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Plenary session speakers

Ricardo Bayon
Managing Editor, Ecosystem Marketplace. Ricardo Bayon is the Managing Editor of the "Ecosystem Marketplace." For nearly a decade, he has specialized on issues related to finance, banking, and the environment. He has been a fellow of the New America Foundation and done work for a number of organizations, including Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Insight Investments, Domini Social Investments, the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, Forest Trends, The Nature Conservancy, the UN Foundation, IUCN, and the Inter-American Development Bank, among others. Ricardo's articles on environmental markets, alternative energy, green investing, climate, the environment, and finance have appeared in a variety of publications, including The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, the International Herald Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Boston Globe, and the Milken Institute Review. He is also a regular contributor for the UK monthly "Environmental Finance." Previously, Ricardo was the Special Assistant to the Director General and Finance Coordinator at IUCN-The World Conservation Union. He was born in Bogota, Columbia, and is currently based in San Francisco.

Merlyn Carlson
Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture. Merlyn Carlson was appointed Deputy Under Secretary to USDA's Natural Resources and Environment in June 2005. Carlson's main responsibility is overseeing the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Prior to Carlson's USDA appointment, he was appointed Director of Agriculture for Nebraska in January 1999. Carlson has held several national positions or affiliations in the area of agriculture. He is former president of the Mid-America International Agri Trade Council. He is a past chairman of the U.S. Meat Export Federation (MEF). In addition, he served as President of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association in 1980. In the past, Carlson has been on the board of governors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, USDA Animal Disease Committee and the Rural Telephone Bank in Washington, D.C. Carlson also has held key positions in many Nebraska agricultural organizations and is well-known across the state. Some of his past work includes chairmanship of the Nebraska Beef Council and president of the Nebraska Stock Growers Association. He served on the Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) board for many years. He has served on the advisory boards of the University of Nebraska, Colorado State University and the Small Business Administration.

Lawrence Clark
Deputy Chief for Science & Technology, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Mr. Clark is the Deputy Chief for Science and Technology for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. He entered this position in January 1999 and served as Deputy Chief for Programs from 1996 to 1998. He serves on the US/South Africa Binational Commission and the US/Ghana Consultative Committee on Agricultural and Rural Development. Among his many credits, Clark was the principal author of a National Natural Resources Policy for The Gambia; he co-chaired the NRCS Work Force Diversity Initiative; and has been a Total Quality Management Coordinator and Facilitator. He has received numerous awards including a USDA Honor Award and a 2002 Presidential Rank Award Recipient for Meritorious Executives. Mr. Clark earned Master Degrees in Public Administration from the J. F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Sally Collins
Associate Chief - Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Sally Collins was named Associate Chief for the USDA, Forest Service, in August, 2001. Prior to her selection as Associate Chief, Collins had been the Associate Deputy Chief for the National Forest System since April 2000. With over more than 20 years with the Forest Service in both Washington DC and Oregon, she has held positions including Deputy Forest Supervisor and Forest Supervisor of the Deschutes National Forest and Planner on the Siuslaw National Forest. She worked for with the Bureau of Land Management in Colorado for four years, serving as a Wilderness Specialist, Environmental Coordinator, and Energy Minerals Coordinator. Collins received her Bachelor's degree in Outdoor Recreation from the University of Colorado and her Master's degree in Public Administration, with a Natural Resources Emphasis, from the University of Wyoming.

Jim Cox
Executive Director, National Association of State Conservation Agencies Mr. Cox presently serves as the Executive Director of the National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA). Mr. Cox has had 30 years of progressively responsible experience in State and Federal government beginning in 1974. He was the manager of the Nonpoint Source Program Bureau in Virginia's Department of Conservation and Recreation from 1985-1996, where he supervised the development of a comprehensive nonpoint source assessment and management program. He also supervised the administration of the BMP Cost-Share Program and the Chesapeake Bay Nonpoint Source Control Program. Since opening his consulting business in September, 1996, he has worked for the Virginia Attorney General's Office, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and NASCA. Mr. Cox received his BS and MS degrees from Virginia Tech.

Paul Faeth
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, World Resources Institute. Paul Faeth is Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the World Resources Institute. Prior to that he lead the Economics Program where he directed various efforts including: collaborative work with industry on climate change policies; research on the sustainability of agriculture in the United States; research and implementation work on the application of emissions trading to improve water quality; and an assessment of trade and its impact on the environment in Latin America. Faeth was WRI's Liaison to the Sustainable Agriculture Task Force of the President's Council on Sustainable Development organized by President Clinton. Faeth has also worked for the USDA's Economic Research Service on issues related to agricultural trade policy. He holds degrees in Agricultural Engineering from the University of Florida and in Resource Policy from Dartmouth College.

