Presented in Partnership with: 2021 EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference A u g u s t 8 - 1 2 , 2 0 2 1 • New Orleans, Louisiana

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

August 8 - August 12, 2021

Hyatt Regency New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

Weathering the Storm: Resiliency and Protection Through Design

Hosted by: In Partnership with: The City of New Orleans, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Jefferson Parish Government and Texas A&M University Kingsville, and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems and the States in Region 6

August 4, 2021 Version

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Welcome to New Orleans

New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinctive music, Creole cuisine, unique dialects, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and vibrant nightlife along Bourbon Street. It's filled with friendly people, amazing food, awesome live music and memorable attractions. It's a city where anyone can find something to enjoy, and adventures are constantly underway. With a never-ending lineup of festivals and a population that makes good times a top priority, it seems like there would never be time for business in New Orleans. But this city works just as hard as it plays and is rapidly rising to become one of the best places to do business in the South. As a coastal city facing the impacts of climate change, New Orleans is also leading the way in transitioning from grey to green and blue infra- structure and stormwater management. Join us in the heart of the Big Easy to see how our peers are implementing stormwater control measures and best practices that double as improvements to the environment and quality of life.

Conference Information Conference Rooms and Events The 23rd Annual EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans on level three. See floor plans here. Exhibitor Information Exhibitor Set-up Dates: Sunday, August 8th at 12 pm CT until Monday, August 9th at 9 pm CT in the Celestin Foyer on level three. Booths will be on a first come, first served basis. Exhibitor Reception: Tuesday, August 10th from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm CT Exhibitor Breakdown: Thursday, August 12th from 11 am - 1 pm CT.

Stormwater Bike Tour (Due to the limited bikes available, registration is required.) Sunday, August 8th from 3:30 - 6:00 pm CT Meeting time/location: 3 pm CT at the Loyola Street side of the Hyatt lobby. Guided by Cheryn Robles and Virginia Brisley, City of New Orleans Join a group of New Orleans stormwater and bike enthusiasts for a 90-minute tour of the tree-lined, picturesque stormwater facilities beginning downtown, viewing award winning stormwater features and stopping at a local watering hole, Wrong Iron on the Greenway, for a refreshment be- fore the return ride back. New Orleans’ flat and tree-lined roadways make a bike tour the ideal way to enjoy this mix of new and historic stormwater management features. Pre-conference Mixer at Wrong Iron on the Greenway Sunday, August 8th from 5:00 - 6:00 pm CT (Food, beverages and transportation to/from are at your own cost.) Arriving early and eager to meet fellow stormwater associates? Join us at this New Orleans style beer garden for networking, refreshments, and a tasting of the city’s best food trucks and pop us. Wrong Iron is located in the heart of Mid City along the Lafitte Greenway. Click here, for the cur- rent food and beverage menu. Exhibitors’ Reception Tuesday, August 10th from 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm CT Join us for light appetizers and refreshments, and meet with our exhibitors to learn all they have to offer. Be sure to visit each exhibitor for an opportunity to win raffle items. Just have each exhibitor initial your Exhibitors’ Card and drop it off at the registration table before the reception. 2021 EPA Region 6 Outstanding Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Project Competition Tuesday, August 10th from 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CT Conference participants are invited to attend and learn of the innovative projects participating in this year’s competition. Project posters and videos will be available for viewing on our Conference website beginning July 28th. Project posters will also be on display the duration of the conference so don’t forget to vote here by Wednesday, August 11th at 12:00 pm CT, to make sure your favorite project wins this year’s “People’s Choice” Award. Networking Mixer at Global Green Community & Climate Action Center Wednesday, August 11th from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CT Free entry with ticket. Tickets are limited. Register here using password: EPANOLA2021& The Water Collaborative of Greater New Orleans, in partnership with the EPA Stormwater Conference, will bring sector leaders, elected officials, and climate experts together for an event celebrating New Orleans' growing blue/green sector and economy. This event will also highlight local nonprofits implementing green infrastructure. Join us for an opportunity to network and enjoy music by the Joshua Smith Tailor Made Jazz Ensemble. Hors d'oeuvres will be provided and a cash bar will be hosted by Cocktails by POP.

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Conference Schedule at a Glance

Sunday, August 8th 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT Exhibitor Set-up Celestin Foyer 8:30 am - 4:30 pm CT Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC) Program Training Celestin A 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm CT Stormwater Bike Tour Hyatt Lobby (Loyola St. ) 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm CT Pre-conference Mixer Off-site location Monday, August 9th 7:30 am - 5:00 pm CT Conference Registration Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 12:00 pm CT Green Infrastructure & Low Impact Development Workshop Part 1 Celestin H 8:30 am - 12:00 pm CT CISEC Program Training continued Celestin A 9:00 am - 12:00 pm CT sMS4 101 Workshop Celestin F 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CT Lunch on Your Own 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm CT Construction 101 Workshop Celestin F 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm CT Industrial 101 Workshop Celestin G 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm CT GI & LID Workshop Part 2 Celestin H 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm CT CISEC Exams Celestin A Tuesday, August 10th 7:30 am - 5:00 pm CT Conference Registration Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 10:15 am CT Opening General Session Presentations Celestin Ballroom 10:15 am - 10:30 am CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors Celestin Foyer 10:30 am - 12:30 pm CT General Session Presentations Celestin Ballroom 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm CT Lunch on Your Own 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm CT State Breakout Sessions Presentation Rooms 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors Celestin Foyer 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm CT Concurrent Technical Presentations Presentation Rooms 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm CT Exhibitors Reception Celestin Ballroom 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CT Outstanding Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Project Competition Celestin H Wednesday, August 11th 7:30 am - 5:00 pm CT Conference Registration Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 10:00 am CT Concurrent Technical Presentations Presentation Rooms 10:00 am - 10:15 am CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors Celestin Foyer 10:15 am - 12:15 pm CT Concurrent Technical Presentations Presentation Rooms 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors Celestin Foyer 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm CT EPA Conference Awards and Outstanding GI/LID Project Competition Awards Celestin Ballroom 12:45 pm - 2:15 pm CT Keynote Speaker Luncheon Celestin Ballroom 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm CT Field Trip Instructions & Load Buses Celestin Ballroom 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm CT Field Trips 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CT Networking Mixer or Dinner on Your Own Thursday, August 12th 7:30 am - 11:45 am CT Conference Registration Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 10:00 am CT Concurrent Technical Presentations Presentation Rooms 10:00 am - 10:15 am CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors Celestin Foyer 10:15 am - 11:45 am CT Plenary Keynote Presentations Celestin Ballroom 11:45 am - 12:30 pm CT 2022 Conference Planning & Conference Wrap-Up Celestin Ballroom

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Pre-Conference Certification and Early Bird Workshops

Lunch is on your own during the Pre-Conference and Early Bird Workshop dates. See program details for other dates. * Attendees may choose to attend one or more sessions, as available.

I. Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC) Program Aug. 8th-9th: 8:30 am- 4:30 pm CT in Celestin A CISEC, Inc. offers an inspector certification program to individuals who inspect, contract, design, or regulate construction activities. The program provides inspectors with knowledge and the necessary skills to ensure compliance with erosion and sediment controls and pollution prevention requirements during construction. Contact Shauna or Tina for questions related to the CISEC program at [email protected] or [email protected], respectively or visit www.cisec.org

II. Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Workshop Aug. 9th: 8:00 am-5:00 pm CT in Celestin H Intended for both public agency employees and private consultants with a working knowledge of stormwater management, this workshop will address water, drainage, differences in grey and green infrastructure (GI), and GI types. Site planning and site design will be presented from the perspective of a traditional approach and a low impact development (LID) approach. In traditional site planning, land is often cleared of vegetation and graded flatter - creating a blank canvas that requires an artificially designed drainage system. The benefits and many detriments of traditional site planning are presented. Low Impact Development (LID) is an approach to site planning for land development that works with the existing site conditions. Using case studies, the principles of LID site planning and design of LID stormwater management systems will be presented and discussed. Then participants will be grouped to analyze a modest-sized project targeted for development. Using LID principles, each group will diagram a site plan using scaled cut-outs for each program use. A representative of each group will present results to the workshop class. Group solutions will be compared and discussed. For the second group project, groups will use GI to schematically design a stormwater management system. After presenting the results, group solutions will be assessed based on consistency with the group LID plan. Next, specific components, functions, and construction of each GI type will be presented and discussed. Working scale models of GI types will be used to demonstrate performance. GI materials, their functions, and proper handling will be presented. Samples including aggregates, geotextile fabric, pervious paving, soils, plants, and mulch will be available. The GI construction process will then be presented, emphasizing the steps and activities that are critical to the performance and sustainability of each GI. After discussing post-construction inspection and maintenance needs, groups will recommend actions on photos of implemented GI. The benefits of GI will be explored. Monetized benefit metrics are used in preparing benefit-to-cost analyses as required by FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) projects. An HMGP project that requires retrofitting GI in an urban neighborhood will be presented as a case study. Municipal codes for subdivisions and land development projects typically have requirements that are based on traditional site planning and traditional site design approaches. The workshop will include a discussion of modifications to the codes to fully incorporate LID and GI principles in any city or neighborhood stormwater management strategy. The workshop will conclude with a discussion of how LID and GI work together to improve urban and suburban environments. II. Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (sMS4) 101 Workshop Aug. 9th: 9:00 am-12:00 pm CT in Celestin F This workshop provides an overview of all aspects of the Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) permitting program, from definitions to requirements and application submission to permit approval. This comprehensive training is intended for beginner to intermediate level audiences. MS4 regulations, permit applicability and permit requirements will be discussed to provide an understanding of MS4 require- ments and information regarding both small and large MS4s will be highlighted to distinguish between the two. An emphasis on Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP), requirements, Annual Report requirements, Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) procedures, and common problems found in Annual Reports and SWMPs will also be discussed. The workshop will close with an overview of the mission and activities of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s Small Business/ Community Assistance Program (SB/CAP); answers to common questions (i.e., types of businesses SB/CAP assists, types of assistance available, methods and protocols, etc); and program contact information, including SB/CAP personnel throughout Louisiana.

IV. Construction Inspections 101 Workshop Aug. 9th: 1:00 pm-5:00 pm CT in Celestin F Do you really know how to perform a construction site inspection? Do you really know how to read a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan? Do you really know what to look for in the field? Do you really know how to write a comprehensive report that is to the point? Do you really know what regulators look for when they conduct an inspection? This workshop will provide participants field inspection basics tohelp you find what an enforcement officer may identify as a violation— before they arrive.

V. Industrial 101 Workshop Aug. 9th: 1:00 pm-5:00 pm CT in Celestin G Industrial 101 is a combined class between Sami Khalil from Jefferson Parish and Scott Finney from the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board. The workshop will explain the importance of industrial high-risk inspections including illicit discharges, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, and improper and proper best management practices. Each speaker will also explain how inspections are performed in their jurisdictions.

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Welcome Keynote and Plenary Speakers

Welcome to the Conference

Dr. Kim D. Jones, Regents Professor & Director of Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment, Texas A&M UniversityKin gsville Kim Jones is currently serving as Professor and Director of the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment at Texas A&M University Kingsville. Previously, Dr. Jones worked for 11 years as an Area and District Engineer for ARCO Oil and Gas and ARCO International Inc., in: Dallas, Texas; Lafayette, Louisiana and Jakarta, Indonesia; and as a Staff Engineer for Camp, Dresser & McKee, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Jones has been leading water quality research projects at Texas A&M Kingsville for 20 years including constructed wetlands design optimization and innovations in Green Infrastructure eco-technology. He has also been a co-organizer of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Stormwater Task Force consisting of 21 small cities in South Texas.

Charles Maguire, Director, Water Division, USEPA Region 6 Dallas Charles Maguire has been the Region 6 Water Division Director since July 2018. Charles comes to Region 6 from the Texas Commission on Environmen- tal Quality in Austin, Texas, where he served as Director of the Radioactive Materials Division since 2012, and Director of Water Quality Division from 2009 to 2012. Charles’ resume includes experience as a senior executive and manager along with varied experience in environmental programs with an emphasis on water. Before joining TCEQ, Charles served for four years as the Manager of the Southwest Regional office of National Pork Producers Council in Dublin, Texas, coordinating the dairy industry certification program in Texas. Previously, Charles spent several years as the Assistant Director for Economics and Policy Analysis at the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research and participated in the creation of the organization by the Texas Legislature. Prior to TIAER, Charles served as President and CEO of a small business and Assistant Vice-President in the banking industry. Charles’ Bachelor Degree is from Texas A&M University where he majored in Aerospace Engineering. He holds a Master in Business Administration, Finance, also from Texas A&M University.

Welcome to the City

Honorable LaToya Cantrell, Mayor, City of New Orleans Mayor Cantrell’s life has been steeped in community service. As a little girl, her grandmother would bring her to neighborhood meetings, and by the age of 13, she was serving as secretary for her local chamber of commerce. “My soul found its home in New Orleans,” is how Mayor Cantrell describes her arrival in 1990 as a student at Xavier University. After graduation, she and her husband, Jason, bought a home in the Broadmoor neighborhood, and Cantrell became an active member of her new community. As the President of the Broadmoor Improvement Association, Cantrell led the neighborhood’s redevelopment following Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures. Flooding decimated Broadmoor, but through citizen engagement and Cantrell’s leadership, Broadmoor is now considered an International model for disaster recovery. Elected to the City Council in 2012, Cantrell has prioritized improving people’s lives. On May 7, 2018, Mayor Cantrell was sworn in as the first female Mayor of New Orle- ans, just in time to celebrate the city’s tricentennial, or 300th anniversary. She is a dedicated wife to her husband, Jason, proud mother of her daughter, RayAnn, and a pa- rishioner at Blessed Trinity Catholic Church. Mayor Cantrell pledges to produce results that will create a more equitable and safe New Orleans for all residents.

Honorable Cynthia Lee Sheng, President, Jefferson Parish Government President Cynthia Lee Sheng was sworn into office on January 8, 2020. Cynthia Lee Sheng served as Councilwoman At-Large for Division B in 2015 after serving as the Councilwoman for District 5 since 2009. Cynthia showed an interest in public service early in her life and obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from George Washington University. She is a graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and served for 10 years as a federal law enforcement officer with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland and Newark, New Jersey. Before running for office and serving on the Jefferson Parish Council, Cynthia practiced as a CPA specializing in litigation support. Cynthia advocated for the revitalization of Fat City by sponsoring major zoning changes and working directly with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office to combat illegal activity. She established the Fat City Friends committee and funded landscaping improvements to bring over 200 new trees to the area. She also funded the Fat City mural program and commissioned 10 beautiful mural by local artists. Cynthia was also instrumental in bringing the first Trader Joe’s to the greater New Orleans area by working for nearly 2 years with the property owners and neighborhood group over the controversial Tolmas Tract property that has been in litigation for decades. Cynthia’s family is well known to Jefferson Parish residents. Her grandfather opened the House of Lee Restaurant in the 1950s at the corner of Causeway Boulevard and Veterans Memorial Boulevard. Cynthia’s father was Sheriff Harry Lee who proudly served and protected Jefferson Parish for over 28 years. Cynthia was educated at St. Angela Merici, Mount Carmel Academy, Loyola University and George Washington University. Cynthia lives in Metairie and has two children, Gavin and Miranda.

Ghassan Korban, Executive Director, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Ghassan Korban, P.E. has led the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans as its Executive Director since September 2018. The Board of Directors chose Mr. Korban to be this utility’s first permanent head since August 2017 because of his extensive background in infrastructure management and proven track record of innovation. A civil engineer, Mr. Korban served the City of Milwaukee for 31 years – the final eight as director of its Department of Public Works– before heading south to trade snowstorms for hurricanes. He brought with him successful stormwater management strategies that could prove invaluable in a city mostly below sea level. During his career in Milwaukee, Mr. Korban managed the planning, design and construction of the city’s first modern street- car system and coordinated construction of the supporting infrastructure for the new Milwaukee Bucks Basketball Arena. He also negotiated a region- al water sale deal to the City of Waukesha and successfully incorporated a Green Infrastructure Matrix within Milwaukee’s Transportation Division. Mr. Korban maintained a robust schedule of civic engagement, serving on the City of Milwaukee Capitol Improvement Committee, the Metropolitan Sewerage Board of Commission and Streetcar Review Committee, the Summer Fest Technical Task Force, the Sculpture MKE Technical Committee and the board of several community and nonprofit organizations. As SWBNO’s Executive Director, Mr. Korban guides a utility of 1,500 employees as they maintain and operate New Orleans’ water, sewer and drainage systems. He will oversee the master planning process to transform this long-serving and vital organization to better respond to both steady subsidence and stronger storms. He has made it his career goal to move SWBNO away from its antiquated infrastructure and into a new era of innovation in the field of water management. The proud father of four children and delighted grandfather to one grandson, Mr. Korban holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in business administration from Marquette University in Milwaukee.

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Welcome Keynote and Plenary Speakers

Leading the Change in Stormwater Management

Honorable Joe Giarruso Councilman, District A, Orleans Parish Joe Giarrusso has served as the District A Councilmember since May 2018. During his three years on Council, he's focused on improving the quality of life for all New Orleanians. Joe grew up and went to high school in District A. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas with high honors before attending LSU Law School where he was elected to the Louisiana Law Review and Order of the Coif. Joe has practiced law for nearly 20 years. On the New Orleans City Council, Joe chairs the Public Works, Sanitation, and Environment Committee and the Quality of Life Com- mittee. Joe helped negotiate the construction of a new substation for New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, which will reduce onsite emissions by 45% and save roughly 7.5 million gallons of gasoline per year from being burned.

Honorable Jennifer Van Vrancken, Councilwoman, District 5, Jefferson Parish Government Jennifer Van Vrancken serves as Councilwoman for the roughly 100,000 residents of Council District 5-- including Metairie, Old Metairie, Fat City and Bucktown. Previously, Jennifer served as Chief Operating Officer of Jefferson Parish, overseeing every department of parish government and a $580 million budg- et. That experience uniquely enables her to make government work for its people. In her time on the Council, Jennifer has authored impactful legislation. She sponsored the resolution‘ to opt in’ Jefferson Parish so our businesses could get back to business the instant the COVID health stats allowed! She moved the parish forward by leveling the playing field for transportation network companies (like Uber and Lyft) to work alongside taxicabs. She transformed infrastructure into artwork as the first to sponsor painting utility boxes in unincorporated Jefferson. She launched a 50/50 matching fund to partner with civic groups to make neighborhoods safer by installing crime cameras. She created the “Do Not Toss” List so residents can sign up not to have newspaper circulars tossed on their lawns. She is currently develop- ing a first of its kind “train alert app’. Her award winning efforts include: - LDEQ honored her “Do Not Toss” legislation with a 2019 Environmental Leadership Program Recognition Award - The Louisiana Garden Club Federations selected Metairie for the first time ever as the “Cleanest City” Contest State Winner 2019. - Alliance for Good Government named Jennifer as 2018 Legislator of the Year. Jennifer is an attorney (Tulane School of Law) and award winning former television journalist. She is born and raised in Metairie where she learned her work ethic from her parents at their family business, The Balcony Ballroom. Jennifer is happily married to Metairie native and President-Elect of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Stephen Dwyer. She is blessed with five fabulous stepchildren and four grandchildren.

Jason Stopa, Director, Department of Community Development, St. Bernard Parish Jason Stopa is the Director of Community Development for St. Bernard Parish Government. The Department of Community Development provides permitting and oversight for residential and commercial development, floodplain management, directs planning and zoning activities, and manages the redevelopment of parish-owned properties. Since joining St. Bernard Parish Government, the Comprehensive Plan, Old Arabi Revitalization Plan, and Integrated Water Resources Management Plan have been adopted leading to the implementation of projects and programs to promote redevel- opment. Jason has earned a bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Georgia and is a graduate of the Master’s of Urban and Regional Plan- ning Program at the University of New Orleans, where he specialized in land use and vacant property redevelopment.

Extreme Events in a Changing Climate

Dr. Barry D. Keim, Louisiana State University Richard J. Russell Professor and Louisiana State Climatologist Barry Keim is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology and serves as the Louisiana State Climatologist. His research focuses on climatic extremes, with particular focus on heavy rainfall, hurricanes, storm surge, and the interpretation of climate data. He has published extensively in these areas, and he currently has 69 refereed publications, 2 books, as well as numerous other technical reports. As the State Climatologist, Dr. Keim conducts climatic research on the State of Louisiana and the broader region, serves the community by providing climatic data to those in need (i.e., researchers, government agencies, police departments, etc.), and provides interviews to the media. He also serves as the LSU Director of a NOAA-funded research program called the Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP), which is a joint venture with personnel at the University of Oklahoma. This program is charged with developing stakeholder driven research across the region, which has led to the development of a storm surge database called SURGEDAT, the world’s largest and most comprehensive database of global storm surges. Dr. Keim also manages the Disaster Science and Management program at LSU.

EPA Stormwater Program Updates

Greg Schaner, Attorney Advisor, Water Permits Division, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water, USEPA Greg has worked as an attorney for EPA’s Office of Water since 2003. He has focused primarily on the NPDES stormwater program, including work on EPA’s CGP, MSGP, and MS4 permitting. Prior to EPA, Greg worked for the State of Maryland, the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, and as an EPA contractor for SAIC. He received a BA from Colgate University, a graduate degree in environmental management from Duke University, and a JD at the University of Maryland’s night law school.

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Welcome Keynote and Plenary Speakers

EPA Stormwater Program Updates (continued)

Robyn DeYoung, Green Infrastructure Program Lead, Water Permits Division, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water,SEP U A Robyn is U.S. EPA’s integrated planning and green infrastructure program lead in the Office of Water. After starting her career in permitting at the Ohio EPA, she moved to U.S. EPA. For the past 10 years she’s developed voluntary and regulatory programs that meet Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act requirements, including the Clean Power Plan, Climate Showcase Communities, Green infrastructure cases studies and an Integrated Planning Report to Congress. She holds an MA in Energy and Environmental Analysis and a BA in Environmental Science, both from Boston University.

Alicia Denning, Municipal Branch, Water Permits Division, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water, USEPA Alicia has worked as an environmental engineer for EPA’s Office of Water since July 2020. She has focused primarily on EPA’s Multi-Sector General Permit for industrial stormwater in the NPDES stormwater program. Prior to joining EPA's Office of Water, Alicia worked in EPA's Office of Pesticide Program in the Antimicrobial Division as a Human Health Risk Assessor. Alicia also served for two years as a Technology Transfer and Engineering Spe- cialist in Peace Corps Mexico after having worked in the Oil and Gas fields in Texas and Oklahoma for three years. Alicia holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Auburn University.

Effectively Communicating your Water Message: Focusing on the Needs of your Locale

Dr. Robert A. (Bob) Thomas, Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Communication, Loyola University New Orleans Dr. Robert A. Thomas is an academician, a business/environmental community liaison, a media source for environmental news, and a family man. He was Founding Director of the Louisiana Nature Center, where he served as the liaison for the community in information pertaining to science education, environmental issues, and natural history. Dr. Thomas is professor of Mass Communication, holds the Loyola Distinguished Scholar Chair in Environmental Communication, is adjunct professor of Biological Sciences, sits on The Environment Program Faculty, and is the Founding Director of the Center for Environmental Communication at Loyola University New Orleans. He is the recipient of the 2011 Dux Academicus award at Loyola, and in 2018 was awarded the National Wetland Award in Communication & Education.

In Concord with Nature

J. David Waggonner III, Principal, Waggonner & Ball Architecture and Environment David Waggonner is the founding principal of Waggonner & Ball Architecture/Environment, an award-winning, internationally active architecture and planning practice located in New Orleans. He is a graduate of Yale School of Architecture, a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects, and a recipient of the AIA Louisiana Medal of Honor. The firm grounds its architectural work in historic preservation with a concentration on modern institutional projects, including museums, foundations, and educational facilities. The firm’s environment work is focused on the infrastructure and spatial identity of water. Recent projects include watershed plans in Louisiana, urban water projects across the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts, and campus and park designs in Beijing, China.

Building a Sustainable New Orleans

Ramsey Green, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of Infrastructure and Chief Resilience Officer, City of New Orleans Ramsey Green is the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Infrastructure and Chief Resilience Officer for the City of New Orleans, where he manages the delivery of operations and infrastructure—and the more than $2 billion in federal and municipal bond funds allocated to this work. Ramsey also serves as the Mayor’s liaison to the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO), where he is responsible for coordinating the infrastructure work between the two entities. Previously, Ramsey served as the Budget Director and then Deputy Superintendent for Operations of the Louisiana Recovery School District (RSD), where his responsibilities included managing the reconstruction of New Orleans’s public-school facilities, finances, and general district operations in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. At the RSD, he led the negotiations with the federal government that increased the amount of FEMA rebuilding funds to New Orleans schools from $200 million to more than $2 billion dollars, one of the largest FEMA allocations to a local government in history. Ramsey received a B.A. with honors in politics from New York University, a master’s in public administration from the University of Pennsylvania where he was a Samuel Fels Scholar, and a certificate in local and state government for senior executives from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was a Fisher Fellow. Green was a member of the inaugural class of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program, a leadership initiative started by the presidential foundations of former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, Lyndon Johnson, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration—Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Hall—Celestin Foyer

Opening General Session in the Celestin Ballroom ֎

8:00 am EPA Welcome and Conference Sponsor Welcome Kim Jones, Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment, Texas A&M University Kingsville Charles Maguire, Director, Water Division, US EPA Region 6

8:15 am Welcome to the City Honorable LaToya Cantrell, Mayor, City of New Orleans Honorable Cynthia Lee Sheng, President, Jefferson Parish Government Ghassan Korban, Executive Director, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans

9:15 am Leading the Change in Stormwater Management Honorable Joe Giarrusso, Orleans Parish Councilmember District A Honorable Jennifer Van Vrancken, Jefferson Parish Councilwoman District 5 Jason Stopa, Director, Department of Community Development, St. Bernard Parish

10:15 Break & Refreshments - Please visit our Exhibitors

10:30 am Extreme Events in a Changing Climate Dr. Barry D. Keim, Louisiana State University Richard J. Russell Professor and Louisiana State Climatologist

11:30 am EPA Stormwater Program Updates Greg Schaner, Attorney Advisor, Water Permits Division, Office of Wastewater Management, US EPA Robyn DeYoung, Green Infrastructure Lead, Office of Wastewater Management, US EPA Alicia Denning, Municipal Stormwater Program, Office of Wastewater Management, US EPA

12:30 Lunch on Your Own

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration—Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Hall—Celestin Foyer

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Time Celestin D Celestin E Celestin G Celestin H Celestin A Moderator: Lina Saale Moderator: Macayla Coleman and Moderator: Nasim Jahan Moderator: Shellie Eaton Moderator: Suzanna Perea Assistant: Pamela Mugisha, TAMUK Taylor Edwards Assistant: Caitlin Miller, OU Assistant: Andrea Tavera, OU Assistant: Kyle Mattingly, OU Assistant: Joseph Nnadi, TAMUK LA State Breakout ֎ TX State Breakout ֎ OK State Breakout ֎ NM State Breakout ֎ AR State Breakout ֎ Melissa Reboul, Rebecca Villalba and Myles Mungle Levi Dean Anmol Jain Madeline Richard 1:45 pm - Macayla Coleman Oklahoma Department of New Mexico Arkansas Division of and Lina Saale Environmental Quality Environment Department Environmental Quality 2:45 pm CT Texas Commission on Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Environmental Quality

2:45 pm - 3:00 pm CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors

Time Celestin E Celestin F Celestin G Celestin H Celestin A Stormwater Managment ֎ Construction & Industrial ֎ Advancing Resiliency and TMDLs & Watershed Living with Water: Programs Programs Green Infrastructure Protection Special Programs and Nature-Based Solutions Moderator: Andrew Woodroof Moderator: David Gatterman Moderator: Madeline Richard Moderator: Macayla Coleman Moderator: Emily Federer Assistant: Pamela Mugisha, TAMUK Assistant: Joseph Nnadi, TAMUK Assistant: Juan Perez, TAMUK and Taylor Edwards Assistant: Bindhusri Arunachalam, Assistant: Alayibo Semenitari, TAMUK TAMUK

Bucktown: A Case Study in "Doo" the Right Thing Pet Incorporating Flood Risk Assisting MS4 Compliance City of Albuquerque Mission Impossible: Waste Abatement Photo Reduction Infrastructure Through Regulatory Industrial MSGP Maintaining Permeable 3:00 pm - Contest: Adorable with Community Processes with ADEQ Program Development Pavement Performance 4:00 pm CT Michael Young Revitalization Shellie Eaton Anthony Kendrick and Engaging and Brittanie Gloyd Councilwoman Jennifer Van City of Albuquerque Construction EcoServices Katie Masucci Arkansas DEQ City of Plano Vrancken, Lauren Averill and Michelle Gonzales Jefferson Parish Government

Development of Cyberinfrastructure for Size Does Matter! "Eco-Encounter" Water Particulate Sizing and TSS Assessment of the Lower Management Outreach in 4:00 pm - Removal in Hydrodynamic Rio Grande Valley North Jefferson Parish, LA 4:30 pm CT Separators and Central Watersheds Seamus Riley and Mark Wharton Advancing Green Characteristics David Illgen Stormwater Professional Group Infrastructure in Ahmed Mahmoud Jefferson Parish Government Communities of Color University of Texas MS4 and Related Angela Chalk Rio Grande Valley Health Issues Healthy Community Services Sami Khalil Brenda Lomax-Brown Jefferson Parish Government A Better Rainy Day! Hollygrove-Dixon Innovative Stormwater: Neighborhood Assoc. Dana Brown Utilizing Floating Project Ideas with Federal, Wetland Breakwaters EPA's Urban Waters State and Local Funding Water Wise Gulf South Program Highlights 4:30 pm - for Reducing Shoreline 5:00 pm CT Sources and Collaboration Randall Rush that Can Eliminate Erosion in Reservoirs EPA Region 6 Roadblocks Jason Vogel Water Policy Advisor Anisa Pjetrovic University of Oklahoma EPA Region 6 SRF Program

5:00 pm - 5:30 pm CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors

5:30 pm - Exhibitors Reception - Appetizers Provided! 6:30 pm CT Celestin Ballroom 6:00 pm - EPA Region 6 Outstanding Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development Project Competition ֎

7:00 pm CT Celestin H Dinner on Your Own

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration—Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Hall—Celestin Foyer

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Stormwater Management ֎ Construction and Industrial ֎ Advancing Resiliency and TMDLs & Watershed Living with Water: Programs Programs Green Infrastructure Protection Special Programs & Nature-Based Solutions Time Celestin C Celestin F Celestin G Celestin H Celestin A Moderator: Madeline Richard and Moderator: Macayla Coleman Moderator: To be assigned Moderator: To be assigned Moderator: Grace Vogel and Andrew Woodroof Assistant: Joseph Nnadi, TAMUK Assistant: Kyle Mattingly, OU Assistant: Caitlin Miller, OU Taylor Edwards Assistant: Pamela Mugisha, TAMUK Assistant: Andrea Tavera, OU

Nature-Based Solutions The Gift that Keeps in New Orleans' Hazard 8:00 am - on Giving Natural Channel Design 8:30 am CT Mitigation Plan Sean Aucoin Stream Restoration in City of Frisco Austin Feldbaum Conforming Under Urban and Suburban City of New Orleans Pressure: Updating Communication- The Most Settings – The Ultimate Antiquated Systems in a Important and Overlooked Tool in Achieving Total Time of Crisis Construction Site BMP Maximum Daily Loads Low Impact Development Cheryn Robles and Jerald Fifield Building Back After the and Water Quality Mitigation for Base Flood Katie Rodriguez HydroDynamics Incorporated Storm: Mitigation and Standards Elevation Disparity 8:30 am - City of New Orleans Resiliency following Lee Forbes between Adjacent 9:00 am CT Hurricane Michael SWCA Environmental Properties Ryan Weidenman Consultants, Inc. Gianna Cothren and Atkins North America, Inc. Shaelynn Moore University of New Orleans

Resilient Mitigation Implementing LID Planning Leads to Retrofits to Address Urban Flood Hazards: Measuring Stormwater Jefferson Parish Nutrient Loads in Lake Challenges and 9:00 am - Outreach Green Infrastructure Pocotopaug in Opportunities 9:30 am CT Eric Eckl Jamelyn Trucks Implementation East Hampton, CT Water Words That Work Maggie Talley and Atkins North America, Inc. Port Perspective: Managing Steven Trinkaus Michelle Gonzales Trinkaus Engineering, LLC Oversight at Multiple Jefferson Parish Government Industrial Sites as Non- Regulators Emily Federer Evaluation of Field-scale Port of New Orleans Stormwater Bioretention Social Media and Diana Day Developing a Low Impact Cells Hydrology and Freeboard Incentives and Stormwater Outreach Terracon Consultants, Inc. Development System Nutrient Removal in Barriers to Enhance Flood 9:30 am - Lessons Learned During GIS for SWMM Modeling Semi-Arid LRGV Resilience in Louisiana 10:00 am CT Lockdown Gianna Cothren and of Texas Hoang Tao, Monica Farris Eric Eckl Demetria Christo Juan Perez and Pamela Jenkins Water Words That Work University of New Orleans Texas A&M University of New Orleans University Kingsville

10:00 am - 10:15 am CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors

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Wednesday, August 11, 2021

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration—Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Hall—Celestin Foyer

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Stormwater Management ֎ Construction and Industrial ֎ Advancing Resiliency and TMDLs & Watershed Living with Water: Special Programs Programs Green Infrastructure Protection Programs & Nature-Based Solutions Time Celestin C Celestin F Celestin G Celestin H Celestin A Moderator: Dave Gatterman and Moderator: To be assigned Moderator: Lina Saale Moderator: Cheryn Robles Moderator: Grace Vogel and Macayla Coleman Assistant: Joseph Nnadi, TAMUK Assistant: Kyle Mattingly, OU Assistant: Caitlin Miller, OU Taylor Edwards Assistant: Pamela Mugisha, TAMUK Assistant: Andrea Tavera, OU

Paving the Way for Stormwater Pollution 10:15 am - GSI Modeling to 10:45 am CT Prevention- TXDOT Support Greater Repetitive Flooding and Stormwater E-quality: Statewide SWP3 Drainage Resiliency Mitigation Planning Stopping Mud From Ryan Deal Addressing Equality Susan Alvarez Monica Farris Entering MUDS Freese and Nichols in Stormwater City of Dallas University of New Orleans Liz Stone and Michael Gurka Kathy Jack Management Programs Austin Feldbaum and Jones and Carter Oil and Gas The Nature Conservancy Chad Richards Brad Klamer Construction Activities Fouad Jaber Atkins North America, Inc. City of New Orleans 10:45 am - TX A&M University - 11:15 am CT and the CGP Suzanna Perea Agri-Life Extension Service EPA Region 6 NPDES Permitting

How the 2020 Census Will Impact You and Successful Transformation 11:15 am - Your MS4 of NMDOT's NPDES 11:45 am CT Kelsey Krueger and Hydrologic Research Industrial Stormwater? Guidance Manual to Matt Klaser Pre- and Post- Who is Paying for Process Wastewater? Promote Arid Region Power Engineering Low Impact Enhanced Resiliency and Contact Stormwater? GSI and LID Development in an Nature-Based Designs? What?!!?! Sarah Ganley An Effective Structural Bohannan Huston Inc. Ephemeral Drainage Bryan Hummel Juliana Morelli EPA Region 4 Control Program: A Flood Power Engineering Antonio Griego Debora Tosline 11:45 am - of Information NM Dept. of Transportation US Bureau of Reclamation 12:15 pm CT Alexandra O'Connor and Jitka Dekojava Peyton Austin Dekker/Perich/Sabatini City of San Marcos

12:15 pm - 12:30 pm CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors

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12:30 pm - ֎ 12:45 pm CT EPA Conference Awards and Outstanding GI/LID Project Competition Awards Effectively Communicating your Water Message: Focusing on the Needs of your Locale ֎ 12:45 pm - Robert A. (Bob) Thomas, PhD 2:15 pm CT Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Communication, Loyola University New Orleans

2:15 pm - Field Trip Instructions 2:30 pm CT Load Buses & Depart

Field Trip I: Field Trip II: Field Trip III: Field Trip IV: (60 participants max) (50 participants max) (Full) (50 participants max)

2:30 pm - Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Award Winning Port of New Orleans Stormwater Industrial 5:30 pm CT West Closure - Stormwater Network Mississippi River Green Infrastructure World’s Largest Municipal Fireboat Tour Pump Station

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm CT Optional Networking Mixer, or Dinner on Your Own

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

7:30 am - 5:00 pm Conference Registration—Celestin Foyer 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Exhibitors Hall—Celestin Foyer

Concurrent Technical Sessions

Stormwater Management ֎ Innovative Stormwater ֎ Advancing Resiliency and TMDLs & Watershed Living with Water: Programs Programs Green Infrastructure Protection Special Programs & Nature-Based Solutions Time Celestin E Celestin F Celestin G Celestin H Celestin A Moderator: Madeline Richard Moderator: Macayla Coleman Moderator: Lina Saale Moderator: Emily Federer Moderator: Andrew Woodroof Assistant: Pamela Mugisha, TAMUK Assistant: Joseph Nnadi, TAMUK Assistant: Andrea Tavera, OU Assistant: Kyle Mattingly, OU Assistant: Caitlin Miller, OU

