Water Acquisition Roundtable Participants and Observers
Participants
Michael Baker, Chief of Drinking and Ground Waters Division, Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Baker is Chief of the Division of Drinking and Ground Waters at the Ohio Environmental
Protection Agency where he has worked for over 26 years. He has served as Chief for 13 years
responsible for characterizing and protecting Ohio's ground water resources and ensuring
Ohio's citizens have access to adequate supplies of safe drinking water by administering the
State of Ohio's Public Water Supply Supervision Program, Ground Water Characterization and
Protection Programs, Class 1 and 5 Underground Injection Control Programs, Source Water
Protection Program, the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Program, and the Water and
Wastewater Operator Certification Program. He has advised and directed numerous state
drinking water and ground water protection initiatives including currently serving on an inter-
agency work group established to ensure safe development of Ohio's unconventional oil and
gas resources. He has also helped establish national water policy having served two terms on
US EPA's National Drinking Water Advisory Council and is active in both the Ground Water
Protection Council and the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, having served as
president of both associations. He has twice been invited to provide testimony on water related
issues to the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. He graduated with a BS
from The Ohio State University School of Natural Resources.
Michael Dunkel, Director of Sustainable Development, Pioneer Natural iesources
Michael Dunkel is the Director of Sustainable Development for Pioneer Natural Resources. He is
responsible for water and air initiatives that promote long-term sustainable development plans.
A major focus of the initiatives is finding economically viable alternatives to reduce fresh water
used for drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The group has evaluated approximately 100
companies' technologies for water treatment and water management. He is also responsible
for technical innovations to measure air emissions, reduce leakage of gas and reduce Pioneer's
carbon footprint. He has held positions with Pioneer Natural Resources in engineering
management, project management and business development over the last 15 years. His
experience with Pioneer includes projects and developments in Tunisia, South Africa, Gabon
and Argentina, before joining the Sustainable Development Group. Prior to Pioneer, he was
employed at Marathon Oil in a variety of engineering and business development roles for 15
years. His involvement in successful developments covered Texas, Louisiana and North Africa.
He is a 30-year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). He was a founding SPE
member and officer of the Tunisia Section. He earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
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Lloyd Hetrick, Professional Engineer and Certified Safety Professional, Newfield
Lloyd Hetrick is a Registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Safety Professional with over
33 years of experience in the exploration and production industry, which includes drilling,
completions, production operations and HSE. Prior to joining Newfield, he worked for a super
major and several smaller exploration and production operators. His areas of expertise include
well design, well construction, well operations and well failure analysis relevant to hydraulic
fracturing as described more fully in a case study presented to the US EPA during their initial
Hydraulic Fracturing Technical Workshop series during March 2011. His current role with
Newfield includes establishing best practices for well design and construction, plus water and
chemical management during hydraulic fracturing operations.
Christopher B. Hill, Environmental Engineer, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Christopher Hill is an Environmental Engineer in the Environmental Health and Safety
Regulatory and Scientific Affairs Department at Chesapeake Energy Corporation. At Chesapeake
he has served as a technical lead on a number of scientific research initiatives related to
hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas activities, applying sound scientific and quality
principles. He has actively participated in multiple aspects of US EPA's broader hydraulic
fracturing research initiatives include the prospective and retrospective cases studies. Prior to
joining Chesapeake, he worked for a major oil and gas company, as a Facility Engineer,
supporting process safety initiatives for natural gas and natural gas liquid pipelines and
facilities. He has a BS in Civil Engineering, a MS in Environmental Engineering and is currently
pursuing a MS in Construction Management from North Dakota State University.
Stephen Jester, Senior Principal Environmental Engineer, ConocoPhillips
Stephen Jester is a Senior Principal Environmental Engineer with ConocoPhillips based in
Houston, TX. He is recognized in the oil and gas industry for his experience in water issues
related to hydraulic fracturing. He has 29 years of experience in managing projects related to
characterization and remediation of soil and groundwater, and water and wastewater
treatment, including 15 years in the oil and gas industry. He is currently responsible for
managing water issues related to hydraulic fracturing for ConocoPhillips' Lower 48 region,
including evaluating recycle and reuse opportunities, fresh water and alternative water
sourcing, and regulatory changes. He formed and led the Eagle Ford Water Consortium, a group
of experts from 18 oil and gas companies who manage water issues for hydraulic fracturing in
the Eagle Ford Shale. This group funded a study that provided more accurate and timely water
use data to the University Of Texas Bureau Of Economic Geology to enable a more robust
analysis of water use in hydraulic fracturing in Texas. He has studied and presented on water
supply and demand for hydraulic fracturing in Eagle Ford, including presentations to the US EPA
Hydraulic Fracturing Work Group (March 2011), and various conferences and groups in Texas.
