2009 AWRA Board of Directors

Jerry Sehlke
PRESIDENT

Jerry Sehlke is an Advisory Scientist/Engineer at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Jerry has a BS in Biology and a MS in Entomology from Washington State Univ. and a MS in Hydrology from the Univ. of Idaho. His professional focus is working with interdisciplinary teams developing integrated programs to address large-scale environmental issues. He is especially interested in the development of natural/water resources laws and policies, the integration of laws and policies with science, and the development and implementation of sound water resources management programs.

Jerry has 20 years experience as a program manager and individual contributor for regulatory compliance, environmental restoration, water resources policy and planning, ground water monitoring and protection, and watershed management programs. He is presently INL's Principle Investigator (PI) for developing a NASA Solutions Network to better integrate and utilize NASA space platforms and tools in water resources decision-making processes. Jerry is a Co-PI for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Laboratories Energy~Water Nexus team that seeks to better understand the relationship between water resources availability and use and the generation and use of energy in the U.S., and to manage these interactions while minimizing environmental impacts. In addition, he is collaborating with the Pacific Northwest National Lab., Oregon State Univ., and several Pacific Northwest Water Resources Research Institutes to develop a Joint Northwest Water Institute.

Jerry has been an active member of AWRA since 1994. He has presented papers at numerous conferences and he participated on a number of AWRA Technical Committees. Recently he chaired the AWRA Conference on Adaptive Management and he is a member of the conference committee for the 2007 AWRA annual conference. He is active in numerous other water resources organizations; for example he is the Chair of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute's "Laws and Institutions Committee" and chairs a task committee developing guidelines for Integrated Water Resources Management programs. He is editing the upcoming issue of UCOWR's Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education on energy and water resources. Also, he has been active in and provides technical assistance to a number of state, regional, and national water-related programs, agencies, and organizations. In addition, he recently completed a Congressional Fellowship where he provided technical and policy advice to Congress on energy, water, and natural resources issues.

Ari Michelsen
PRESIDENT-ELECT

Dr. Ari M. Michelsen is Director of the Texas A&M University Research Center at El Paso and Professor of Agricultural Economics. His responsibilities include leadership and administration of the Center's research programs which are focused on scientific and policy advances in water resources management. Prior to joining Texas A&M he was at Washington State University, Associate Director of the Water Research Center at the University of Wyoming, and Senior Associate, RCG/Hagler, Bailly Inc., consulting on natural resources pricing and valuation of regulatory impacts for government agencies and industry. Michelsen has a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics and a Master's Degree in Economics from Colorado State University and a B.S. in Conservation and Resource Management from the University of Maryland.

Michelsen's research in water resources is nationally and internationally recognized. This includes studies on the effectiveness of water conservation programs, water markets and pricing, impacts of endangered species water acquisition programs and development of integrated river basin scale support systems for water management and policy analysis in the U.S. and China. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications. In addition to his service to the A&M community and AWRA, he is Past-President of the Universities Council on Water Resources and has served on numerous local, regional, and national boards and committees in the water resources sector.

Michelsen has been an active member of AWRA for 19 years. He served as AWRA Conference Co-chair in 2001, chartered the University of Wyoming AWRA Student Chapter, publishes in JAWRA and IMPACT and is a reviewer for JAWRA, and consistently presents and participates in AWRA conferences including both National Water Policy Dialogs. He is a strong advocate of multidisciplinary water resources management, research, and education and a proponent of government, university, and private partnerships. If elected, Michelsen will bring his experience, enthusiasm, and dedication to AWRA in areas such as developing and accomplishing AWRA's Strategic Plan objectives, furthering the building of a strong multidisciplinary community of experienced professionals, leveraging AWRA strength with other organizations, awards to recognize outstanding multidisciplinary efforts in water resources, and increasing the stewardship and visibility of AWRA in national and internationally important issues in water management.