Bucktown Marsh Resilient Urban "Let’s Do it All: Climate Resiliency from Stormwater Volume Resilience, Stormwater, Upper San Antonio River 8:00 am - Hurricanes Reduction Monitoring, Maintenance, Watershed Protection 8:30 am CT Katrina to Zeta Mark Joersz Education, Workforce Plan Implementation and ADS Eva Hillman Development, and Public/ Green Stormwater Science for Our Coast Mansfield Post Private Partnerships Infrastructure Master Wes Michaels and Planning Using HSPF Construction Water Emily Bullock Quality Requirements Modeling for BMP Spackman Mossop Michaels Bucktown Living Howard Redfearn Grace Vogel Performance Evaluation Michelle Garza and Shoreline: Incorporating City of Mansfield It is no longer the forgotten City of New Orleans Sheeba Thomas 8:30 am - infrastructure asset Nicole Escarra Natural and Nature-Based San Antonio River Authority 9:00 am CT Crescent City Schools Features into Flood Risk Mark Joersz Yu-Chun Su and ADS Sarah Olivier Reduction Structures State of Louisiana Ka-Leung Lee Lauren Averill Willie Autman Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Jefferson Parish Louisiana Green Corps

Louisiana Watershed How to Design Triple Bottom Line Initiative: Lessons Work Your Strategies Stormwater Management Analysis of SARA's Learned in Design for Coalition Planning 9:00-9:30 am CT to Save Your Money for Ground Mounted Watershed Wise Rebate Flood Resiliency Tom Schneider Solar Arrays and Grant Program Maggie Talley Jamelyn Trucks Stormcon Steven Trinkaus Mikel Wilkins Jefferson Parish Atkins North America, Inc. Trinkaus Engineering, LLC TBG Partners Tom Haysley New Orleans Regional Planning Commission Best Management Practices, First Responder An Ounce of Prevention is Natural Channel Design Training, Planning Worth a Pound of Cure: Stream Restoration in Guidance and Tools to Estuaries and Underwater Revamping Your Public BMPs and Post- Urban and Suburban Increase Resilience and Gardening - Funding Education Program During Construction Restoration Settings – The Ultimate Protect Vulnerable 9:30 am - for Renewable Green Infrastructure Tool Karst Aquifers from Non-traditional Methods 10:00 am CT a Pandemic Liz Stone and Michael Gurka Energy Projects in Achieving Contamination During with SRF Jones and Carter Ryan Joyce and Watershed Resiliency Firefighting Anisa Pjetrovic EPA Region 6 SRF Program Crystal Allgood Lee Forbes Rudolph Rosen SWCA Environmental SWCA Environmental Texas A&M University Consultants, Inc. Consultants, Inc. San Antonio Geary Schindel Karst Works, Inc

10:00 am - 10:15 am CT Break - Please visit our Exhibitors

Time Celestin Ballroom In Concord with Nature ֎ 10:15 am - J. David Waggonner III 11:00 am CT Principal, Waggonner & Ball Building a Sustainable New Orleans ֎ 11:00 am - Ramsey Green 11:45 am CT Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of Infrastructure and Chief Resilience Officer, City of New Orleans

11:45 am - 2022 Conference Planning, Q&A ֎ 12:30 pm CT 12:30 pm CT Conference conclusion

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Field Trips on Wednesday Afternoon

All field trip participants must submit a completed waiver form before boarding the transportation bus. Waiver forms are available here. Personal protective equipment (PPE) required for each field trip includes closed-in shoes and long pants. * Pre-registration is highly encouraged to ensure participation.

I. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure - Largest Municipal Pump Station in the World *60 participants maximum Presented by Nick Cali, Project Manager, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex is the largest pump station of its kind in the world. Located at the confluence of the Algiers and Harvey Canal, this risk reduction system pump station and sector gates can be closed to prevent storm surge from entering the heart of the Westbank of New Orleans. It works in concert with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans' pump system. II. Award Winning Stormwater Network *50 participants maximum Presented by Meagan Williams, P.E., Stormwater Manager, City of New Orleans The Pontilly Stormwater Network is the first stop on this tour of award-winning hazard mitigation projects. Designed to lessen the burden on the City’s aging drainage pumping system, the Pontilly project uses alleyways, roadway corridors and formerly empty lots in the public right of way to detain and store stormwater. Individual projects that make up this network are expected to begin soon. This network will provide multiple benefits to the community including infrastructure improvements, recreational opportunities, public health improvements, and urban heat reduction. III. Port of New Orleans Mississippi River Fireboat Tour *Full Presented by Emily Federer, Environmental Services Manager, Port of New Orleans This tour will include a water-side tour of Port NOLA facilities along the Mississippi River, with a brief Port 101, an overview of Port Stormwater Management and other environmental programs aboard the Port’s own historic fireboat, the General Kelly. The tour boards at the Port NOLA Administration Building and will travel upriver to the Nashville and Napoleon Container Yards then head downriver for a waterside view of the French Quarter. This tour requires climbing steep steps and is aboard an active emergency response vessel. Please wear comfortable shoes and follow Port NOLA’s COVID-19 protocols - wear a mask and social distance, if not vaccinated. IV. Stormwater Industrial Green Infrastructure Tour *50 participants maximum Presented by Jim Birch, General Manager, Fabourg Brewery, and Moe Clary, Corporate Realty Faubourg Brewery has been serving New Orleanians beef for over 114 years. Faubourg, which means neighborhood, designed their new facility in 2019 with scalable wastewater conservation goals, stormwater protection, capture and retention, and sanitary discharge yeast management in mind. As Faubourg continues to ramp up beer production in the years to come—we look forward to partnering with their team to continue to enhance environmental goals and find methods of reducing unnecessary discharge and water usage. Attend this tour and learn how Faubourg weaves New Orleans environmental values into the taste of each can.

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Pre-Conference Training and Early Bird Workshops

Dr. Jerald S. Fifield, President and Principal Hydrologist, HydroDynamics Incorporated Best-selling author and field expert, Jerald S. Fifield, Ph.D., CISEC, brings more than 30 years of experience in the sediment and erosion control field. Founding HydroDynamics Incorporated in 1982, Dr. Fifield has been actively involved with drainage, sediment and erosion control, water rights and nonpoint pollution control as a consultant developing sediment and erosion control plans, completing drainage analy- sis, providing inspection services, and teaching on controlling sediment and erosion on construction sites. Educated as an engineer at Utah State University, Dr. Fifield is a Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC). Dr. Fifield has authored numerous papers, researched sediment and erosion control products, and taught hundreds of courses on the subject, training thousands of professionals in how to design and review effective sediment and erosion control plans for construction sites. Additionally, Dr. Fifield is the author of the best-selling manual and recently released Designing and Reviewing Effective Sediment and Erosion Control Plans (3rd edition) and the Designing for Effective Sediment and Erosion Control on Construction Sites. Those who have benefited from his experience include designers, planners, engineering firms, contractors, inspectors, developers, municipalities, counties, and state and federal agencies, as well as the general public. Melissa Reboul, Supervisor, General and Municipal Permits Section, Water Permits Division, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Melissa Reboul received her Bachelor of Science in Zoology, with a concentration in Marine Zoology, from Louisiana State University (LSU) in 2001. Upon graduation, she accepted an Environmental Scientist position with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. In May 2007, she received her Master of Science from LSU in Environmental Planning and Management. She continues to work with LDEQ as the Environmental Scientist Supervisor of the Water Permits Division, General & Municipal Permits Section. Shane Miller, Environmental Scientist Senior, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Shane Miller received his bachelor’s degree in Biology with an emphasis in Microbiology from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He is a 24-year employee with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. He has extensive experience in water compliance and in 2009, he became the Staff Scientist (DCL-A) in water at the Acadiana Regional Office in Lafayette. He was also part of the BP Deepwater Horizon response serving as a state field representative and as the Environmental Unit Liaison/Coordinator for field response. In October 2017, he became the Environmental Scientist Senior (DCL-B) in water for LDEQ. Kurt Wilson, Small Business/Community Assistance Program, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Kurt Wilson is an Environmental Chemical Specialist with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. He has been with LDEQ for over 15 years and has spent that full duration in the Small Business/ Community Assistance Program, providing outreach and technical assistance to citizens and small businesses in the state. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University and com- pleted his M.S. in Engineering with a Civil/Environmental concentration at the University of New Orleans. Dana Nunez-Brown, Dana Brown & Associates, LLC Dana has over three decades of experience as a landscape architect and planner. She has worked for firms in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Boston, and Orange County, California, including two of the largest design firms in the U.S. In 2004, she founded her firm now known as Dana Brown and Associates to pursue her philosophy of landscape design, which is to design legible landscapes that respond to the ecologi- cal integrity of the land and reflect the cultural heritage of its people. A native of New Orleans, Dana has worked tirelessly to address the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality requirements for water quality. She has written and revised chapters of the development code for several municipalities and parishes. She authored a manual to guide developers and design professionals in designing and implementing stormwater best management practices and organizes and leads dozens of stormwater workshops each year. Dana holds a BLA degree from Louisiana State University and MLA degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and is a professional land-scape architect, licensed in several states. She is a long-time active member of ASLA and is a Fellow of the organization. Dana is a certified planner (AICP), and a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP). She serves as Chair of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) WEFTEC Workshops Subcommittee, a member of the WEF Stormwater Committee, and a WEF Licensed Trainer of the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP). Dana is also the Treasurer of the Louisiana Urban Stormwater Coalition. Dana is a founding member of Water Wise Gulf South which trains and educates residents in implementing green infrastructure in their neighborhoods. As President of Dana Brown & Associates, she pioneered design of green infrastructure throughout Louisiana. Dana taught classes on the subject at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture and the University of New Orleans (UNO). She regularly guest lectures at Tulane University, UNO, and Xavier University. She is the author of “Using Plants for Stormwater Management: A Green Infrastructure Guide for the Gulf South,” LSU Press, April 2014. Diana McDonald, Vice President, MSSS Compliance, LLC Diana retired from the Environmental Protection Agency after spending 30 years in the Water Program, the last 17 years in Stormwater. She started out monitoring inspections and enforcement actions, and quickly moved to the Enforcement side of the Branch where she became an Enforcement Officer and credentialed inspector. As an inspector, she conducted inspections at facilities that fell under both the Construction General Permit and the Multi-Sector General Permit. She was also part of the teams that conducted audits of the MS4 programs in the Region. At the time of her retirement in early 2014, she had conducted audits in all but four of the Phase I MS4s in the Region, and two Phase IIs. In addition to her duties as an inspector/auditor, she was an Enforcement Officer issuing enforcement actions and assessing penalties to non-compliant operators under the Stormwater program. During her 17 years in Stormwater she served on numerous workgroups, teams, and focus groups helping to form policy and guidance, as well as development of penalty policies for the three stormwater groups. Since her retirement, Ms. McDonald has worked as an environmental consultant. Currently, she is Vice President of a company that works exclusively with MS4s, conducting pre-audits, developing Stormwater Manage- ment Plans and performing training for all the minimum control measures of the stormwater program. She acts as a consultant for Stormcon, LLC, a sister company to MSSS Compliance.

Sami Khalil, Storm Water Management Supervisor, Jefferson Parish Government Sami was born in Jerusalem and came to the United States through an educational exchange program and then received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from William Carey University. He maintains an international perspective on environmental issues and understands that effective environmental management includes working with people from all cultural perspectives and backgrounds. Coming to Jefferson Parish from the Louisiana Dept. of Health, he coordinates joint inspections with state Environmental Health Specialists to address matters of public health concern on the state andlocal level. Sami is also a Fellow of the Loyola Institute forEnvironmental Communication since 2008. Scott Finney, MS4 Stormwater Manager, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Scott S. Finney, a native Louisiana, is the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Stormwater Manager for the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans, and the former MS4 Stormwater Manager for Jefferson Parish’s Department of Environmental Affairs. Scott holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science from the University of Alabama and is a Certified Environmental Trainer (CIT), and a Registered Environmental Manager (REM). Scott also holds a Class IV licensed in Wastewater Treatment and Collection and Class II Water license in Treatment, Distribution, and Production through the State of Louisiana. Scott has been employed in the Environmental field for the past 46 years. Having spent 15 years in the private sector with companies like (Avondale Shipyards, Professional Serves Group, and a private Environmental Testing Lab), with 31 years in the public sector with City of Harahan, City of Kenner, Jefferson Parish, Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans.

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Madeline Richard, Water Permits Division, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Madeline Richard obtained her Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Ecology and Management along with a minor Political Science from Louisiana State University in 2015. She accepted a position with LDEQ as an Environmental Scientist in the Water Permits Division, specializing in small MS4s and construction storm water for the last 4 years. Lina Saale, Water Permits Division, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Lina Kruth Saale is an environmental scientist at LDEQ. She graduated from LSU with a degree in Environmental Management Systems. She has been with the Department for almost 11 years and previously worked under the Waste Permits Division as a hazardous waste permit writer for 6 years. Lina currently works under the Water Permits Division and specializes in small MS4s and construction storm water. Levi Dean, Supervisor, Industrial and Stormwater Team, Point Source Regulation Section, Surface Water Quality Bureau, New Mexico Environment Department Levi’s comprehensive experience in natural resource management includes positions with municipal, state and federal agencies, as well as nonprofit organizations. Levi began his career working on water re- source conservation projects for the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer. From 2014 to 2021 Levi served as a City of San Diego Park Ranger where he managed the natural resources of the open space canyon systems throughout San Diego. Levi has been with the New Mexico Environment Department’s Surface Water Quality Bureau as the Industrial and Stormwater Team supervisor since March 2021. Levi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography with a minor in Earth and Planetary Studies from the University of New Mexico and is currently working towards a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Behavior Change from the University of California at San Diego. Levi is passionate about protecting and enhancing the treasured natural resources of New Mexico and is excited to bring this passion to 2021 Stormwater Conference.

