDB, including as an agricultural conservation specialist, a financial analyst, a non-point source coordinator, director of project development, and deputy executive administrator of water supply and infrastructure. He felt his experience throughout the agency was training for his role as executive administrator in what he calls the “best job in Texas.”

Under his leadership, TWDB has been named among top workplaces in Austin annually since 2017 and has demonstrated exemplary fiscal management of its bond sale programs, which continually receive the highest credit ratings. Over Walker’s last 10 years at TWDB, the agency delivered nearly $16 billion in financing for water projects in Texas. He also oversaw the implementation of a first-ever state flood program that initiated the first statewide flood planning and flood mitigation funding program for Texas. The first State Flood Plan will be adopted in August 2024.

Walker holds a Master of Business Administration from Texas State University and a Bachelor of Science in agricultural economics from Texas A&M University. He also served as president and a member of the board of directors for the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities.