Jim Guida is a Florida-registered Professional Geologist who has specialized in water resources, water supply, and Florida water regulation and planning for nearly 40-years. Jim joined the Peace River Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority in March 2022 and serves as the Authority’s Director of Water Resources & Planning.  Jim has 38 years of private and public sector water resource experience including hydrogeology, regulatory permitting, water supply planning, development and management. He was previously employed with the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) for over two decades. While with the SWFWMD he served for 11 years as the Director of the SWFWMD’s Sarasota Service Office, where he directed all regulatory permitting, compliance and enforcement activities, and participated in the development of the Southern Water Use Caution Area (SWUCA) Recovery Strategy and Water Use Permitting Rules. Thereafter, Jim was a co-owner and Principal of Sarasota-based water resource consulting firm Progressive Water Resources, LLC for 16 years serving private and public sector clients in navigating the technical, regulatory and policy aspects of water supply planning, permitting, development, and management. Mr. Guida has a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of South Florida.