Jane O. Rowan
PAST PRESIDENT

Jane Rowan, P.W.S, LEED® is a past Board member of AWRA (2003-2005) and has been an active member of AWRA for many years. Rowan has participated in AWRA nationally as well as locally in the Metro Philadelphia Section. Rowan has worked in the private sector for many years as a Professional Wetland Scientist,
certified by the Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program (SWSPCP). She has been a P.W.S. since 1994 and has worked in wetland delineation, value, and environmental impact assessments, endangered species studies, wetland creation/restoration designs, and Clean Water Act and Rivers and Harbors Act authorizations and permitting since beginning her career in 1982. Ms. Rowan has also worked as a Wetland Ecologist for Region III of the U.S. EPA where she was involved in assessment and mitigation of impacts to water resources resulting from dam construction, river dredging, stream channel modifications, and other development related impacts. Rowan served as the Chair of the Certification Standards Committee of SWSPCP for three years and was instrumental in moving toward accreditation of the PWS Program by the Council of Engineering and Scientific Boards.

Robert Moresi
SECRETARY/TREASURER

Bob Moresi has been a Tampa resident off and on since 1953. He attended college in Tampa at the University of South Florida where he graduated with Bachelor degrees in Natural Science and in Geology. He attended the University of South Florida for another two years, pursuing dual Masters degrees in Hydrogeology, and in Water Resources Engineering. He began his professional career at the Southwest Florida Water Management District in 1974. While at the University, he joined the American Water Resources Association as a student in 1973, and has remained an active member ever since.

After almost five years and assisting in the development of their initial regulatory program, Bob moved to the St. Johns River Water Management District for almost another five years. While at the St. Johns River Water Management District, he was heavily involved in their water resources studies and regulatory development. While employed there, he was the Assistant Director of Water Resources, and the Director of the Regulatory Department. Bob also spent a year as Director, Water Use Regulation Division, South Florida Water Management District, in charge of water use permitting district-wide. When not working for the water management districts, Bob has worked as a consultant, providing senior level hydrologic, geologic, environmental, and engineering services. He has worked as a consultant, mostly in Florida, for 17 years.

Bob's experience with the Florida Section of AWRA includes 36 years as a member, fulfilling all Board of Director functions. As a member of the National Association for approximately 36 years, he has participated on many Committees, most notably the Conference Planning, Education, and By-Laws. He has been active in all of the Florida National Conferences, and was Conference General Chair for the National Conference in Ft. Lauderdale in 1996. Bob was part of the Planning Committee for the 2002 Coastal Water Resources Specialty Conference held in New Orleans. He was a member of the Board of Directors for five years, and was President of AWRA in 2004.

Mary Theresa Flynn
DIRECTOR

Mary has 35 years of experience in the field of water resources management: the first 15 years in a technical capacity, and the last 20 years as a lawyer practicing in the fields of water resources, land use, and related litigation. She is currently Vice-chair of the National Water Law Team for Holland & Knight LLP, where she brings her technical past together with legal skills in practicing various aspects of water law. She represents local governments, federal agencies, and private clients in matters involving the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, the National Flood Insurance Act, Army Corps of Engineer permits and related wetlands issues, nitrogen standards for ground water, and water supply/wastewater rights and obligations, as well as other water and land use issues.

Mary has maintained a very active involvement in AWRA and is currently in the middle of revitalizing the National Capital Section of AWRA, and is contacting all AWRA members in jurisdictions close to Washington, D.C., to restart this section for a lunchtime speakers program.

Thomas E. Johnson
DIRECTOR

Thomas Johnson's background is in watershed hydrology and aquatic ecology. His current position is with the U.S. EPA, Office of Research and Development, Global Change Research Program where he works to assess and manage the impacts of human disturbance including climate and landuse change on water and watershed systems. His interests include the interaction of hydrologic processes and aquatic ecosystems, the effects of changes in precipitation and temperature on non-point pollution, improving the effectiveness of stream and watershed restoration, and the development of decision support tools to support adaptation to climate change. Prior to joining the EPA, Tom held positions with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and from 2003 to 2005 completed an American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science and Technology Policy Fellowship in Washington, DC. Tom has degrees in Forest Hydrology (Ph.D., Penn State University), Watershed Science (M.S., Colorado State University) and Environmental Biology (B.A., University of Colorado).