Brent Fewell
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, United States Environmental Protection. Agency In September 2004, Brent Fewell was appointed Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Brent has over 15 years environmental experience in the private sector, where he counseled clients on a wide array of legal, policy, and technical issues involving water. Prior to his appointment, Brent practiced environmental law as an associate in the law firm of Jones Day. Before entering the practice of law, Brent also served as an environmental scientist with several environmental consulting firms. Over his career, Brent has given talks and published on a number of water related issues, including TMDLs, water quality trading, wetlands, wellhead protection and enforcement. Brent graduated magna cum laude from the University of Maine, where he received his B.S. degree in Wildlife Management, received his Masters in Environmental Management from Duke University, and earned his J.D. from Duquesne University, where he also served on law review.

Bryon Griffith
Director, Gulf of Mexico Program Office - United States Environmental Protection Agency. Bryon Griffith was appointed as Director of the Gulf of Mexico Program in July 2004. He began his EPA career as a management intern in 1979 at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Over the course of his tenure in Washington he instituted a wide variety of the Agency's information and administrative management programs and gained national recognition as an expert in the design and implementation of Federal program reinvention initiatives. In 1991, Bryon accepted a position as special assistant to the Director of the Gulf of Mexico Program, and then served as Deputy Director starting in the fall of 1995. The unique process improvements he has instituted to help address the priority environmental issues facing the five Gulf States have been recognized by awards from several EPA Administrators, the Governor of Mississippi, and the Vice President. Griffith received his Business Degree from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Benjamin H. Grumbles
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency. Benjamin H. Grumbles was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 20, 2004, as Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Prior to being appointed Acting Assistant Administrator in December, 2003, Mr. Grumbles served as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water and Acting Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations. Prior to his arrival at EPA, Mr. Grumbles was Deputy Chief of Staff and Environmental Counsel for the Science Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. For over fifteen years, he served in various capacities on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee staff, including Senior Counsel for the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee. His degrees include a B.A., Wake Forest University; J.D., Emory University; and LL.M. in Environmental Law, from the George Washington University Law School, where he was also an adjunct professor of law.

Myrna Halbach
Assistant Division Director, Municipal and Industrial Division, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Agencies. Myrna Halbach has twenty-eight years of experience working with state and local governments in the areas of solid waste, hazardous waste, operating landfills, recycling facilities, local water planning, and providing general environmental technical support. In 1999, she became one of Minnesota's regional managers. She was responsible for the staff developing a Basin Plan for the Minnesota River, and the Basin's Low Flow Dissolved Oxygen TMDL. The implementation efforts included a Basin Permit that allowed point to point trading to achieve a basin phosphorus reduction goal. This was the first point to point trade in Minnesota and also the first Basin Permit. She currently serves as the Assistant Division Director for the Municipal and Industrial Division at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Douglas 'Dusty' Hall
Manager of Program Development, The Miami Conservancy District. Dusty joined The Miami Conservancy District in 2002 and is currently the Manager of Program Development. Prior to joining the Conservancy, Dusty served for 15 years as a manager and executive with the City of Dayton and 10 years as a research scientist with the University of Dayton Research Institute. Dusty has a wide range of experience in water resources management ranging from drinking water protection to storm water management. In 1999, Dusty was named as one of seven National Drinking Water Heroes by the U.S. EPA. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Wright State University and a Master of Science from the University of Dayton. He is also a graduate of the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia.

Jim Hanlon
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, United States Environmental Protection Agency. James A. Hanlon was appointed Director of the Office of Wastewater Management (OWM) in the Office of Water in April 2002. OWM is responsible for the management of the NPDES program which permits municipal and industrial wastewater discharges, and the administration of Federal financial and technical assistance for publicly owned wastewater treatment works. Mr. Hanlon is a career civil servant with over 30 years of government service with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He was appointed to the position of Deputy Director of the Office of Science and Technology in the Office of Water in 1991. In this capacity, Mr. Hanlon was responsible for the scientific and technical basis of the federal water quality and safe drinking water programs. From January 2001 to April 2002, Mr. Hanlon served as Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water. Mr. Hanlon earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of Chicago. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.

Stephen L. Johnson
Administrator, United Stated Environmental Protection Agency. Stephen L. Johnson was sworn in as the 11th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on May 2, 2005. He assumed the position with the stated goal of promoting and maintaining the utilization of sound science while using collaborative, innovative approaches to solving environmental problems. Prior to becoming Administrator, Mr. Johnson had served as the Acting Administrator (since January 2005), Deputy Administrator (from August 2004 to January 2005) and Acting Deputy Administrator of the Agency (from July 2003 to August 2004). Mr. Johnson has been a part of the EPA for 24 years. He was Assistant Administrator of EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) from June 2001 to July 2003. He has received numerous awards and commendations, capped in 2001 when Mr. Johnson received the Presidential Rank Award for distinguished executives for sustained extraordinary accomplishments. This is the highest award that can be given to a civilian federal employee. Mr. Johnson received a B.A. in Biology from Taylor University in Indiana and an M.S. in Pathology from George Washington University, Washington, DC.

