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Larry Frevert, P.E. President, APWA
Kansas City, MO
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 Dr. Jay Golden
Director of the National Center of Excellence
Assistant Professor in the School of Sustainability
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
The National Center of Excellence is a trans-disciplinary program involving working to quantify the impacts of engineered materials in urban regions and to develop a new generation of sustainable materials and renewable technologies. Dr. Golden is focused on quantifying the climatic, environmental, energy and economic impacts resulting from the transition of land use from native vegetation to engineered materials in rapidly urbanizing regions around the globe.
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 Dr. Kristie L. Ebi
Consultant
ESS LLC
Alexandria, VA
Dr. Kristie L. Ebi is an independent consultant at ESS, LLC, who has been conducting research on the impacts of and adaptation to climate change for more than 10 years, primarily on extreme events, thermal stress, foodborne diseases, and vectorborne diseases. She has worked with WHO, UNDP, USAID, and others on implementing adaptation measures in low income countries, and is working with the Center for Climate Strategies on identifying adaptation options for states conducting vulnerability and adaptation assessments. She is a Lead Author for the Human Health chapter of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, and is Lead Author for Human Health for the U.S. Synthesis and Assessment Product “Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems.” She has edited three books on climate change and health, and has more than 75 publications. Dr. Ebi’s scientific training includes a M.S. in toxicology and a Ph.D. and MPH in epidemiology, and two years of postgraduate research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Website: www.essllc.org
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 Dr. Peter Schultz
Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Office
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Schultz is responsible for the management of CCSPO's program-wide scientific integration, planning, prioritization and assessment activities. Previously, he worked at the National Academies directing scientific studies related to global environmental variability and change and at the NOAA Climate Analysis Center on global-scale remote-sensing of vegetation.
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 George R. Crombie
Secretary of Natural Resources
State of Vermont
Secretary Crombie has served as both a public works director and was the Undersecretary of Environmental Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He guided numerous award-winning environmental and public works projects through the hurdles of oversight and development, many of which have won state and national awards. He has gained valuable insight in management, service delivery, and financial issues facing environmental and public works professionals in today’s world.
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 Dwayne Kalynchuk MEng, PEng
General Manager, Environmental Services
Capital Regional District
Victoria, BC
Dwayne Kalynchuk, MEng, PEng is presently the General Manager of Environmental Services for the Capital Regional District in Victoria, BC, Canada. He has over 29 years experience in local government, consulting, and managing land development for a private sector firm. He is responsible for the monitoring and implementation of climate change mitigation and adoption for the regional government. He leads the Environmental Services department an is responsible for solid and liquid waste services for 13 municipalities, 2 large unincorporated areas and 6 islands, with a population base totaling 350,000.
He is the past national president of APWA for 2003 and 2004 and presently chairs the International Affairs committee of APWA. Kalynchuk recently lead a People to People group focusing on public works in Northern India.
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 Julia Anastasio
Senior Manager of Government Affairs, APWA
Washington D.C.
Julia Anastasio currently works as a Senior Manager of Government Affairs for the American Public Works Association in Washington DC. APWA is an international educational and professional association of public agencies, private sector companies, and individuals dedicated to providing high quality public works goods and services. She monitors legislative and regulatory developments for APWA’s membership in environmental affairs, with a particular emphasis on water and solid waste issues. Prior to joining APWA Julia worked as an Executive Policy Specialist at the PA Department of Environmental Protection. In this role, her primary focus was on ensuring that the agency implemented the Administration’s priorities as they related to water and land use. Before joining DEP, Julia began her legal career as a regulatory attorney with the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC.
Julia earned her J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University; a Master in the Study of Environmental Law (MSEL) from Vermont Law School; and a B.A. in government from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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 David McDonald
Resource Conservation Planner
Seattle Public Utilities
City of Seattle, WA
David McDonald is a biologist and environmental scientist at the City of Seattle, focused on implementing sustainable landscape practices. He has collaborated with citizens, regulators, local governments, and the building and landscape industries to create a variety of initiatives, from local Natural Yard Care programs to the regional Soils for Salmon, Sustainable Building Advisor and Low Impact Development professional training programs, and now the national ASLA/LEED Sustainable Sites Initiative and training around the US and Canada. His goal is to restore ecosystem functions (protecting habitat, recycling waste, conserving water and energy, managing stormwater, enhancing public health, and adapting to climate change) in the rapidly developing Pacific Northwest region.
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 Peter Ruffier
Director of the Wastewater Division
City of Eugene, OR
Peter Ruffier oversees the operation and maintenance activities associated with wastewater treatment for the Eugene/Springfield metropolitan area. He has held this position since 1992.