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Myles Mungle, Engineer Manager, Municipal Wastewater Enforcement Section, Water Quality Division, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Myles is the Engineering Manager for ODEQ’s Municipal Wastewater Enforcement Section, which includes MS4 and construction stormwater inspection and enforcement. Myles has just over twenty years of experience related to the inspection and enforcement of municipal wastewater treatment systems, biosolids programs, and industrial pretreatment programs. Mr. Mungle has a B.S. in Biosystems and Agricul- tural Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Myles is registered as a professional engineer and holds certifications for Class A wastewater works operator and a Class A wastewater and water laboratory technician in the State of Oklahoma. Rebecca Villalba, Team Leader, Stormwater Team, Water Quality Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rebecca L. Villalba has been working at the TCEQ since August 1996 in the Water Quality Division. In her current position, as the Team Leader of the Stormwater Team, she supervises permit writers that imple- ment the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) stormwater (construction, industrial, and municipal) and quarry programs and oversees the stormwater processing center. Ms. Villalba was the Team Leader for the combined Stormwater & Pretreatment Team for over six years (2011-2018) supervising staff implementing the TPDES pretreatment and stormwater programs. Previ- ously, as a senior pretreatment coordinator, she performed pretreatment program audits, industrial categorical determinations, reviewed municipal permit applications and drafted permits, and reviewed program modifications to include local limits calculations. She is a TCEQ Aspiring Leaders Program alumni and has participated in the TCEQ’s partnership efforts with the Mexican government related to the pretreatment program by providing training and technical assistance. In 2001, Ms. Villalba completed the Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Lead Auditor Training Course and for over 10 years represented the Water Quality Division in the team implementing the TCEQ’s EMS program. Ms. Villalba has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with minors in Chemical Engineering and Spanish from the University of Houston. Prior to joining the TCEQ, she worked at an international chemical company in the area of industrial waste management and at NASA-Johnson Space Center in the water laboratory supporting the Space Shuttle and Space Station water disinfection projects. Macayla Coleman, Stormwater Team, Water Quality Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Macayla has been with TCEQ since February 2019. She is a Permit Writer in the Stormwater Team within the Water Quality Division. She is responsible for conducting technical reviews of municipal stormwater management programs and annual reports as well as drafting individual stormwater discharge permits under the Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES). In addition, she provides technical guid- ance to stormwater permittees on industrial, construction, and municipal program requirements for individual and general TPDES permits. Macayla earned her BS degree in Biology from the University of Arkansas in 2016, her MS in Environmental Science and her Master of Public Affairs at Indiana University in 2018. Her experience includes con- ducting rapid bioassessments on rivers and streams in Texas and Indiana as well as collecting and analyzing water quality samples as part of the National Clean Lakes Program while pursuing her graduate degrees. Anmol Jain, Stormwater Permits Program, Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality Anmol Jain is an engineer at the Division of Environmental Quality in North Little Rock, AR. He completed his MS in Environmental Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2018. His current responsibilities including writing NPDES Permits, working on Industrial Stormwater General Permits, MS4 Permits, and reviewing NEPA requests and Pretreatment reports.

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Michael Young, Office of Water Quality Compliance Branch, Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality Michael Young is an Inspector with the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Office of Water Quality (OWQ) Compliance Branch in the El Dorado Field Office, District 8. Prior to employment with ADEQ, he worked for City of Durham, NC MS4 and North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). He received a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from University of Arkansas in 2007 and a Master of Science in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology from Arkansas Tech University in 2011. Outside of public service he plays drums several bands in South Arkansas and North Louisiana. Brittanie Gloyd, Office of Water Quality Compliance Branch, Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality Brittanie Gloyd is an Inspector with the Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Office of Water Quality (OWQ) Compliance Branch in the El Dorado Field Office, District 8. Prior to employment with ADEQ, she worked for the State of Florida, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Aquaculture. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 2012. Sami Khalil, Storm Water Management Supervisor, Jefferson Parish Government Sami was born in Jerusalem and came to the United States through an educational exchange program and then received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from William Carey University. He maintains an international perspective on environmental issues and understands that effective environmental management includes working with people from all cultural perspectives and backgrounds. Coming to Jefferson Parish from the Louisiana Dept. of Health, he coordinates joint inspections with state Environmental Health Specialists to address matters of public health concern on the state andlocal level. Sami is also a Fellow of the Loyola Institute forEnvironmental Communication since 2008. Cheryn Robles, Acting Chief of Staff, Department of Public Works, City of New Orleans, LA Cheryn Robles, APR, is the Acting Chief of Staff for the City of New Orleans Department of Public Works. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Loyola University New Orleans and a Master’s degree with concentration in Environmental Management from Duke University. Robles has been with the City for nine years, most recently as the Environmental Affairs Administrator, where she stood up the environmen- tal division. She currently is leading the feasibility analysis for redeveloping Lincoln Beach. Previously, Robles served as the Outreach Manager for DPW, where she spearheaded internal and external communi- cations. Katie Rodriguez, President, Stormwater Professionals Group Katie Rodriguez is GIS Manager for the City of New Orleans, Department of Public Works. She is certified in ESRI GIS programs and serves as the geographic information system subject matter expert supporting the construction and maintenance of the streets, drainage and other public works infrastructure. She builds and maintains ESRI applications for Public Works maintenance work order management and field data capture including the City’s Catch Basin Maintenance tracking system. Eric Eckl, Water Words That Work, LLC Eric founded Water Words That Work, LLC as a marketing and public relations firm for clean water and environmental organizations. Since 2009, the company has assisted more than 350 conservation organi- zations, including the National Park Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Southwest Florida Water Management District, the Minnesota Association of Water- shed Districts, the Ogeechee Riverkeeper, and many others. Before launching Water Words That Work, Eric rose through the ranks at a series of conservation organizations. Along the way, he managed fundraising, media relations, digital, and print publishing activities. His past employers include Beaconfire Consulting, American Rivers, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Eric's skills include message development, online outreach, market research, training, and business development. He has appeared in countless media stories, including CNN and the New York Times. He is a frequent speaker at environmental, marketing, and technology conferences. Liz Garcia Stone, CPESC, MS4 Engineer, Jones and Carter Ms. Stone has more than 15 years of experience in watershed studies, stormwater management, and stormwater permit compliance with main focus on NPDES and TPDES requirements and regulations. This experience includes storm water quality monitoring, industrial and construction storm water quality compliance, development of Phase I and Phase II Storm Water Management Programs (SWMPs) including implementation of these SWMPs, and assessment of various facilities for storm water compliance. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a civil engineer degree. Michael Gurka, Manager, Permitting Division, Jones and Carter Michael has ten years of experience in the Water and Wastewater Industry while providing design and construction oversight on $80+ million dollars of public infrastructure projects. He currently serves ad the Division Manager for the Permitting Division in the Water Practice. Michael acts as Technical Advisor to support the Lead Project Manager on the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer (MS4) Permit. He is responsi- ble for managing storm water permits for several municipalities, strategically developing and administering the Storm Water Management Program for each MS4, ensuring compliance with all regulatory agen- cies, and provides oversight on Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a civil engineer degree and is a Professional Engineer in the state of Texas.

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Kelsey Krueger, Power Engineers, Inc. Ms. Krueger has a Masters in Soil and Water Science and a Bachelors in Environmental Science. Her career has largely been focused on stormwater. She has worked both within an MS4 program and for an MS4 program as a third party consultant. She has been with POWER Engineers since the spring of 2018 and has had many diverse opportunities within the world of stormwater. From writing SWPPPs to reviewing Stormwater Management Plans, Kelsey has developed a strong understanding of permit compliance and developing programs that not only comply with local and federal agencies, but effectively prevent pollution and protect water quality. Matt Klaser, Power Engineers, Inc. Matt Klaser is a stormwater consultant with POWER Engineers. He has worked in the construction stormwater industry for roughly the past 8 years as a consultant, inspector, and auditor with a wide array of central Texas companies. Most recently, he has been working with a major San Antonio utility company and the city to improve upon their existing stormwater management techniques. He has CESSWI and CPESC certifications with POWER Engineers. Alexandra O’Connor, Stormwater Coordinator, City of San Marcos, TX Alex O'Connor has been the Stormwater Coordinator for the City of San Marcos, TX for 4.5 years where she ensures that the city stays in compliance with the TCEQ issued MS4 permit. Alex is a CISEC with over 11 years working in environmental compliance focusing on stormwater management and TPDES permitting. Alex has previously worked for the Lower Colorado River Authority and as an environmental compli- ance inspector for aci consulting and Texas State University where she gained experience writing and managing SWP3 and SPCC programs, performing Phase I and II ESA’s and Geologic Assessments. Peyton Austin, Stormwater Technician, City of San Marcos, TX Peyton Austin is the Stormwater Technician for the City of San Marcos, TX, where he helps to implement MS4 compliance operations for the Stormwater Management Department. Peyton has maintenance experience as an equipment operator for the City of San Marcos, and structural control design experience as an intern for Gallup Engineering. Peyton graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas State University with a degree in Water Resources, and in July of 2020 he earned his CISEC license. Peyton got married to his beautiful wife Rose in October of last year, and would strongly recommend against having a wedding during a global pandemic. Howard Redfearn, Manager, Environmental Services, City of Mansfield, TX Howard Redfearn has been with City of Mansfield since November 2005. He has been in the erosion and sediment control field as a local regulator for over 15 years. He oversees the City’s stormwater manage- ment plan, floodplain development, mosquito control program, and drainage capital program. In addition, he oversees and coordinates the City’s household hazardous waste, and solid waste and recycling collection programs. He is active in the local stormwater community through the Regional Stormwater Management Coordinating Council at the North Central Texas Council of Governments. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of North Texas in 2001 and received his Master of Science in Environmental Science from UNT in 2005. Tom Schneider, Stormcon, LLC As Head of Storm Water Compliance at Stormcon, LLC, Tom Schneider brings 23 years of experience and extensive training in storm water regulations focusing on construction site erosion and sediment con- trol. Mr. Schneider works directly with local, state, and federal agencies as well as working one on one with clients to develop and implement storm water programs that will fit their needs. In the past, Mr. Schneider has been invited to testify in front of congressional subcommittees in regard to NPDES issues. Workshops taught by Mr. Schneider across the state of Texas include: Inlet protection; Inspector training; Erosion and sediment control selection; Sediment control design; and, How to implement a storm water program at your company. In addition, Mr. Schneider has the following accreditations: Past SCIECA President; Co-Chair IECA Standards and Practices Committee; Chair of the IECA Long Term Methodology Committee for Sediment Control Design; Council member for the Environmental Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association; CPESC; SCIECA Board Member; IECA Member; SBCA Government Relations Committee; and, STEP Member.