Cy Jones
Senior Technologist, CH2M Hill. Cy Jones is a Senior Technologist with CH2M HILL in Silver Spring, Maryland where his areas of responsibility include water-quality trading, watershed management and permitting, and regulatory compliance. Prior to joining CH2M HILL last October, he spent twenty-four years with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, where he handled NPDES permitting and regulatory compliance. Cy has been involved with water-quality trading since 1995 when he became a member of the Water Environment Research Foundation's project subcommittee overseeing what eventually became five water-quality trading demonstration projects around the country. He has been involved with Chesapeake Bay Program technical and policy committees. He crafted a MAMWA proposal for the creation of a nutrient trading program in Maryland. He is currently helping to develop Virginia's ambitious nutrient trading program for the Chesapeake Bay watershed, as well as other watershed permitting and trading projects. He is the principal author of Water-Quality Trading, a Guide for the Wastewater Community, published jointly by McGraw Hill and the Water Environment Federation in October, 2005. Cy has a BS in Zoology and MS in Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa.

Dick Kempka
Director of Energy and Technology Partnerships, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. Dick is the Director of Energy and Technology Partnerships for Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters in Memphis, TN. He leads DU's Eco-asset Program and coordinates carbon sequestration projects and environmental credit activities throughout the organization. This includes DU participation in emerging markets and collaboration with industry sectors that will require environmental credits. He has a Master's Degree in Geography and Remote Sensing from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN; his B.S. in Geography/Remote Sensing from Carroll College in Waukesha, WI. He worked with DU for approximately 12 years as a Remote Sensing Analyst in the California Office and later as GIS Director for DU. Dick spent many years developing GIS databases for DU's Western Regional Office including many projects/fieldwork in California and Alaska. Dick has more the 25 professional publications on mapping and Eco-assests.

Mark S. Kieser
Senior Scientist, Kieser & Associates, LLC. Mark Kieser is Senior Scientist and principal of the Kalamazoo, Michigan-based firm of Kieser & Associates, LLC. Mr. Kieser has 21 years of environmental consulting experience in addition to three years of academic research on water resource issues. Kieser & Associates has been involved in water quality trading program and policy development for over a decade. Mr. Kieser led one of the five EPA supported water quality trading projects in the U.S. in the late 1990s and served on the state of Michigan Water Quality Trading Workgroup that developed the framework for Michigan's water quality trading rules. Mr. Kieser is now leading a variety of trading projects in the U.S. focused on: state-wide and watershed trading program development; agricultural credit banking schemes; trading applications for urban storm water; electronic water quality trading registries; and, restoration of natural flow regimes in tributaries to the Great Lakes. Since 2001, he has served as Acting Chair of the Environmental Trading Network, a non-profit clearinghouse for water quality trading program information. Mr. Kieser holds a B.S. degree in biological sciences from Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio) and an M.S. degree from Michigan Technological University in biological sciences.

Bruce Knight
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Bruce Knight is the chief executive officer for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the nation's lead agency for conservation on private agricultural land. Mr. Knight's tenure as chief began just a week before President George W. Bush signed the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act, known as the 2002 farm bill. Under Mr. Knight's leadership, NRCS began the work of implementing the conservation title of this important legislation. The act increased Federal investment in private lands conservation by more than $17 billion, created several new conservation programs, and changed many others. As Chief of NRCS, Mr. Knight has implemented provisions of the farm bill that increase conservation on working agricultural lands; promote innovative, market-based solutions to natural resource problems; and help farmers and ranchers recover some of the cost of their conservation efforts. In addition, Mr. Knight has expanded traditional conservation partnerships to include a greater variety of wildlife, professional, and academic organizations.

Carl Lucero
National Leader for Clean Water, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Carl is a 25 year career professional of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). For the first 13 years, Carl served as Project Engineer, Design Engineer and State Water Quality Specialist in New Mexico. During that time he also spent a year on detail to the Army Corps of Engineers providing irrigation design assistance. In the mid 90's Carl went on a 5 year assignment to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an NRCS Liaison developing partnerships, providing watershed assistance, and working on assorted activities related to the Clean Water Action Plan. Upon his return to NRCS, Carl moved into National Headquarters as a Natural Resource Specialist in the Animal Husbandry and Clean Water Division where he continued his water quality activities and partnership efforts with EPA on regional and National issues.Carl is currently the National Leader for Clean Water and is leading the development of an agency strategy on market-based approaches for environmental stewardship. Carl grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.

Kathleen A. McGinty
Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Kathleen A. McGinty became the first woman to head the state Department of Environmental Protection in 2003. Secretary McGinty's emphasis is in creating approaches to environmental problems that generate economic growth and encourage advanced technology development in Pennsylvania. Between 1989 and 2001, Secretary McGinty served in various capacities in national and international public policy leadership. During her tenure in the U.S. Senate, Secretary McGinty worked to promote U.S. leadership in the manufacture of advanced technologies while also serving on U.S. delegations negotiating global environmental treaties. She chaired the White House Council on Environmental Quality --- the first (and still only) women to head CEQ, and acted as Deputy Assistant to President Bill Clinton. She also created and headed the first-ever White House Office on Environmental Policy. In 2000, she acted as counselor to Vice President Al Gore during the presidential campaign and served as a senior policy advisor to the Democratic National Committee. Secretary McGinty earned a chemistry degree from Saint Joseph's University and a law degree from Columbia University School of Law.