The regional treatment facilities serve a population of approximately 200,00 people and include a 49 MGD Water Pollution Control Facility, a Sludge Management Facility, a Seasonal Industrial Waste Management Site, and 49 pump stations. The Division, with a staff of 78, was one of the first public wastewater treatment agencies in the United States to be registered as compliant with the International Standards Organization’s 14001 standard for environmental management systems. The Wastewater Division is the only public wastewater agency to be accepted into the U.S. EPA’s Performance Track program, which recognizes excellent performance in pollution control activities.
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 Mark Wilhelm
Principal
Green Ideas Environmental Building Consultants
Phoenix, AZ
Mark Wilhelm is a founding principal of Green Ideas Environmental Building Consultants and is responsible for technical development, project management and consulting services. Mark has devoted nearly three decades to energy efficient and sustainable building design and planning and is a nationally recognized expert in energy efficient building design, solar energy technology, and building energy simulation.
Mark is a founding member, past Chairman, and current Secretary of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Arizona Chapter. He also served as founding Co-Chair and is currently a Director of the USGBC West Region. He is the appointed Chairman of the State of Arizona’s Solar Energy Advisory Council and its Climate Change Subcommittee. Mark is also Past President of the Phoenix Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers and a member of the U.S. EPA's Technical Advisory Group for Building Healthy Hospitals.
Mark received his Masters Degree in Environmental Planning from Arizona State University with a focus on energy efficient building design, solar energy technology, and building energy simulation.
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Claudio Ternieden
Assistant Director of Research
Water Environment Research Foundation
Alexandria, VA
Claudio H. Ternieden helps direct the research efforts of the Water Environment Research Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on the science and technology of water and wastewater treatment. He helps lead WERF’s climate change, energy, wastewater treatment operations and optimization research efforts and works with federal, state and local agencies, academia and the private sector to seek solutions to municipal challenges affecting water quality. Previously, he worked on climate change issues in the aviation and transportation industry and contributed to the National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board’s environmental efforts. Claudio also worked in environmental regulatory issues at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
He has a law degree and a certificate in Environmental Law from Pace University School of Law, in White Plains, NY, and a BA from Concordia College, Bronxville, NY.
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 Dr. Kenan Ozekin
Senior Project Manager
Awwa Research Foundation
Denver, CO
Dr. Ozekin works as a senior project manager at Awwa Research Foundation, a member-supported, international non-profit foundation serving the research needs of the water utility industry. He works with water utility professionals to identify, plan, and execute research in areas such as water treatment and water resources. He is currently leading the foundation’s effort on climate change initiative which is a multi-year effort to address impact of climate change on water utilities. Dr. Ozekin has received his masters and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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 Ernie Ivy
Fleet Director
City and County of Denver
Ernie Ivy has 37 years experience in the repair, maintenance, management, and procurement of light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles and equipment. He has been “greening the fleet” in Denver, Colorado, blazing new trails with pioneering acquisitions of hybrids, alternative fuels, and emissions control technology. Mr. Ivy’s leadership in Denver’s Green Fleet Program is supporting City goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build the most environmentally-friendly fleet imaginable.
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 Kristel Riddervold
Environmental Administrator
City of Charlottesville, VA
Kristel was hired as the City of Charlottesville, Virginia’s first Environmental Administrator in 2002. In this position, she has been involved in managing regulatory compliance as well as developing and promoting environmental stewardship and sustainability programs and initiatives, including implementation of an ISO14001-based Environmental Management System.
Previously, Riddervold worked as an environmental consultant for nearly eight years conducting compliance audits and developing environmental management plans and programs for a wide range of clients, including overseas military facilities. She obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.
Kristel currently serves as Chair of the Virginia EMS Association, a Virginia-based liaison organization committed to sharing information, ideas, strategies, and experiences with EMS. This group recently collaborated with Virginia DEQ, EPA, and Virginia Tech to host the 2nd Annual Virginia EMS Conference.
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 Dr. George Luber
Epidemiologist and the Associate Director for Global Climate Change for the National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Dr. George Luber is an epidemiologist and the Associate Director for Global Climate Change for the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His research interests include the epidemiology of harmful algal blooms and the health effects of climate change. Most recently, his work has focused on the epidemiology and prevention of heat-related illness and death, the development of municipal heat response plans, and the application of remote sensing techniques to modeling vulnerability to heat stress in urban environments. In addition to his leadership role in the Global Climate Change Workgroup at CDC, Dr. Luber is a co-chair of the Human Contributions and Responses/Decision Support Interagency Work Group for the US Climate Change Science Program.
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