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About the Council

Members || Membership Terms

Federal Representation

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW)
  Susan Holdsworth* Council Co-Chair, Chief of Monitoring Branch Washington, DC
EPA Region    
  Terry Fleming Region 9  
EPA Federal Monitoring (EPA Lab)    
  Mike McDonald Research Triangle Park RTP, NC
EPA Lab      
  Steve Wendelken Co-Chair, Methods Board Cincinnati, OH
  April Dupre Co-Chair, Methods Board and NEMI Workgroup Cincinnati, OH

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Geological Survey
Office of Water Quality
  Mike Yurewicz* Council Co-Chair (NAWQA) Reston, Virginia
  Cathy Tate* Exec. Secretary of the Council and the National Monitoring Network; and Co-Chair of Outreach and Coordination Lakewood, CO
  Dan Sullivan* Co-chair, Methods Board; Council Co-Webmaster; NEMI Chair Middleton, WI
  Dave Mueller USGS-OWQ Conference Coordinator Lakewood, CO
  Mark Nilles National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) Lakewood, CO
Water Information Coordination Program
  Wendy Norton* Exec. Secretary, ACWI Reston, VA
  Sheri Alcalde Administrator for Logistics & Travel Coordination Reston, VA
  Kim Martz Exec. Sec. of Outreach and Coordination Workgroup; online newsletter, Co-Webmaster Reston, VA
National Park Service
Water Resources Division
  Gary Rosenlieb Representative Fort Collins, CO
 

Pete Penoyer

Alternate Fort Collins, CO

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Forest Service
  Michael Eberle Representative Washington, DC
  Chris Carlson Alternate Washington, DC
  Tracy Hancock Alternate Washington, DC
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
 

Mary Ann Rozum

Representative Washington, DC
  James Dobrowolski Alternate Washington, DC
Natural Resource Conservation Service
  Andrew Lipsky Representative Washington, DC

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  David Shepp Representative Washington, DC
  Vacant Alternate  

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Gunnar Lauenstein Representative Silver Spring, MD
  Kimani Kimbrough Alternate Silver Spring, MD

Tennessee Valley Authority

  Tyler Baker Representative Chattanooga, TN
  Vacant Alternate  
Academics

Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science (CUAHSI)

  Rick Hooper Executive Director (representative) Medford, MA
Tribal
Tribes
  Dave Fuller Representative (2013) National Tribal Water Council Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
  John Waterhouse Alternate Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council
State
Region 1: Vermont Department of Natural Resources
  Neil Kamman Representative (2011) Waterbury, VT
  Warren Kimball Alternate MA Department of Environmental Protection
Region 2: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  Leslie McGeorge Representative (2011) Trenton, New Jersey
Region 3: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
  Tony Shaw Representative (2011) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  Dan Boward Alternate MD DNR
Region 4: South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
  Dave Chestnut Representative (2013)  
Region 5: Michigan Environmental Quality
  Gary Kohlhepp Representative (2012) Lansing, Michigan
Region 6: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
  Chris Piehler Representative (2011) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Region 7: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  Mary Skopec* Representative (2011) Iowa City, IA
Region 8: Utah Department of Water Quality
  Jeffrey D. Ostermiller Representative (2012) Salt Lake City, UT
Region 9: Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
  Jason Jones Representative (2012) Tucson, AZ
Region 10: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
  Greg Pettit* Representative (2012) Hillsboro, Oregon
  Aaron Borisenko Alternate Oregon
Interstate
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission
  Peter Tennant* Representative (2012)  
Great Lakes Commission
  John Hummer Representative (2012)  
Gulf of Mexico Alliance (also represents watersheds/wetlands interests)
  Steve Wolfe Representative (2013) Fla. DEP, Tallahassee, Florida
Industry/Local/Other Interests
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  Jane Caffrey Representative (2012) U. of West Florida
  Rachel Noble Alternate UNC, Inst. of Marine Sciences
National Association of Clean Water Agencies (municipal interests)
  Jim Dorsch Representative (2014) Denver Metropolitan Wastewater District, Denver, CO
North American Lake Management Society (environmental and watersheds interests)
  Jeff Schloss Representative (2012) U of NH-Extension
Association of American State Geologists (geology and groundwater interests)
  Derric Iles Representative (2012) South Dakota State Geologist
  Karl Muessig Alternate New Jersey State Geologist
Water Environment Federation (environmental and technical interests)
  Carl Myers Representative (2013)  
  Seth Brown Alternate Alexandria, VA
National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (water quality management and interests)
  Doug McLaughlin* Representative (2013) W. Michigan University
Municipal/Drinking Water/Public Health interests
  Curtis Cude Representative (2013) Oregon Department of Health, Public Health
Volunteer Community
  Barb Horn* Representative (2013) and Co-Chair of Outreach and Coordination CO Department of Environment, Durango
  Danielle Donkersloot Alternate NJ DEP
YSI, Inc.
  Gayle Rominger Member, Methods Board Yellow Springs, OH
  Christopher Heyer Alternate, Methods Board  

* Member of Steering Committee of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council

Membership Terms

  • The National Council shall comprise a balanced membership of federal, tribal, interstate, state, local, and municipal governments, watershed groups-and national associations that will include volunteer monitoring groups. The membership will include representatives from organizations that collect, analyze, interpret, disseminate, or use water-quality monitoring information as well as those that develop monitoring technology, guidelines, and/or standards.

  • Total membership of the National Council should not exceed 35 member organizations. Each member organization will designate their representative and an alternate to the National Council.

  • State membership on the National Council will include one State agency representative from each of the 10 Federal regions. Within each region, the Council Steering Committee will solicit representatives of State water-quality monitoring agencies. This will be done in coordination with State officials interested in membership. State members will serve 4-year terms.

  • The Council Co-Chairs will recommend to the Council Steering Committee a minimum of 11 non-government member organizations that have differing viewpoints and water-quality-monitoring and assessment functions. These organizations may represent the following interests: tribal, agriculture, environmental interest groups, industry, local agencies and municipalities, river-basin commissions, and/or associations, universities, and volunteer monitoring groups. These other member organizations will serve 4-year terms and can be redesignated.

  • The USGS and the USEPA will serve as Co-Chairs of the National Council. The USGS will provide the Executive Secretariat for the National Council. Including the USGS and USEPA, Federal membership on the National Council will not exceed 10 representatives and will initially include the following organizations: the U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Energy, the USEPA/Offices of Water, the U.S. Department of the Interior/USGS, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Additional Federal member organizations up to a total of 10 can participate as mutually agreed by the Steering Committee of the National Council.

  • Representatives or their alternates are expected to attend all meetings of the National Council. If a member organization is not represented at three consecutive meetings,then the Steering Committee of the National Council may appoint a new member organization to replace the member that has failed to participate.