Rhine McLin
Mayor of Dayton, Ohio. Rhine McLin was sworn in as Dayton's 67th Mayor on January 7, 2002. She became Dayton's first female mayor. McLin was re-elected to a second term as mayor beginning, January 2, 2006. Mayor McLin is working diligently to improve the neighborhoods, create a safer and cleaner community, create more jobs for residents, provide greater care for senior citizens, and promote quality education for all children. Prior to becoming Mayor, Rhine McLin served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1988 to 1994, and was then elected State Senator in 1994. While in the Senate, she was elected to serve in leadership as Minority Whip in 1998, and was elected as Minority Leader in 2000.

Dennis O'Grady
General Manager, South Nation River Conservation Authority. Dennis O'Grady has managed watersheds for Conservation Authorities across Ontario for 26 years. For the past 19 years, he has been the General Manager of South Nation Conservation, a 4,000 sq. km. watershed covering 15 municipalities. South Nation delivers a wide variety of programs in groundwater protection, forestry, fisheries, water quality, flood and erosion control and land use planning. The South Nation River Watershed's trading program for phosphorus started 9 years ago and it has completed over 200 verifiable trades. South Nation recently completed a contract for the Province of Ontario detailing how to implement a phosphorus trading program in the Province. Mr. O'Grady has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Queen's University, and an undergraduate degree in Geography from the University of Western Ontario.

Don R. Parrish
Senior Director, Regulatory Relations, American Farm Bureau Federation. Don is a Senior Director, Regulatory Relations, for the American Farm Bureau Federation's Public Policy team in Washington, D.C. Don's area of expertise at the American Farm Bureau is Environmental and Conservation Policy. Don's work focuses on the Clean Water Act, Wetlands, Water Quality, and the conservation provisions of the Farm Bill. He has served on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Phase II Stormwater Federal Advisory Committee, Animal Agriculture Water Quality Customer Advisory Team, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Environmental Committee, and the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) Committee on Animal Feeding Operations/Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations and Effluent Guidelines.

J. Michael Read
President, Water Environment Federation. J. Michael Read is the 2005-2006 President of the Water Environment Federation (WEF), a technical, scientific, and educational water quality organization headquartered in Alexandria, VA. He is currently a Vice President with HDR Engineering, Inc. Prior to his current position, Michael was the Director of Water Environment Services for Clackamas County Oregon. A WEF member since 1980, Michael has been active on numerous Federation committees. In addition, he has been an active member of the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association, serving as President, Vice-President, and WEF Director. He is a certified Wastewater Systems Operator in Oregon and in New York State. Michael attended the State University of New York at Oswego and received his NYS Wastewater Systems Operations and Management training through Syracuse University.

John Redding
Secretary/Treasurer, National Association of Conservation Districts. Redding's involvement with districts is vast; he has served as a district supervisor since 1978 and as a Chairman since 1979. He was elected president of the Georgia Association of Conservation Districts in 1996. Redding's participation at the national level began in 1990 when he was elected to the Board of Directors. He has served on NACD's Executive Board since 2001 and was elected to national office in 2004. Redding's commitment to conservation and districts was recognized by his colleagues when he was named the Outstanding Supervisor in Georgia in 2003. Redding owns a 400-acre farm where he raises cotton, peanuts and pine trees. Conservation practices on his farm include riparian buffers, conservation tillage and grassed water ways. In addition to his work with districts, Redding has served as the Agency Manager of Georgia Farm Bureau Insurance in Walton County since 1970.

Ronda Sandquist
Jackson Kelly PLLC, Colorado. Ronda Sandquist, a member in Jackson Kelly PLLC's Denver office, is engaged in environmental counseling, with an emphasis on water quality regulation under the Clean Water Act. She has provided legal counsel on the creation of watershed trading programs for Dillon Reservoir, Cherry Creek Reservoir, and Boise River, and developed the framework for a selenium/habitat offset program for the Colorado River. She has negotiated trades within these watersheds and secured regulatory approvals for them.

Jon Scholl
Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy - United States Environmental Protection Agency. Jon Scholl was appointed Counselor to the Administrator for Agricultural Policy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in August of 2004. In this position, he advises the Administrator on agricultural issues and serves as a liaison with agricultural organizations and agencies. Scholl joined EPA after 25 years with the Illinois Farm Bureau where he most recently held the position of Executive Assistant to the President. Beginning in 1979, his tenure at the Farm Bureau included stints as director of public policy and director of national legislation where he worked with legislators on the state, regional and national levels. He earned a B.S. degree in agricultural science from the University of Illinois. He currently serves as the chairman of the Illinois FFA Foundation and is a member of the University of Illinois Agricultural and Consumer Economics Department Advisory Board.