Tom has been a member of AWRA for over 15 years. He has served as an officer of the Penn State Student Chapter and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Section. He has also served on planning committee's for the 2002 AWRA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, the 2006 AWRA Annual Conference in Baltimore, and was a guest editor of a 2006 issue of Water Resources Impact addressing climate change and water resources management. Tom has been a Director of the AWRA since 2007.

Michael E. Campana
DIRECTOR

Since June 2006 Michael E. Campana has been Director of the Institute for Water and Watersheds and Professor of Geosciences at Oregon State University. Prior to that he was the Albert and Mary Jane Black Professor of Hydrogeology and Director of the Water Resources Program at the University of New Mexico, and a research hydrologist at the Desert Research Institute/adjunct professor at the University of Nevada- Reno. His interests include hydrophilanthropy, water resources in developing countries, transboundary water resources issues, and regional hydrogeology.

Campana has taught a wide variety of courses, ranging from The Culture of Water to Watershed Management to Groundwater Hydraulics, and developed curricula in hydrogeology, water resources, and environmental science. He has supervised the work of 67 graduate students and authored/co-authored 70 reports and journal articles. His domestic work currently focuses on Western USA water management issues; his international work is primarily in Nicaragua, Honduras, Panama, Kazakhstan, and the South Caucasus, where he directs South Caucasus River Monitoring, a six-country project.

Campana was a Fulbright Scholar to Belize in 1996 and a Visiting Scientist at the Research Institute for Groundwater (Egypt) in Fall 1995 and the IAEA (Vienna) in Fall 2002. He served on several National Research Council committees and currently serves on the Sustainable Oceans, Coasts and Waterways Advisory Committee of the Heinz Center and the NRC Committee on Hydrology, Ecology, and Fishes of the Klamath River Basin. He served on the boards of: NGWA (four years; VP for two years); AGWSE (nine years; Secretary, Chair, Past Chair); UCOWR (two years); and AIH (two years; VP of Academic Affairs). Dr. Campana is founder and President/Treasurer of the Ann Campana Judge Foundation (www.acjfoundation. org), a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation that funds and undertakes projects related to water, health, and sanitation in developing countries. He maintains the WaterWired blog (aquadoc.typepad.com/waterwired/) and The Oregon Water List (TOWL) listserv. He earned his BS in geology from the College of William and Mary and his MS and PhD degrees in hydrology with a mathematics minor from the University of Arizona. Campana has been a member of AWRA for 10 years. He chaired AWRA's 2001 Annual Conference and also chairs the 2007 Annual Conference. Michael has advised student chapters at the University of New Mexico and Oregon State University, and served as President and Vice President of the New Mexico section.

Martha Corrozi Narvaez
DIRECTOR

Martha Corrozi Narvaez is a Watershed Analyst with the Institute for Public Administration's Water Resources Agency (IPA-WRA) at the University of Delaware. Martha has been an active member of AWRA for over seven years. Her membership began when she was a graduate student at the University of Delaware and has continued through her professional career.

As a Watershed Analyst with the University of Delaware's IPA-WRA, Martha is responsible for providing regional watershed technical, policy, education, and research support to state and local governments; University of Delaware staff, students, and faculty; and nonprofit organizations in Delaware and the Delaware Valley. Prior to joining the University of Delaware's IPA-WRA Martha was employed by the Chesapeake Research Consortium at the Chesapeake Bay Program Office in Annapolis, Maryland, the Public Works Department in the City of Wilmington, Delaware, and the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples, Florida. In these jobs she worked on local, regional, and federal watershed management topics including: NPDES permitting; CSO programs; grant applications; oversight and coordination of federal, state, local, and nonprofit organizations; and research related to reducing the nutrient pollutant loads in the Chesapeake Bay. Martha received her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology from Lehigh University and her Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree from the University of Delaware where she specialized in watershed management.