Construction and Industrial Programs Track

Shellie Eaton, Engineer, Department of Municipal Development, City of Albuquerque, NM Shellie is an engineer with the storm drainage section of the City of Albuquerque (COA). She is a licensed Professional Engineer in New Mexico and a LEED Accredited Professional. Shellie has a BS in Environ- mental Engineering from the University of California, Riverside and a Master in Civil Engineering from Norwich University. She is responsible for the Industrial, Good Housekeeping, and Post-Construction Pro- grams for the COA MS4 stormwater program. Mark Wharton, President, Stormwater Professionals Group Mark Wharton, President and owner of Stormwater Professionals group has spent the last 15+ years helping property owners, general contractors, and civil engineers with creative solutions to erosion control issues as well as stormwater quality design and maintenance. A man of many hats Mark has amassed experience as a SWPPP inspector, SWPPP Project Manager, Business Development Manager, and Market Director and ultimately business owner in the stormwater industry. This knowledge and experience allows him to provide cost effective solutions for his customers with realistic expectations, allowing him to maintain a strong base of loyal customers. Anisa Pjetrovic, Clean Water State Revolving Fund Programs, Water Division, USEPA Region 6 Anisa Pjetrovic has a BA in Environmental Studies and a MA in Sustainability and Development. During college she has researched storm water quality including species of migrating birds to stormwater im- poundment areas. Her interests and research involve project management funding and community development, habitats, water quality, drinking water, communicating environmental law with culture and arts/videos, sustainable design and human health and the environment. Current interests involve the design of green bridges, real time water sensors, and drinking water quality. Anisa works with the EPA State Revolving Fund Program on marketing and project officer for water grants. Dr. Jerald S. Fifield, President and Principal Hydrologist, HydroDynamics Incorporated Best-selling author and field expert, Jerald S. Fifield, Ph.D., CISEC, brings more than 30 years of experience in the sediment and erosion control field. Founding HydroDynamics Incorporated in 1982, Dr. Fifield has been actively involved with drainage, sediment and erosion control, water rights and nonpoint pollution control as a consultant developing sediment and erosion control plans, completing drainage analy- sis, providing inspection services, and teaching on controlling sediment and erosion on construction sites. Educated as an engineer at Utah State University, Dr. Fifield is a Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC). Dr. Fifield has authored numerous papers, researched sediment and erosion control products, and taught hundreds of courses on the subject, training thousands of professionals in how to design and review effective sediment and erosion control plans for construction sites. Additionally, Dr. Fifield is the author of the best-selling manual and recently released Designing and Reviewing Effective Sediment and Erosion Control Plans (3rd edition) and the Designing for Effective Sediment and Erosion Control on Construction Sites. Those who have benefited from his experience include designers, planners, engineering firms, contractors, inspectors, developers, municipalities, counties, and state and federal agencies, as well as the general public. Emily Federer, Manager, Environmental Services, Port of New Orleans Emily Federer has worked in the environmental sector since 2007 with a BS in Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin – Parkside, and an MSPH in Global Environmental Health Sciences from Tulane University School of Public Health. She has overseen the stormwater program at Port NOLA since 2015. Emily conducted grant-funded research for cleaner water in rivers and beaches in the Great Lakes region before moving to New Orleans. She also has worked in industrial pretreatment, resource management, outreach, program development, data management and communica- tion, with driving interests in environmental health, mitigation and environmental justice. Diana Day, Project Engineer, Terracon Consultants, Inc. Diana Day is a Project Engineer in Terracon’s New Orleans office with over 10 years of environmental consulting experience. She received a BS in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University. Ms. Day has performed various environmental engineering, environmental permitting, remediation and consulting services. These services have included completion of Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assess- ments (ESA), NEPA assessments, SPCC and SWPP plan development, wastewater discharge permitting, emissions reporting, and preparation of Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP) Reports. Ms. Day has assisted various entities and municipalities with regulatory compliance issues including storm water management. Ryan Deal, Environmental Scientist, Freese and Nichols Ryan Deal is an Environmental Scientist at Freese and Nichols, where he is the technical lead for the Construction, Industrial Multi-Sector, and Phase II Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) general permit compliance. Ryan is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control and provides technical expertise for multiple MS4 Stormwater Management Programs and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans. Ryan assists municipalities, counties, industries, and state agencies with pollution prevention and stormwater permit compliance. Ryan enjoys storm chasing, camping, and spending quality time with his wife and kids.

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Construction and Industrial Programs Track (continued)

Juliana Morelli, Senior Project Manager, Power Engineers, Inc. Julie Morelli is a stormwater professional with over 20 years experience providing professional consulting services for Clean Water Act compliance to municipal, industrial, and construction permittees. Julie has participated in stormwater rulemaking, coordinated permitting strategies, and assisted clients around the United States with various compliance and permit related needs, including audits, training, monitoring, and non-compliance corrective actions. As a CPESC and CESSWI, Julie believes in advancing a better understanding of water quality through education and practical approaches to stormwater management. She joins us from the POWER Engineers office in San Antonio, Texas, where she is a Senior Project Manager and Area Lead for a small team of stormwater professionals.

Innovative Stormwater Programs Track

Mark Joersz, Regional Manager, Field Engineering, Advanced Drainage Systems Mark Joersz is the Regional Field Engineering Manager for Advanced Drainage Systems. He leads field design and constructions efforts for a team of field engineers in the Central and Southeast U.S. that manag- es all stormwater Best Management Practices and engineered solutions. Mark has conducted similar training to similar organizations regional conferences, such as APWA, MWEA, KWEA, Floodplain Managers Association, and Society of Professional Engineers. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla (Missouri S&T) in 1995 with a BSCE, followed by a MA in Management from Webster University St. Louis.

Steven Trinkaus, Principal, Trinkaus Engineering, LLC Mr. Trinkaus is a licensed professional engineer in Connecticut and Maryland and has over 40-years-experience in the land development field. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of Low Im- pact Development (LID) and has been an invited presenter and consultant in Taiwan, China and South Korea multiple times since 2011. He was an invited presenter at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on Sustainable Stormwater Management in October 2017. He has written multiple LID Design Manuals for five municipalities in Connecticut as well as being the principal author of a LID National Guidance document for EWRI. He has designed all types of LID treatment systems. He has made many presentations on LID and water quality topics at many local, regional and international conferences. He has also taught day long workshops on stormwater and LID. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management in 1980. Crystal K. Allgood, SWCA Environmental Consultants Ms. Allgood is a Certified Environmental Professional (CEP), a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Controls (CPESC), and a Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Controls (CISEC) for SWCA Environmental Consultants. She has over 10 years of experience in stormwater compliance permitting and inspections. She has extensive training on water quality measures, stormwater pollution prevention, and has supported a variety of projects involving industrial and construction stormwater compliance. Ms. Allgood specializes in CWA Section 402 NPDES/TPDES permit compliance requirements, SWPPP devel- opment, Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation, agency notifications, and conducting sediment and erosion control inspections and training activities. Ryan T. Joyce, SWCA Environmental Consultants Mr. Joyce is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC) and a Certified Erosion, Sediment and Storm Water Inspector (CESSWI) for SWCA Environmental Consultants. He has over 16 years of professional experience on projects throughout the county. Mr. Joyce’s work includes developing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans, CWA Section 402 permitting; NPDES permit compliance require- ments, BMP design, implementation, construction oversight, and sediment and erosion control inspections. Mr. Joyce has been responsible for various levels of ecological restoration, renewable developments, and EPA enforcements cases. He has presented at the International Erosion Control Association (IECA) national conference and sits on the IECA-North East Chapter Board of Directors.

Advancing Resiliency and Green Infrastructure Track

Anthony Kendrick, Project Manager, Construction EcoServices Anthony Kendrick, Project Manager at Construction EcoServices, received his bachelor's degree in Biology and master's degree in Environmental Science from the University of North Texas. Before he joined Construction EcoServices, he spent 3 years working for an Environmental Engineering firm. Currently, Anthony manages stormwater management projects in Texas and Louisiana while assisting the design community and municipalities implement multifunctional stormwater management solutions. Anthony has a passion for sustainable stormwater practices that enhance the built environment. He is dedicated to educating engineers and designers in the practice of next generation low impact development. Angela M. Chalk, Executive Director, Healthy Community Services Angela M Chalk is the Founder and Executive Director of Healthy Community Services, a non-profit organization, located in the h7t Ward of NOLA. The organization focuses on the social determinants of health with respect to environmental challenges. She is a Past President for the Louisiana Public Health Association and she serves on both the American Public Health Association’s Center for Climate, Health & Equity Steering Committee and Advisory Board. Chalk has testified before the 116th U.S. Congress Sub-Committee on Waters, Oceans and Wildlife. Ms. Chalk is a 4th generation resident of the 7th Ward. Brenda Lomax-Brown, President and Executive Director, Hollygrove-Dixon Neighborhood Association Brenda Lomax Brown is the President and Executive Director of the Hollygrove-Dixon Neighborhood Association. She joined the neighborhood association in 2009 and has been the president since 2016. She ensures residents’ interests are met, lobbying the government so the community can enjoy their rights to health, urban infrastructure, leisure, education, etc . She has obtained funding for various projects that are beneficial to the Hollygrove-Dixon neighborhood, developed guidelines for tracking blight and potholes and has introduced people to a new way of thinking about issues on living with water, implement techniques on urban water management. Brenda Lomax Brown retired in 2003 from the US Air Force and was a Senior Rank of Chief Master Sargent. Dana Nunez-Brown, President, Dana Brown & Associates Dana Nunez Brown is President of Dana Brown & Associates (DBA). A native of New Orleans, Dana has worked tirelessly to address the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Louisiana Department of Environment Quality requirements for water quality. She has written and revised chapters of the development code for several municipalities and parishes. Dana is co-founder of Water Wise Gulf South and, along with members of her firm, active in designing and implementing green infrastructure (GI) and in training residents and Neighborhood Champions. Dana has 41 years of experience as a landscape archi- tect and holds a BLA degree from Louisiana State University and a MLA degree from Harvard. Sean Aucoin, Hydrologist, Stormwater Division, City of Frisco, TX Sean Aucoin is the Hydrologist for the Stormwater division at the City of Frisco. He ensures permit compliance by monitoring, collecting, and analyzing field data to reduce stormwater pollutants to the maxi- mum extent practicable. Sean received a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Geoscience from Texas A&M University and has over five years’ experience working with municipal government. Maggie Talley, Director, Floodplain Management and Hazard Mitigation, Jefferson Parish Government Maggie Talley became a Certified Floodplain Manager in 2009 and is currently the Director of Floodplain Management and Hazard Mitigation for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. She oversees the Community Rating System Program for Jefferson Parish. She also manages the parish’s Hazard Mitigation Programs and counsels homeowners on their flood insurance, flood risk and mitigation options. Maggie serves as a mem- ber of the Louisiana Watershed Initiative Region 8 Steering Committee. Michelle Gonzales, Director, Ecosystem and Coastal Management, Jefferson Parish Government Michelle Gonzales is the Director of Ecosystem and Coastal Management for Jefferson Parish. She serves as the Louisiana Floodplain Management Chair and the Association of State Floodplain Managers Region VI Representative. Ms. Gonzales manages the Parish's coastal restoration programs and has large focus on integrated water management. Dr. Gianna Cothren, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New Orleans Dr. Gianna Cothren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of New Orleans and a professional licensed engineer in Louisiana. Her research efforts include the development and application of Geographic Information Systems, Stormwater Modeling and management with HMS and SWMM and Water Quality Modeling with HSPF. She is particularly interest- ed in green infrastructure and specifically low impact development designs for sustainable stormwater management. Demetria Christo, Director, Environmental Planning Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Demetria Christo is a licensed landscape architect and Certified Green Professional. Demetria formerly owned EcoUrban LLC, a New Orleans landscape architecture design-build firm specializing in low-impact development. Over the company's twelve-year period, Demetria designed, installed and maintained over $3 million of residential and commercial stormwater management and rainwater harvest features including native plant bioswales, cisterns, rain-fed irrigation, subsurface drainage, and subsurface water retention cells. Demetria earned her B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tulane University and her Coastal Engineering Certificate at the University of New Orleans (UNO). Demetria now works at the Regional and Environmental Planning Division, South (RPEDS) at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers while completing her M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNO.

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Advancing Resiliency and Green Infrastructure Track (continued)

Susan Alvarez, Assistant Director, Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability, City of Dallas, TX Susan Alvarez serves as the Assistant Director of the City of Dallas Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability. She has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, with a minor in geology from Rice Universi- ty, and postgraduate work in water resources. She is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and 5 other western states, and is a Certified Floodplain Manager, and Master Naturalist in Texas. Ms. Alvarez brings over 40 years’ experience in broad practical experience in civil and environmental planning, and engineering. She currently leads the City’s Climate plan implementation efforts.

Dr. Kathy Jack, Director, Dallas Health Cities Program, The Nature Conservancy Kathy Jack is the Dallas Healthy Cities Director for The Nature Conservancy providing over 20 years experience at the nexus of nature based solutions and health; she has a BA from Cornell in Environmental Systems, a MS in Environmental Resources Engineering from Humboldt State University, and a Ph.D from the University of North Texas. She currently leads The Nature Conservancy's efforts towards addressing green stormwater infrastructure, climate resilience and heat island impact reduction. Dr. Fouad Jaber, Professor, Texas A&M University Agri-Life Extension Service Fouad Jaber is a Professor and Water Resources Extension Specialist with the Texas A&M University Agri-Life Extension Service in Dallas. With over 13 years at Texas A&M University, he brings a BS in Agricul- ture, an MS in Irrigation from the University of Beirut, a PhD in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from Purdue University, and Post-Doctorate water resources work with the University of Florida. He con- ducts extensive research into urban stormwater management, stream restoration, non-point source pollution management, and urban environment and water quality studies.