Concurrent sessions

Susan Burke
Susan Burke is a Compliance and Special Projects Coordinator for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality. She has worked for Idaho DEQ for 16 years in various water quality programs. Since 2000 Susan has worked at developing a trading program for Idaho through drafting guidance documents, studying watersheds with potential for trading, and collaborating with EPA on trading language for NPDES permits. Susan has a law degree from the University of Oregon with an emphasis in environmental studies. Susan is originally from Chicago but much prefers living in the West.
Contact: Susan Burke, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, 1410 N. Hilton, Boise, ID 83706, 208-373-0574, susan.burke@deq.idaho.gov

Christopher Clark
Christopher D. Clark is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He performs research on a variety of topics in environmental and natural resource economics. He is currently teaching graduate courses in natural resource economics and an undergraduate course in agricultural law. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from Vanderbilt University and a J.D. from Tulane University.
Contact: Christopher Clark, 302 Morgan Hall, 2621 Morgan Circle, Knoxville, TN 37996-4518, 865-974-7471, cdclark@utk.edu

Bobby Cochran
Bobby Cochran is a doctoral student at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University. He has worked for the last six years linking partners together for conservation through collaborative processes in Oregon, California, New York, and Southeast Asia. His research focuses on the governance of markets for ecosystem services. He specializes in developing collaborative policy tools and approaches at the intersection between economics and the environment. Over the last year, Bobby has tracked the development of conservation markets worldwide working for Defenders of Wildlife and Clean Water Services. Prior to joining the efforts to form an ecosystem marketplace in the Willamette, Bobby managed a participatory research project for the Worldwide Fund for Nature and the World Bank exploring the effects of trade liberalization on the environment and poverty in Southwest China. He helped launch the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy in Southern California, the largest urban state conservancy in the country, by building networks of partners and organizing local governments for conservation. Bobby has his Masters in Public Policy from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Biology and Society, magna cum laude, from Cornell University.
Contact: Bobby Cochran, 7304 N. Concord, Portland, OR 97217, 503-347-2789, jrcochraniv@hotmail.com

Mark Colosimo
As an Engineering Advisor for the International Joint Commission, Dr. Colosimo works on water quality and quantity issues along the Canadian and United States Boundary. Prior to joining the International Joint Commission in June 2004, Mark worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service at U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) where he worked on water non-point source pollution reduction programs and initiatives, including market-based environmental stewardship. In fact, Mark led the initial development of the USDA Policy on Market-Based Environmental Stewardship. Mark has also worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers, first with Baltimore District in a variety of positions within the Regulatory, Civil Works and Military programs, and later in the Civil Works Planning and Policy Division of the Headquarters office. Mark served as one of ten federal agency representatives on the Council on Environmental Quality National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Task Force (2002-2003) that evaluated mechanisms to make the NEPA process more effective and efficient, as well as methods to modernize the NEPA process. Currently, Mark is serving as the Co-chair of the technical committee for the 2006 American Water Resources Association Specialty Conference on Adaptive Management of Water Resources to be held in Missoula, Montana at the end of June. Mark's received a BS in Biology from the Pennsylvania State University, an MA in Environmental Planning from Towson State University, an MS in Environmental Science and Policy from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, also from JHU. Mark is a registered professional wetland scientist.
Contact: Mark F. Colosimo, Ph.D., Engineering Advisor, U.S. Section, International Joint Commission, U.S. Department of State, colosimom@washington.ijc.org, 202-736-9021

Paula Conolly
Paula Conolly is Senior Task Manager for the Philadelphia Water Department's Source Water Protection Program consultant team. Paula played a central role in the development of the Schuylkill Action Network-a collaborative effort to restore and protect the Schuylkill River Watershed in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Ms. Conolly provides technical oversight for projects under EPA's Targeted Watershed Program grant for the Schuylkill - an award of $1.15 million for over thirty-five priority projects throughout the watershed.
Contact: Paula Conolly, 1101 Market Street, 4th Floor, Office of Watersheds, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-990-1422, paula.conolly@phila.gov

Gregory Currey
Greg Currey is an Associate Director for permitting and regulatory support and a senior environmental engineer with Tetra Tech, Inc. in Fairfax, Virginia. He has more than 16 years of experience in water resource management and regulatory support for CWA programs with expertise in NPDES program development, permit writing, water quality standards implementation, watershed-based permitting, trading, and training. Before joining Tetra Tech, Greg worked for EPA's Office of Water for more than 10 years. Contact: Greg Currey, TetraTech FFX10306 Eaton Place, Suite 340, Fairfax, VA 22030, 703-385-6000, greg.currey@tetratech-ffx.com

Kellie DuBay
Kellie DuBay is an environmental scientist with Tetra Tech, Inc. Ms. DuBay has supported the U.S. EPA in its efforts to promote watershed-based permitting and water quality trading, including the development of technical assistance tools such as the Watershed-Based Permitting NPDES Implementation Guidance and the toolkit entitled Implementing Water Quality Trading Through NPDES Permitting. She is currently supporting the Conservation Technology Information Center to develop a water quality trading technical assistance manual for the agricultural community through a cooperative agreement with U.S. EPA.
Contact: Kellie DuBay 1468 West Ninth Street Suite 620 Cleveland, OH 44113 P: 216-861-2950 F: 216-861-2960 kellie.dubay@tetratech-ffx.com