He is currently working with the American Petroleum Institute to update the "Water
Management Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing" guidance document to include
recommended practices on baseline water sampling. He has extensive experience in
groundwater contamination and remediation throughout the United States, with past
responsibilities that included a large project portfolio and remediation technology
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development. In addition to his experience above, he is the President of Harris County
Municipal Utility District, a public office in the State of Texas with responsibilities that include
managing the community's water supply and wastewater treatment systems. He has also
designed water and wastewater treatment plants for municipal systems. He holds a BS in Civil
and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Villanova University.
Nathan Kuhnert, Strategic Services Division, Devon
Nathan Kuhnert has 16 years of experience in hydrology and water resources planning. He has
spent five of his seven years at Devon involved developing water management plans,
administering NPDES permits, and leading an operators' group to coordinate Coal Bed Methane
(CBM) effluent releases in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Prior to Devon, he worked for
the Oklahoma Water Resources Board as a Hydrologist and Planner to assist in the
development of drinking water supplies. He also worked as a Research Scientist at the National
Severe Storms Laboratory in Hydrometeorology. He currently works in Devon's Strategic
Services Division supporting business unit teams at integrating sustainable water management
practices into the drilling and completion of hydrocarbon resources. Core components of these
practices include measurement and reporting of water use, evaluation of water reuse and
recycling technologies and compilation of comprehensive source water supply plans. In
particular, brackish aquifers, wastewater sewage effluent and abundant surface water in lieu of
fresh groundwater have been recently developed with his leadership. He serves on the
American Society of Chemical Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute's
Atmospheric Water Management Standards Committee. He is also an active American
Exploration and Production Council water metrics and hydraulic fracturing subcommittee
member and represents Devon on multiple state and regional trade group associations tasked
with evaluating industry's fresh water consumption and conservation efforts to satisfy
regulatory and stakeholder needs. He was recently invited to a Conference of Experts by The
Nature Conservancy on reducing energy's impacts to water and biodiversity and will assist in
the Conservancy's ultimate goal of outreach and a communication plan based on the
recommendations. In 2009-2010, he was a member of the Wyoming Department of
Environmental Quality CBM Working Group tasked with evaluating irrigation protection limits
for CBM produced water. He attained a MS in Environmental Science from the University of
Oklahoma and earned a BS in Meteorology and Minor in Mathematics from the University of
Oklahoma.
Lisa Lindemann, Administrator, Ground Water Division, Wyoming State
Engineer's Office
Lisa Lindemann is the Ground Water Division Administrator in the Wyoming State Engineer's
Office and oversees groundwater permitting, hydrogeologic and groundwater interference
investigations, water supply data acquisition, and management of groundwater resources for
the State of Wyoming. She has over 30 years of technical experience in mineral exploration,
environmental consulting, and water resource management and has recently focused her
efforts on conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water as well as groundwater
management activities. Recent hydrogeologic investigation oversight includes a study of the
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High Plains Aquifer System in Southeast Wyoming (in conjunction with the U.S. Geological
Survey) and a current study of hydraulic connection between the High Plains Aquifer and
underlying aquifers in Southeast Wyoming. She has also provided expert witness testimony
related to water availability within special groundwater management areas of Wyoming, which
coincide with the Niobrara Shale play. She is a member of the Wyoming State Geological Survey
Advisory Board, the Wyoming Geological Association, and the National Groundwater
Association and is a past member of the State Board of Examining Water Well Drilling
Contractors and Water Well Pump Installation Contractors, the Wyoming Environmental
Quality Council, and the Wyoming Water and Waste Advisory Board. She is particularly
interested in issues surrounding water acquisition for hydraulic fracturing, particularly within
arid areas, areas under "prior-appropriation doctrine," and areas already experiencing limited
water availability. She has a BS in Geology from the University of Wyoming and is a Professional
Geologist.