Martha was the Charter President of the Delaware Section of AWRA (DE AWRA), is a DE AWRA board member, and has served on several national and local AWRA conference committees. Martha believes it is very important to market the Association to both students and young professionals in order to ensure the participation and leadership of young and energetic water resourceprofessionals now and into the future. Martha believes it is also critical for AWRA to create a consistent and direct connection between the national chapter and the state sections as well as encouraging informal regional groups. The multi-disciplinary nature of AWRA is an attribute and major strength and AWRA's role in connecting students and professionals from diverse water resource disciplines benefits everyone involved. Fostering collaboration on water resource projects and research is a critical role of AWRA and should continue to be fostered through national and regional AWRA conferences, forums, and other modes of communication.

Because of the benefits and opportunities AWRA has provided, Martha is enthusiastic and excited about the opportunity to serve on the AWRA Board of Directors. The benefits she has received and the opportunities she has been given through her association with AWRA, both nationally and locally, have helped shape her professional career and she would like others to share this same experience.

Karl Williard
DIRECTOR

Since 1999, Karl W.J. Williard has been an Assistant and Associate Professor of Forest Hydrology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). He received a B.A. in Biology from Lehigh University, an M.S. in Environmental Pollution Control from Penn State University, and a Ph.D. in Forest Hydrology from Penn State University. Karl teaches courses in Watershed Management and Forest Hydrology and directs a graduate research program involving M.S. students and Research Scientists. His research interests include nitrogen and phosphorus dynamics in riparian buffers; the impacts of forest road construction, recreational trail use, and military training on erosion and sedimentation; and the water quality impacts of invasive plants.

Karl has been an active participant and leader in all three levels of AWRA. He has been a national member since 1995, a Pennsylvania and Illinois State Section member, a Lehigh University and Penn State student chapter member, and is the charter advisor of the SIUC student chapter. Karl has served as President of the Penn State Student Chapter and the Illinois State Section. He was Technical Program Chair for the 2007 AWRA Annual Conference and serves as an Associate Editor of Ecohydrology for the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA).

Karl is interested in continuing to enhance the value of membership in AWRA. In particular, he would like to provide strategic guidance and support for two of AWRA's primary products: the annual conference and the flagship publication, JAWRA. He believes the national organization should continue to foster and nourish relationships with student chapters and state sections. Karl feels the student chapters are an important training ground for future water resource professionals and leaders. Overall, AWRA needs to focus on their market niche as the interdisciplinary home for all things water resources. Through all of his experiences with AWRA, he has found that the best aspect of the organization is the genuineness of the people involved. There is a true sense of community among the membership. He challenges us to get that message out to prospective members, so they can experience it first hand.

Carol Collier
DIRECTOR

Carol Collier's background is in aquatic biology and regional planning. She has experience in the private sector, state government, and currently with an interstate/federal commission.

Carol has served as Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) in West Trenton, New Jersey, since 1998. She was Executive Director of Pennsylvania's 21st Century Environment Commission. Before that she served as Regional Director of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Southeast Region. For 19 years, she was with BCM Environmental Engineers, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, beginning as a student intern and becoming Vice President of Enviromental Planning, Science and Risk.

Carol received a B.A. in biology from Smith College and a Masters in Regional Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition she is a Professional Planner licensed in the State of New Jersey, American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). She is a member of her township's environmental protection advisory board. She teaches graduate environmental management courses at the University of Pennsylvania, and has testified before the House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania Legislature. In 2004 she was a member of a nine person U.S./ China/Japan team to assist the Peoples Republic of China with river basin management. She also participated in a Pinchot Institute Board event on water management and sustainable forest practice in the rain forests of Ecuador. In 2007 she was awarded AWRA's Mary H. Marsh Medal for Exemplary Contributions to the Protection and Wise Use of the Nation's Water Resources.

Carol believes AWRA is the one organization that is really trying to integrate all aspects of water management. She believes in the AWRA mission and personally wants to forward the science (and art) of integrated water resources management. She strongly believes that proper management of water resources is the key to our economic and environmental future.