Alex Echols
Alex Echols grew up on the family's farm (known as the New Farm by the family - 1780) in Virginia. Alex got most of his education at the College of Hard Knocks after completing his formal education (B. Philosophy in Environmental Science - Miami University - and Master of Urban Planning - Texas A&M - he came to Washington to work on conservation issues. He worked for Senator Robert W. Kasten, Jr. (R-WI) for 12 years where he wrote key conservation programs like the Conservation Title of the Farm Bill and an extensive rewrite of our bilateral and multilateral foreign aid programs. Alex subsequently worked for a trade association where he used market incentives to encourage the use of recyclables and then spent 6 years at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The first 4.5 as Deputy Director and the last year and a half as Acting Executive Director. In 2001 Alex set up his own consulting firm to help industry, the conservation community and government deliver more conservation for their dollar invested. His principle client is the Sand County Foundation. Of particular interest to Alex is non-regulatory approaches to better environmental management, getting a better return on conservation investment and fostering broader participation in conservation.
Contact: Alex Echols 703-660-9150 echols@conrod.com

Libby Ford
Libby Ford, Qualified Environmental Professional, is a Senior Environmental Health Engineer and the former Coordinator of the Environmental Water and Technical Teams with the law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP. Among her areas of focus are water permitting, water quality, wastewater compliance and associated analytical issues. Libby is the former Chair of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the New York Water Environment Association's Government Affairs Committees. She also represents WEF on the Board of the Institute of Professional Practice, which administers the testing and certification of Qualified Environmental Professionals, an international certification for water, air, waste and environmental management technical professionals. She has a BS/Biology degree and a MS/Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Libby has recently become a certified mediator, and she hopes to apply this training and her many years of experience working at the intersection of legal/regulatory and technical issues to complex water and other environmental disputes.
Contact: Libby Ford, Nixon Peabody LLP, P.O. Box 31051, Rochester, NY 14603-1051, 585-263-1606, lford@nixonpeabody.com

Thomas Green
Thomas Green is president of the IPM Institute of North America, Inc., a non-profit organization he co-founded in 1998. The Institute's mission is to develop market-based incentives for adoption of Integrated Pest Management and other Best Management Practices in agriculture and communities. In 2004 and 2005, the Institute was named a Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program Champion by US EPA. Clients and funders have included US Army, US EPA, USDA, SYSCO Corporation, Whole Foods Market, General Mills and the Universities of Wisconsin, Florida, Cornell and Rutgers. Dr. Green has been an apple grower, founder and owner of an IPM supply business that is now part of GEMPLER'S. He holds a Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Massachusetts.
Contact: Thomas Green, Ph.D., President, IPM Institute of North America, 1914 Rowley Ave., Madison WI 53726, 608 232-1528, Fax 608 232-1530, ipmworks@ipminstitute.org, www.ipminstitute.org

John Hall
John Hall is the founder and president of Hall & Associates, a legal/regulatory consulting firm focusing on compliance with environmental mandates under the water, air, and hazardous waste programs. Mr. Hall is an expert on NPDES water quality-based permitting, site-specific standards development, wet weather issues, nutrient trading and TMDL development. He represents industries, municipalities, and associations throughout the country. Mr. Hall is the author of numerous papers and articles on water pollution control and environmental permitting and is a frequent lecturer on these topics. Mr. Hall received his B.A. degree in mathematics from St. John's University in 1978 and his M.S. degree in environmental engineering from Manhattan College in 1980. He obtained his law degree from George Washington University in 1984.
Contact: John Hall, 1101 15th St. N.W., Suite 203, Washington, DC 20005, 202-463-1166, jhall@hall-associates.com

Mark Kieser
Mark Kieser is Senior Scientist at Kieser & Associates of Kalamazoo, Michigan and is Acting Chair of the Environmental Trading Network. He work involves advising state and local governments in developing water quality policies. In his capacity with the ETN, Kieser has played a central role in developing WQ trading programs across the nation. Contact: Mark Kieser, 536 E. Michigan Ave., Suite 300, Kalamazoo, MI 49007, 269-344-7117, mkieser@envtn.org

Chris Lewicki
Chris Lewicki is a Senior Policy Analyst in the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, where she specializes in the application of water quality trading as a means to achieve Total Maximum Daily Loads and other Clean Water Act objectives. Throughout her career at EPA, she has been a strong advocate of collaborative watershed management. Prior to working for USEPA, Chris worked as an environmental consultant to private industry and state and federal government agencies. Chris is a graduate of Boston University, with a B.A. in Physical Geography and a graduate of Indiana University with a Master of Environmental Science and a Master of Public Affairs.
Contact: Chris Lewicki, USEPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 4501T, Washington, DC 20460, 202-566-1293, lewicki.chris@epa.gov