Woldezion Mesghinna, Founder, Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Woldezion Mesghinna founded Natural Resources Consulting Engineers, Inc. (NRCE) in 1989
afterl7 years of domestic and international experience in water resources. Since this time, he
has worked as President and Principal Engineer at NRCE on a variety of projects for Indian
Tribes and the Government of Eritrea related to groundwater wells, energy development, water
acquisitions and detailed hydrologic and water quality modeling. He is an expert and has
significant experience in surface water and groundwater hydrology, water quality and
constituent mixing, water demands and planning, water infrastructure project design and water
marketing and acquisition. Relevant projects have included analysis of mixing of groundwater
and water quality constituents as part of a well testing program of groundwater quality and
flow characteristics; subsurface investigations, soil sampling, rock coring, and permeability
testing; design of a dewatering system through groundwater hydrologic analysis for a sub-
aqueous tunnel; investigation of groundwater resources for development potentials; design of
and utilization of embankment grouting injection wells for several dam projects in the United
States and Eritrea to prevent subsurface seepage flows; and water treatment and wastewater
treatment feasibility design studies in Eritrea and the western United States. Recently, he
presented Water Based Constraints on Tribal Energy Development in the Southwest at a Tribal
Energy conference hosted by Law Seminars International. He is a Licensed Professional
Engineer in Arizona, California, Colorado, Wyoming and a member of the National Society of
Professional Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Testing &
Materials, American Water Works Association and the Colorado River Water Users Association.
He has a MS in Civil Engineering, with a concentration in Hydraulics and Hydrology and a PhD in
Irrigation and Drainage Engineering.
ioger Miller, Groundwater Protection Program, Arkansas Department of
Environmental Qua
Roger Miller manages the Groundwater Protection Program at the Arkansas Department of
Environmental Quality (ADEQ), overseeing the Ambient Groundwater Monitoring program and
providing technical assistance to ADEQ staff and other agencies and organizations. He has 30-
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plus years of experience in groundwater resource evaluation. Before joining ADEQ, he was the
Geologist Supervisor in the Public Drinking Water program at the Arkansas Department of
Health (ADH), overseeing well capture zone calculations and subsurface construction
specifications for new wells, GIS analyses and database management, and public outreach in
the Wellhead Protection and Source Water Assessment programs. Previously he was a Regional
Hydrogeologist for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, assessing effects
of surface and underground mining on groundwater and surface water resources. Prior to
government service, he spent 13 years in the private sector, holding technical and supervisory
positions specializing in applications of borehole geophysics to environmental assessment and
mineral exploration, on projects in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and later on RCRA
and Superfund projects at various industrial sites and defense installations. He then worked as a
project manager for a geological and environmental consulting firm with offices in the eastern
United States. Recent research projects include a groundwater quality study of 70 wells and
springs in the Fayetteville Shale gas play, presented at the 2012 Fayetteville Shale Symposium,
and a previous groundwater study of land application sites in the north central region of
Arkansas. He is currently interested in how well siting in relation to natural fracture patterns in
bedrock aquifers affects the potential for quality or quantity changes during the "spud" phase
of drilling (initial open-hole drilling and surface casing emplacement). He has a BS in Geology
from the University of Arkansas and a year of graduate work focused on Geohydrology and
Geochemistry.
Austin Mitchell, PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering and Public Policy,
Carnegie Mellon University
Austin Mitchell is a PhD candidate in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at
Carnegie Mellon University. In this roundtable, he will share his research experience related to
water acquisition for hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale. His research in this area gives
him an understanding about the quantity of water used for hydraulic fracturing and trends in
water-use intensity. He has assessed existing and proposed regulatory frameworks for water
withdrawal in Pennsylvania and New York, which involved a statistical analysis of the data and
methods available to set water withdrawal thresholds. To complete this work, he conducted
multiple reviews of water management plans on file with the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection. His research is the subject of a manuscript in preparation for
publication. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton and an MS
from the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.