Sarah Ganley, Vice President, Water Resources, Bohannan Huston, Inc. Sarah Ganley, PE, ENV SP, is Bohannan Huston's Stormwater Quality and Regional NPDES expert. She provides comprehensive NPDES Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) stormwater compliance support to clients throughout New Mexico. Sarah is a surface water quality expert bringing technical experience with hydrology and hydraulics as well as expertise in Green Infrastructure (GI) and Low Impact Development (LID) planning, policy support, Best Management Practice (BMP) implementation, surface water quality analysis, and stormwater quality compliance. Antonio Griego, MS4 Coordinator, New Mexico Department of Transportation Antonio Griego has served as New Mexico Department of Transportation’s (NMDOT) MS4 Coordinator since 2019. In his role he oversees MS4 compliance across all five of NMDOT’s Districts. Mr. Griego is focused on increasing green stormwater infrastructure throughout NMDOT’s transportation system. His experience ranges from work as a fisheries and wildlife field biologist for the Santa Fe National Forest to working on municipal water conservation issues. He received his bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of New Mexico. Jitka Dekojova, Associate, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Jitka Dekojova, ASLA, SITES AP, is trained both as a landscape architect and an environmental planner. She is well equipped to balance aesthetics with long-term resiliency in landscape design. While emphasiz- ing adaptive reuse and low impact development practices in her work, Jitka also takes into account the ephemeral phenomenological aspects of the urban environment. Jitka is actively involved in Arid LID Coalition whose goal is to increase the use of green stormwater infrastructure by providing technical and educational resources. She works at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini– a multi-disciplinary design firm with offices in AZ, NM and TX. Wes Michaels, Principal, Spackman Mossop Michaels Wes Michaels is a Principal at Spackman Mossop Michaels landscape architects. His work is focused on the integration of culture and ecology in urban landscapes. Wes was awarded the ASLA National Award of Excellence in 2018, 2012, 2009 and 2008 and a Fulbright Fellowship in 2009 for research and travel in Scandinavia. He has taught at LSU and Auburn University and is recognized as a leading authority on digital media and the design process and his book ‘Digital Representation in Landscape Architecture’ was published by Wiley Press in 2010. Emily Bullock, Principal, Spackman Mossop Michaels Emily Bullock is a Principal at Spackman Mossop Michaels landscape architects and was the Project Manager for the Habans Stormwater project. Emily’s work focuses on planting design, especially the use of native plants, and sustainable landscape design. She has worked on a range of projects that involve comprehensive stormwater management practices and the capture and reuse of water on site. Emily has designed and led numerous community engagement efforts including the youth-inclusive design process with middle school students at Paul Habans Charter School in New Orleans focused on stormwater management. Nicole Escarra, Director of Development, Crescent City Schools Nicole Escarra is the Director of Development at Crescent City Schools, where she has worked since 2015. In her role at CCS, Nicole collaborates with individuals, as well as corporate, foundation, and govern- ment partners, to provide students in the CCS network with the resources they need to thrive. Nicole has worked with educational, family services, and international nonprofits since 2009, and she holds a Master of Public Administration from the NYU Wagner School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and History of Art from Bryn Mawr College. Sarah Olivier, Planning Professional Sarah Olivier has worked in the planning field in New Orleans for 20 years, mainly for non-profits focused on access to green space, climate planning, and community development. She currently contracts with the State of Louisiana, assisting with the COVID Emergency Rental Assistance Program. Previously, she was Director of Planning for City Park where she directed all Master and Strategic Planning for the park, and the New Orleans Program Director of The Trust for Public Land, a national park and conservation nonprofit. While with TPL, Sarah oversaw the construction of a Green Schoolyard at Paul Habans Charter School. Willie Autman, Program Manager, Louisiana Green Corps Willie Autman is the Program Manager at Louisiana Green Corps, a construction and conservation job training program for young adults. He supervised planting and installation for the Stormwater Garden and Nature Center at Paul Habans Charter School. Willie has served as construction manager for various Youth Build Programs in New Orleans and the surrounding areas. Willie enjoys working with young adults and seeing them gain the confidence and skills they need to be successful in their lives. Willie holds a Bachelors of Science in Education and Technology from Jackson State University.

Grace Vogel, Senior City Planner, Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Grace Vogel is a Senior City Planner with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans in the Stormwater Division of the Environmental Affairs Department working to accomplish the board’s green infrastruc- ture goals and requirements. She is a project manager for two GI demonstration projects as well as maintenance manager for two existing sites. Before moving to New Orleans in 2012 she graduated with an accredited degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois. While working for The Plant Gallery she gained licensure in 2017 and joined SWBNO in 2019 to work in the green infrastructure sector. Mikel Wilkins, Director of Sustainability, TBG Partners An Environmental Engineer with over 25 years of experience, Mikel collaborates with teams across the firm to evaluate the sustainable performance of projects under design to identify opportunities to en- hance the triple bottom line. Mikel specializes in planning, design, and policy related to the integration of green infrastructure systems into the built environment. He enjoys multi-disciplinary design approach projects that rely on creativity, innovation, education, and compassion to guide the planning and design process and ultimately provide the most community benefits. Mikel also has a passion for education and currently teaches a class on sustainable infrastructure as an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University. Lee Forbes, Director, Ecological Restoration Engineering, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Inc. Mr. Forbes serves as the Director of Ecological Restoration Engineering for SWCA Environmental Consultants. His experience as a consulting civil engineer spans more than 35 years and he has been recognized as a Diplomate – Water Resources Engineering (D.WRE) by the ASCE’s American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE). In the last 21 years, Mr. Forbes has applied his unique and diverse background toward the emerging field of sustainable watershed resources management, and has served as project manager/lead design engineer for numerous stream restoration, wetland restoration, and ecologically- enhanced channel stabilization/ restoration design projects throughout the country. Ryan Weidenman, Atkins North America, Inc. Ryan Wiedenman, AICP, CFM, has more than 10 years of experience in the delivery of recovery and resiliency programs for local communities, state governments, and federal agencies, including the develop- ment of: risk assessments, Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) plans and grants, Benefit-Cost analysis (BCA), and Public Assistance (PA) projects. He has executed a number of tasks under FEMA’s RiskMAP program, including outreach and engagement to guide communities in the development of mitigation projects and has provided technical assistance, monitoring, and compliance to states in the development of statewide mitigation plans and the implementation of mitigation programs, including the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) and Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. In addition to developing recovery and resiliency plans, Mr. Wiedenman has also managed HUD Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) following Hurricane Matthew and is currently providing oversight to the City of Mexico Beach, FL in response to the devastation of Hurricane Michael. He is adept in all aspects of the emergency management cycle and planning process and leverages his knowledge of FEMA and HUD policy and programs to provide technical assistance and support to commu- nities nationwide.

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TMDLs and Watershed Protection Track

Katie Masucci, Sr. Environmental Education Coordinator, City of Plano, TX Katie Masucci is a Sr. Environmental Education Coordinator for the City of Plano, Texas, with over five years of experience in her role. Katie loves creatively engaging residents on water-related topics. She also enjoys learning about visionary sustainability initiatives. Katie plays and coaches ice hockey, proving that water, in liquid or solid form, is a huge part of her life! She loves her houseplants, art, design and music. In fact, she's known to produce award-winning parody music videos on water-related topics! Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud, Lecturer, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Currently unavailable

Chad Richards, Sr. Project Manager, Atkins North America, Inc. Chad Richards is a Sr. Project Manager with Atkins and is based in Houston, Texas. He manages the technical resources for Atkin’s water resources practice in Texas. In addition, he has enjoyed assisting clients with a wide range of projects including watershed planning, asset management, and stormwater quality management. Dr. Jason R. Vogel, Director, Oklahoma Water Survey Jason R. Vogel, Ph.D., P.E. was appointed as director of the Oklahoma Water Survey in June 2017. In addition to his responsibilities as director, Vogel is a professor in the OU School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science. For more than 20 years, Vogel has worked to facilitate and develop solutions for water issues throughout the Great Plains. Prior to joining the Survey, he held faculty and research posi- tions at Oklahoma State University in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and at the U.S. Geological Survey. While at OSU, he developed an award-winning stormwater and stream management research and outreach program and is recognized as one of the leading experts in low-impact development stormwater management systems in the region. Vogel has served the water sector at the national, state and local levels for a variety of groups, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, the American Ecological Engineering Society and Oklahoma Clean Lakes and Watersheds Association. Deborah Tosline, Program Manager, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Deborah Tosline obtained a B.S. in Geology from Arizona State University in 1982 and in Ecology from the University of Arizona in 2002. Deborah began work as an Astrogeologic Technician for the USGS in Flagstaff, AZ in 1979 and transferred to the USGS in Tempe, AZ as a Hydrologic Technician in 1981. In 1984, Deborah worked for the Arizona Department of Water Resources until 1987 when she began work in private consulting. She worked for Tucson Water in 2002 as an Environmental Scientist and as a Hydrologist for the Program Development Division with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 2005. Lee Forbes, Director, Ecological Restoration Engineering, SWCA Environmental Consultants, Inc. Mr. Forbes serves as the Director of Ecological Restoration Engineering for SWCA Environmental Consultants. His experience as a consulting civil engineer spans more than 35 years and he has been recognized as a Diplomate – Water Resources Engineering (D.WRE) by the ASCE’s American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE). In the last 21 years, Mr. Forbes has applied his unique and diverse back- ground toward the emerging field of sustainable watershed resources management, and has served as project manager/lead design engineer for numerous stream restoration, wetland restoration, and ecolog- ically-enhanced channel stabilization/ restoration design projects throughout the country. Steven Trinkaus, Principal, Trinkaus Engineering, LLC Mr. Trinkaus is a licensed professional engineer in Connecticut and Maryland and has over 40-years-experience in the land development field. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of Low Im- pact Development (LID) and has been an invited presenter and consultant in Taiwan, China and South Korea multiple times since 2011. He was an invited presenter at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland on Sustainable Stormwater Management in October 2017. He has written multiple LID Design Manuals for five municipalities in Connecticut as well as being the principal author of a LID National Guidance document for EWRI. He has designed all types of LID treatment systems. He has made many presentations on LID and water quality topics at many local, regional and international conferences. He has also taught day long workshops on stormwater and LID. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management in 1980. Juan Carlos Roman Perez, Graduate Research Assistant, Texas A&M University Kingsville Mr. Roman Perez is an Environmental Engineering Master's degree student working as a Graduate Research Assistant under the supervision of Dr. Kim Jones with Texas A&M University Kingsville, currently working as the field supervisor for the Arroyo Colorado Watershed Protection Implementation Project in the LRGV area of Texas.

Michelle E. Garza, Stormwater Analyst, San Antonio River Authority Michelle E. Garza has been with the San Antonio River Authority since 2015. As a Stormwater Analyst in the Sustainable Infrastructure Unit Michelle works to educate the community on sustainable stormwater solutions to improve water quality. She is currently the project manager working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) on the Upper San Antonio River Watershed Protection Plan Green Stormwater Infrastructure Master Plan 319 Grant. Michelle is working toward her M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning at UTSA, where she hopes to learn strategies for implementing green stormwater infra- structure into planning for the River Authority’s four county jurisdiction. Dr. Sheeba Thomas, Director of Sustainability, San Antonio River Authority Dr. Sheeba Thomas has been with the San Antonio River Authority since January 2008. She is a licensed engineer in Texas, a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) and a Project Management Professional (PMP). Her expertise lies in several hydraulic, hydrologic and water quality modeling. Dr. Yu-Chun Su, Senior Associate and Technical Director, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. Dr. Yu-Chun Su received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1991 and has about 30 years of experience in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering (EWRE). He cur- rently serves as a EWRE Director for LAN. He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida, a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC), a Certified Profes- sional in Stormwater Quality (CPSWQ), and a Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM). Dr. Ka Leung Lee, Senior Stormwater Engineer, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. Dr. Ka Leung Lee, Ph.D., P.E., CFM, CPSWQ, Senior Stormwater Engineer at Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc., has over 23 years of experience in hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and water quality modeling. He is a professional engineer in Texas, a certified floodplain manager, and a certified professional in stormwater quality. Maggie Talley, Director, Floodplain Management and Hazard Mitigation, Jefferson Parish Government Maggie Talley became a Certified Floodplain Manager in 2009 and is currently the Director of Floodplain Management and Hazard Mitigation for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. She oversees the Community Rating System Program for Jefferson Parish. She also manages the parish’s Hazard Mitigation Programs and counsels homeowners on their flood insurance, flood risk and mitigation options. Maggie serves as a mem- ber of the Louisiana Watershed Initiative Region 8 Steering Committee. Tom Haysley, Principal Planner, New Orleans Regional Planning Commission Tom Haysley is a Principal Planner at the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission where he leads the implementation of the Louisiana Watershed Initiative in Region 8. His experience includes land use, transportation, and resilience planning for local and regional governments. He is currently working to incorporate resilience into all facets of the RPC's regional planning efforts, including transportation, air quality, brownfields, and economic development.

Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Rosen, Director, Institute for Water Resources Science and Technology, Texas A&M University San Antonio Rudolph “Rudy” Rosen, Ph.D., is Director of the Institute for Water Resources Science and Technology at Texas A&M University in San Antonio, and a Fellow of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environ- ment at Texas State University. He recently authored the water education textbook, Texas Aquatic Science published by the Texas A&M University Press, and online water science curricula for adult learners and students in middle and high school through university.

Geary M. Schindel, Principal, Karst Works, Inc. Geary M. Schindel, P.G. has been with the Edwards Aquifer Authority for 22 years. He is also the founder and Principal for Karst Works, Inc. a consulting firm specializing in karst hydrology. He is also serving as President of the National Speleological Society. Previous positions include Director of Karst Hydrology with Eckenfelder, Brown, and Caldwell where he worked on RCRA and CERCLA (Superfund) NPL sites, Solid Waste Landfills, and water resource projects including source water protection programs. Geary has also served as the Manager of Environmental Services for the Nashville, Tennessee ATEC office and the Manager of the Groundwater Branch for the Kentucky Division of Water. He has more than 40 years’ experience in the field of karst hydrology and has worked throughout the U.S. He has performed more than 500 tracer tests in karst and has performed research and consulted on water related issues in Central and South America. He has consulted for the World Bank and been an invited participant in UNESCO pro- ject Bosnia and Herzegovina. Geary holds an MS from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green and a BS from West Virginia University in Morgantown. He is a Fellow of the National Speleological Society and of the Geological Society of America. Geary has been a caver for more than 45 years. 22

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Michelle Gonzales, Director, Ecosystem and Coastal Management, Jefferson Parish Government Michelle Gonzales is the Director of Ecosystem and Coastal Management for Jefferson Parish. She serves as the Louisiana Floodplain Management Chair and the Association of State Floodplain Managers Region VI Representative. Ms. Gonzales manages the Parish's coastal restoration programs and has large focus on integrated water management. Lauren Averill, Jefferson Parish Government Currently unavailable

Honorable Jennifer Van Vrancken, Councilwoman, District 5, Jefferson Parish Government Jennifer Van Vrancken serves as Councilwoman for the roughly 100,000 residents of Council District 5-- including Metairie, Old Metairie, Fat City and Bucktown. Previously, Jennifer served as Chief Operating Officer of Jefferson Parish, overseeing every department of parish government and a $580 million budget. That experience uniquely enables her to make government work for its people. In her time on the Council, Jennifer has authored impactful legislation. She sponsored the resolution to‘opt in’ Jefferson Parish so our businesses could get back to business the instant the COVID health stats allowed! She moved the parish forward by leveling the playing field for transportation network companies (like Uber and Lyft) to work alongside taxicabs. She transformed infrastructure into artwork as the first to sponsor painting utility boxes in unincorporated Jefferson. She launched a 50/50 matching fund to partner with civic groups to make neighborhoods safer by installing crime cameras. She created the “Do Not Toss” List so residents can sign up not to have newspaper circulars tossed on their lawns. She is currently developing a first of its kind ‘train alert app’. Her efforts are award winning. LDEQ honored her “Do Not Toss” legislation with a 2019 Environmental Leadership Program Recognition Award. The Louisiana Garden Club Federations selected Metairie for the first time ever as the“ Cleanest City” Contest State Winner 2019. Alliance for Good Government named Jennifer as 2018 Legislator of the Year. Jennifer is an attorney (Tulane School of Law) and award winning former television journalist. She is born and raised in Metairie where she learned her work ethic from her parents at their family business, The Balcony Ballroom. Jennifer is happily married to Metairie native and President-Elect of the Louisiana State Bar Association Stephen Dwyer. She isblessed with five fabulous stepchildren and four grandchildren. Seamus Riley, Floodplain/DRS Specialist, Jefferson Parish Government Seamus Riley, Floodplain/CRS Specialist, has been with Jefferson Parish for almost five years. He has multiple years of experience working with the Grants & Contracts Coordinators for the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Foundation, to apply for and manage grants awarded through this program (Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program). Seamus played a major part in the application and acceptance of two grants ($500,000 - living shoreline design, $2,500,000 living shoreline construction) through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Coastal Resilience Fund. He sat on a steering com- mittee with representatives from the University of New Orleans, Jefferson Parish's Public-School System, and the South East Flood Protection Authority– East to develop a preproposal and ultimately a full proposal for a grant with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Education and Resilience Grants Program. David Illgen, Coastal Resource Specialist, Jefferson Parish Government David Illgen, Coastal Resource Specialist, is a new addition to the Department of Ecosystem and Coastal Management. He has extensive knowledge and experience in marine and coastal science and natural resource management as well as environmental policy. Mr. Illgen has already been instrumental in grant and project management and execution. Mr. Illgen previously worked with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans in the Environmental Affairs Department-Stormwater Division. Randall Rush, Senior Water Policy Advisor, Water Division, USEPA Region 6 Randall Rush is the Senior Policy Advisor for Agriculture and Urban Waters, EPA Region 6. He has been with EPA over 20 years primarily in various Water and RCRA programs. Prior to that he headed Hawaii's Nonpoint Source Program and worked for a firm doing environmental restoration in Johnston Atoll and the Marshall Islands. He has a MA in Geography from the University of Hawaii and a BA from Fresno State. Austin Feldbaum, Floodplain Manager, City of New Orleans, LA Austin Feldbaum is an ecologist and floodplain manager focused on urban water management, watershed planning, and wetland restoration. He has led planning, design and execution of flood risk reduction and ecological restoration projects ranging in scale from urban residential parcels to large coastal landscapes. With the City of New Orleans, Mr. Feldbaum coordinates the implementation of an all-hazards mitigation strategy to build resilience and lessen the impacts of future disasters.

Dr. Gianna Cothren, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New Orleans Dr. Gianna Cothren is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of New Orleans and a professional licensed engineer in Louisiana. Her research efforts include the development and application of Geographic Information Systems, Stormwater Modeling and management with HMS and SWMM and Water Quality Modeling with HSPF. She is particularly interest- ed in green infrastructure and specifically low impact development designs for sustainable stormwater management. Shaelynn Moore, Graduate Assistant, Civil and Engineering Department, University of New Orleans Shaelynn Moore was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Atascocita High School in 2015. In May of 2019, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Dillard University and was named the class salutatorian holding a 3.99 GPA. In the Fall of 2019, Shaelynn began her graduate studies at the University of New Orleans as a graduate assistant for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. While pursuing a Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Sciences with a concentration in Civil Engineering, she decided to, simultaneously, obtain a Master of Science in Engineering with a concentration in Civil. The author has completed her master's degree with a 4.0 GPA and plans to maintain her academic diligence throughout the rest of her graduate studies at the University of New Orleans. Jamelyn Austin Trucks, Senior Project Manager, Atkins North America, Inc. Jamelyn Austin Trucks has 25 years of experience in the areas of mitigation, disaster resilience, planning, project development, and business development. Her experience includes management of stakeholder engagement, financial analysis, budget development, contract negotiations, training, database testing, federal grant administration; and policy development and implementation. Ms. Trucks’ understanding of federal, state, and local government policies and procedures in relation to federal disaster grant implementation, as well as her active involvement in Federal Disaster Response assists clients in applying best practices as well as developing improved methodologies. Dr. Monica Farris, Director, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, University of New Orleans Monica Farris is the Director of the University of New Orleans' Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology (UNO-CHART) and a newly appointed Assistant Professor in Planning & Urban Studies. Dr. Farris' current applied research focuses on climate migration and receiving communities, residential risk disclosure, climate adaptation planning, repetitive flood loss, and building statewide floodplain management capacity as part of the La Watershed Initiative. She has published on building internal capacity for disaster resilience and has presented multiple times on hazard risk reduction and disaster plan- ning. Dr. Farris is also recognized as a Certified Floodplain Manager by the Association of State Floodplain Managers. Dr. Hoang Tao, Research Assistant, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, University of New Orleans Hoang Tao is a PhD ABD in the Planning and Urban Studies Department at UNO. His dissertation is focused on environmental justice and equity of repetitive flood loss and freeboard mitigation within the City of New Orleans. He has done his +4 years tenure fieldwork as lead GA researcher at CHART. His background is in regional and urban planning, GIS, disaster management and community resilience, architecture, graphic design, and civil/construction/environmental engineering. He has studied, taught, worked, and lived domestically in LA, NYC, and NOLA; and internationally in Italy, China, Taiwan, and Mozambique. Dr. Pamela Jenkins, Research Professor of Sociology, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, University of New Orleans Pamela Jenkins is a Research Professor of Sociology and faculty in the Women’s Studies Program at the University of New Orleans. She is a founding faculty member of UNO’s Center for Hazard Assessment, Response and Technology (CHART). Before Katrina, her research interests were diverse but focused on how communities respond to a variety of problems. Her research interests post-Katrina include docu- menting the response to Katrina as part of a national research team on Hurricane Katrina evacuees. She has published on first responders, faith-based communities’ response to the storm, and the experiences of elderly during and after Katrina. Throughout her career, she has evaluated a number of national and local efforts focused on community sustainability. At a community level, she is involved in several projects that work directly with best practice for violence prevention, including domestic and community violence. Brad Klamer, Assistant Manager, Floodplain Program, City of New Orleans, TX Brad Klamer is currently the Assistant Floodplain Program Manager, CRS Coordinator, and Coastal Zone Manager for the City of New Orleans. His work is primarily to assure compliance with the Floodplain Ordinance and assist homeowners with FEMA/NFIP regulations. Brad also serves as a stormwater permitting liaison coordinating the review process of SWMPs for post-construction stormwater retention as part of the building code. Brad previously worked at the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans focusing on stormwater management and the development and implementation of the Green Infrastructure Plan.

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Bryan Hummel, Watershed Restoration and Technical Assistance, USEPA Region 4 Bryan is a water nerd who loves teaming with nature for the benefit of people, planet, and profits. Dr. Eva Hillman, Coastal Scientist, Coast and Community Program, Pontchartrain Conservancy Eva Hillmann is a coastal ecologist who has worked in southeast Louisiana swamps and marshes for the past fifteen years. She received her PhD from Louisiana State University in 2018 and specializes in benthic ecosystems and submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV). Her primary research interests are SAV and seagrasses, blue carbon and climate change. She has worked for the Pontchartrain Conservancy for nine years and oversaw swamp restoration plantings and tree monitoring until shifting her focus to urban marsh creation and monitoring. In 2019 Eva joined faculty at Southeastern Louisiana University where she teach- es biology, ecology and coastal plant production. Anisa Pjetrovic, Clean Water State Revolving Fund Programs, Water Division, USEPA Region 6 Anisa Pjetrovic has a BA in Environmental Studies and a MA in Sustainability and Development. During college she has researched storm water quality including species of migrating birds to stormwater im- poundment areas. Her interests and research involve project management funding and community development, habitats, water quality, drinking water, communicating environmental law with culture and arts/videos, sustainable design and human health and the environment. Current interests involve the design of green bridges, real time water sensors, and drinking water quality. Anisa works with the EPA State Revolving Fund Program on marketing and project officer for water grants.

THANK YOU

Please join the EPA Region 6 Stormwater Program and our conference co-sponsors, Texas A&M University Kingsville, in thanking everyone who assisted in the various planning efforts for this year’s conference. We are sincerely grateful for your willingness to contribute your valuable time and expertise to help make this conference a success.

Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans City of New Orleans Jefferson Parish Government Scott Finney Cheryn Robles Sami Khalil Bryant Dixon Virginia Brisley Diane Coughlin Grace Vogel Meagan Williams Taylor Edwards Brad Claremore St. John the Baptist Parish Lindsay Kirsch Rene Pastorek Natalie Leon Port of New Orleans Joe Carruth Darlene Collins Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority Emily Federer Nick Cali Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Elizabeth Loniello Melissa Reboul James Soileau Fabourg Brewery Madeline Richard Jim Birch Lina Saale Digital Engineering Alicia Walsh Andrew Woodroof Corporate Realty Shane Miller Moe Clary Marissa Jimenez DBA & Associates Faith Stephens Dana Nunez-Brown MSSS Compliance, LLC Diana McDonald Southern Sandoval County Arroyo Flood Control Authority City of Norman, OK David Gatterman Carrie Evenson Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality Michele Loudenbeck Anmol Jain City of Albuquerque, NM Shellie Eaton City of Oklahoma City, OK Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rebecca Dallen Macayla Coleman New Mexico Environment Department Dante Fenke Levi Dean Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality Alyssa Cook Michelle Chao Rebecca L. Villalba Texas A&M University Kingsville Dr. Kim Jones University of Oklahoma City of Albuquerque, NM Tessie Ledesma Dr. Jason Vogel Shellie Eaton Alayibo Semenitari Andrea Tavera Binhdusri Arunachalam Caitlin Miller Joseph Nnadi Kyle Mattlingly Juan Roman Perez Pamela Mugisha

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