Charles Logue
Since 1995 he has served as Director, Regulatory Affairs Department for Clean Water Services in Hillsboro, Oregon. In this position he is responsible for Regulatory Affairs and Permitting, as well as, the management of the Source Control Division. Mr. Logue was the project manager for the District's review of the 2001 TMDL development and was responsible for the implementation plan. Mr. Logue lead the development of the nation's first integrated, municipal watershed-based NPDES permit which was issued in February, 2004. Mr. Logue served on DEQ's Triennial Review of WQ Standards Policy Advisory Group in 2003-2004 and on DEQ's Blue Ribbon Committee reviewing the Wastewater Management Program in 2004. Mr. Logue is Past-Chair of the Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies (ACWA) and currently serves as National Director for the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), formerly known as the Association of Municipal Sewerage Agencies (AMSA). From 1990-1995 he was Chief, Wastewater Division, Department of Public Utilities, City of Jacksonville, Florida. He is a registered professional engineer in Oregon and Florida. He received a B.S. in Zoology, University of South Florida, Tampa; an M.S. in Marine Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola; and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Contact: Charles Logue, P.E. Clean Water Services 2550 SW Hillsboro Highway Hillsboro, OR 97123 503-681-3604 LogueC@CleanWaterServices.org

Christopher Obropta
Dr. Christopher C. Obropta is an Extension Specialist in Water Resources with Rutgers Cooperative Extension and he is a faculty member of the Department of Environmental Sciences at Cook College, Rutgers University. Although his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees are in Civil Engineering, he has been working as an environmental engineer for 15 years. Prior to joining Rutgers a little over two years ago, Dr. Obropta was an environmental consultant for 12 years at Omni Environmental Corporation, located in Princeton, New Jersey. While at Rutgers, Dr. Obropta has been helping stakeholders deal with water quality issues and conducting research on stormwater best management practices, TMDLs, and watershed management.
Contact: Dr. Christopher Obropta, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University - 14 College Farm Road, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, 732-932-4917, obropta@envsci.rutgers.edu

Doug Parker
Dr. Parker is an Associate Professor and Extension Economist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland. Dr. Parker's research and extension programs focus on nonpoint source water pollution in the Chesapeake Bay Region.
Contact: Doug Parker, Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2200 Symons Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, Office: 301-405-8042, Fax: 301-314-9091, dparker@arec.umd.edu

Todd Petty
Todd received a BS in Biology from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and an MS and PhD in Forest Resources from University of Georgia in Athens. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Aquatic Sciences at West Virginia University where he teaches courses in Limnology, Watershed Restoration and Management, and Population Ecology. Todd's research focuses on: basic stream ecology, fish population and community ecology, and stream and watershed restoration. Specifically, his research examines how best to design restoration programs to maximize biodiversity and fish population productivity at a watershed scale.
Contact: Todd Petty, West Virginia University, Division of Forestry, Morgantown, WV 26506, 301-293-2941 x2417, jtpetty@mail.wvu.edu

John Powers
John is a senior economist in EPA's Office of Water. He has been with EPA for seven years, and specializes in benefit-cost analysis, with an emphasis on estimating the economic value of nonmarket ecosystem services. John's educational background includes Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in economics from Indiana University, an M.S. in economics from South Dakota State University, and a B.A. in bio-mathematics from Rutgers University.
Contact: John Powers, USEPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, MC 4101M, Washington, DC 20460, 202-564-5776, powers.john@epa.gov

Kristin Rowles
Kristin Rowles is a senior policy analyst with the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center. She has fourteen years of experience coordinating watershed, water quality, conservation, and fisheries policy projects for state agencies and nongovernmental organizations, including the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine Study, the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the Pamlico-Tar River Foundation, the Finger Lakes Land Trust, the Tompkins County (NY) Environmental Management Council, and currently the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center.
Contact: Kristin Rowles P.O. Box 3992 Atlanta, GA 30302 404-822-2395 krowles@gsu.edu

James S. Shortle
James S. Shortle is Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, and the Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Institute, at Penn State University, University Park. His research addresses the design of economic incentives for environmental protection, including pollution trading, adaptation to global environmental change, environmental decision making under uncertainty, and coupled models of economic and environmental systems.
Contact James S. Shortle University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814-865-7657 Fax: 814-865-3746 jshortle@psu.edu

Antje Siems
Antje Siems is an economist with Abt Associates Inc. in Cambridge, MA. Ms. Siems has provided regulatory and non-regulatory support to EPA's Office of Water for over 10 years. Her water quality trading experience includes co-authorship of two white papers, prepared for EPA: Applying Lessons Learned from Wetlands Mitigation Banking to Water Quality Trading and An Examination of Key Elements and Conditions for Establishing a Water Quality Trading Bank. Ms. Siems holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from Boston University.
Contact: Antje Siems 55 Wheeler Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617-349-2784 antje_siems@abtassoc.com

Jeremy Sokulsky
Jeremy Sokulsky, Professional Engineer (P.E.) is the managing partner of Environmental Incentives, LLC which works with policy-makers and nonprofits to increase the wise uses of market-based incentives to inspire environmental improvement. EI also works with entrepreneurs, land owners and investors to participate in environmental markets and derive value from the ecosystem services they create. Mr. Sokulsky is leading the development of a water quality trading program for Lake Tahoe and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Contact: Jeremy Sokulsky 1934 Toppewetah St. South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 650-283-7997 Jeremy@enviroincentives.com

