American States Water Company elected Sarah J. Anderson as a director of the company and Golden State Water Company effective March 21, 2012. Ms. Anderson currently serves as the audit committee chair of Kaiser Ventures, LLC. She also serves or has served on a number of philanthropic and not-for-profit boards. She is the chair of the board of directors of the Pacific Symphony, an organization she has been involved with for ten years and served as Treasurer prior to taking on the chairmanship. She was appointed by the Governor to the California Board of Accountancy for two four year terms ending in 2014 and has served as president and vice president of the board.