Water Board Officers

Nerissa Moray, Executive Director

Ms. Moray was appointed Executive Director of the Board in June 2024, also serving as Chief Financial Officer of DEP since that time. Ms. Moray joined DEP in June 2022, where she was a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Commissioner. Prior to joining DEP, Ms. Moray worked at Sidewalk Labs, the urban innovation arm of Alphabet (Google), where she was a Senior Director in the Urban Development team and before which she worked in senior roles at New York based consulting engineering and planning firms including BuroHappold Engineering. Earlier in her career, Ms. Moray worked as a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting and Fujitsu across the government, finance, and manufacturing sectors, as well as working in-house at a number of private sector finance firms including Manulife Financial and John Hancock. Ms. Moray is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.

Omar A. Nazem, Treasurer

Mr. Nazem was appointed Treasurer in March 2016. Prior to joining DEP, Mr. Nazem worked in the investment management industry, most recently at Exium Partners, Coller Capital, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Mr. Nazem is a graduate of Harvard University and is a CFA charterholder.

Michael Moore, Secretary

Mr. Moore was appointed Secretary in March 2025. He currently serves as the Chief of the Municipal Finance Division of the New York City Law Department. Mr. Moore has served at the Law Department since 2012. He is a graduate of Seton Hall University and Rutgers Law School.

Water Board Organizational Chart