Paul Stacey
Paul E. Stacey is a supervising environmental analyst with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Water Management. He has served as state coordinator for the Long Island Sound Study (LISS) since 1985 and supervises CTDEP's nonpoint source program. Mr. Stacey was previously employed at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. At CTDEP he has been involved in nitrogen issues, including acid deposition, cultural eutrophication, and nitrogen trading as a management mechanism.
Contact: Paul Stacey, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106, 860-424-3728, paul.stacey@po.state.ct.us

Scott Van de Mark
Scott Van de Mark is the Director of Special Projects with the Western Pennsylvania office of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and serves as the Manager of Enterprising Environmental Solutions, Inc. (EESI), a supporting organization of the Council since 2000. Scott is a project manager for environmental quality trading and energy and climate projects for PEC and EESI. Before joining PEC, Scott worked as an Environmental Scientist with Environmental Strategies Corporation (ESC), in Pittsburgh. With ESC he conducted environmental risk assessments, phase 1 site investigations and environmental monitoring programs. He has a B.A. from the University of Vermont in Economics and Environmental Studies and a M.E.S. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Contact: Scott Van de Mark, 22 Terminal Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1209, 412-481-9400, svandemark@pecwest.org

Sara Vickerman
Sara Vickerman is senior director of biodiversity programs for Defenders of Wildlife and director of the Northwest office. Based in West Linn, Vickerman oversees the Oregon Biodiversity Project and other programs seeking to find common ground among diverse interests. She is the author of a report called Stewardship Incentives: Conservation Strategies for Oregon's Working Landscape, published in 1998 as part of the Oregon Biodiversity Project and later revised for a national audience. Vickerman served two terms on the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission. She was the vice chair of the Governor's Willamette River Basin Task Force, currently serves on the Board and Executive Committee for the Willamette Partnership. She was a member of the Northwest Council of the President's Council on Sustainable Development, and serves on board of Sustainable Northwest. She is currently a member of the Oregon Sustainability Board, a member of the Advisory Board for the Institute for Natural Resources at Oregon State University, and recently co-chaired the Willamette River Greenway Plan steering committee for the Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation.
In 1988, Vickerman facilitated the creation of the Oregon wildlife viewing network by producing the Oregon Wildlife Viewing Guide. To date, the process has been replicated in 35 states, all building on the Oregon model. In 1998, Vickerman helped secure 15% of Oregon's lottery revenue for parks and fish and wildlife habitat through a statewide ballot measure. The 2001 and 2003, Oregon Legislature approved sustainability and incentives legislation proposed by Defenders and partners. In 2002, the Washington Legislature approved biodiversity legislation, also promoted by Defenders. Vickerman has received several awards including the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Society for Conservation Biology in 1991. The office received the National Award for Sustainability in 1999 for the Oregon Biodiversity Project and Conservation Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior. Vickerman was also the recipient of the 2000 Earl Chiles award for the Oregon Biodiversity Project, and the Associated Oregon Industries Environmental Award in 2002. In 2003, she received an award from the Oregon Chapter of the Wildlife Society.
Her background includes an M.S. in biology, geography and education from Southern Oregon State College, a B.S. in anthropology from California State University at Fullerton, and an A.A. in art from Fullerton Junior College.
Contact: Sara Vickerman, Senior Director, Biodiversity Programs, DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, 1880 Willamette Falls Drive, Suite 200, West Linn, Oregon 97068, 503 / 697-3222 FAX 503 / 697-3268, Svickerman@defenders.org

Julie Vlier
Ms. Vlier has over 20 years of experience in water resources and water quality engineering. She leads the water resources discipline for Tetra Tech in Colorado. Her specialty areas include many aspects of water, including watershed based trading. Ms. Vlier's leadership on the watershed-based trading front is particularly recognized through the phosphorus trading program developed for Cherry Creek Reservoir, Colorado, the selenium and aquatic habitat offsets framework developed for the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, and exploring interstate .trading approaches.
Contact: Julie Vlier 1900 South Sunset Street Suite 1-F Longmont, CO 80501 303-772-5282 julie.vlier@ttrmc.com

Marcus Zobrist
Marcus Zobrist is the leader of the Water Quality Team in the Water Permits Division of the Office of Wastewater Management at EPA Headquarters, Washington, DC. The Water Quality Team addresses technical, policy, and legal aspects of water quality-based permitting and the implementation of water quality standards in NPDES permits, including implementation of TMDLs, WET, Watershed-based permits and issues related to new criteria such as those for nutrients. Marcus also serves as an instructor in EPA's Basic NPDES Permit Writer's Course and the Water Quality Standards Academy. Prior to joining EPA Headquarters in 2001, Marcus worked for EPA Region 2 (New York City) where he worked on NPDES permits and enforcement. Marcus has a degree in Civil Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.
Contact: Marcus Zobrist, USEPA Headquarters, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W., Mail Code: 4203M, Washington, DC 20460 202-564-8311, zobrist.marcus@epa.gov