Briana Mordick, Staff Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
Briana Mordick is a Staff Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Prior to
joining NRDC, she worked for Anadarko Petroleum for six years as a petroleum geologist on
projects including shale gas, tight gas sands, and C02 enhanced oil recovery. At NRDC, she
serves as a Technical Advisor on issues related to oil and natural gas extraction and geologic
sequestration of carbon dioxide. This work includes the identification of regulatory solutions
and industry best practices to address the environmental impacts of oil and natural gas
extraction. She has written and spoken frequently on these topics including to the National
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Academies of Science, US EPA and the Yale Environmental Law Conference. She served as a
representative to the Operations and Environment and Policy Subgroups of the 2011 National
Petroleum Council Study on the Prudent Development of North American Resources and is
currently a member of the Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee, a
Federal Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Energy. She is particularly interested in the fate
and transport of fluids in the subsurface through both manmade and natural pathways related
to hydraulic fracturing and drinking water. She holds a BA in Earth Sciences from Boston
University and a MS in Geological Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jim Richenderfer, Director, Technical Programs, Susquehanna River Basin
Commission
Jim Richenderfer is Director of Technical Programs at the Susquehanna River Basin Commission
(SRBC). His responsibilities include oversight of all technical programs at the commission, which
include Project Review, Compliance and Enforcement, Planning and Operations (including Flood
Management and Drought Coordination), Monitoring and Protection, Grants and Research and
Policy Implementation and Outreach. The commission's technical staff is comprised of
engineers, geologists, hydrogeologists, hydrologists, environmental scientists, and biologists.
Under his direction, the technical staff focuses on the long-term sustainable utilization of the
basin's shared water resources. The SRBC has primary responsibility for regulating water
acquisitions by all water users throughout the Susquehanna River Basin, including the natural
gas industry. In addition, the SRBC shares responsibility along with several other resource
agencies for conducting various water quality monitoring programs throughout the Basin,
including some areas in which hydraulic fracturing activities have occurred. To date, there have
been approximately 2,000 unconventional natural gas wells hydraulically fractured within the
Susquehanna River Basin, all of which have relied upon water acquisitions regulated by the
SRBC. Before joining the SRBC in 2008, he spent over 25 years working as a private consultant
serving many Fortune 500 companies located throughout North America. The consulting
company he co-founded conducted a wide range of investigations addressing both the
quantitative and qualitative aspects of surface water and ground water resources. He
specialized in the investigation of ground water and surface water problems associated with
petro-chemical manufacturing, materials storage, mining and mineral extraction, municipal and
industrial waste disposal, and agricultural operations. His academic training includes
undergraduate degrees in Forestry from Paul Smith's College, in Natural Resource Management
from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and Geology from Dickinson College.
He also holds MS and PhD degrees in Hydrology from Pennsylvania State University.
James Saiers, Professor of Hydrology and Associa an of Academic Affairs,
Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
James Saiers is a Professor of Hydrology and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Yale
University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He has 16 years of experience in
teaching and leading research in numerous theoretical and applied aspects of surface water
and groundwater hydrology. He has published extensively on factors affecting groundwater and
surface-water flow and on the role of coupled processes in governing the migration of
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ntaminants in soils, aquifers, streams, and wetlands. This research has been supported by
numerous grants from federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the
Department of Energy, the Army Research Office, and the United States Geological Survey. He
has served on the editorial boards of Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research
Letters and is a member of the National Research Council Committee on the Scientific Review of
Everglades Restoration Progress. He is also a member of the American Geophysical Union and
American Chemical Society. He is particularly interested in issues surrounding the lifecycle of
freshwater that is used to support shale-gas extraction and in improving understanding of the
subsurface fate and transport of fluids used in the hydraulic stimulation of shale-gas reservoirs.
He holds a BS in Geology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a MS and PhD in
Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.
Ethan Timothy Smith {Retired), Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological
Survey
Ethan Timothy Smith is retired from the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey,
after 36 years of federal service. Since retirement, he has carried out a program of research and
publication in Sustainable Water Resources, often as a member of such professional
associations as the Water Environment Federation, the American Water Resources Association
(AWRA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and others. He is an Associate Editor
with AWRA. He has worked for many years in the areas of water resources conditions and
trends, interagency coordination, water modeling, and environmental dispute resolution. He
holds a BS (physics), Masters of City and Regional Planning, and Doctor of Planning and Policy
Development from Rutgers University. He maintains a web site on Sustainable Water Resources
at http://sites.google.com/site/sustainablewaterresources. His most recent publication is
Hydraulic Fracturing in the Context of Sustainable Water Management (with Harry X. Zhang),
which was presented at the October 2012 WEFTEC conference of the Water Environment
Federation (WEF), and included in the recent WEF report on hydraulic fracturing.
Wilma Subra, President, Subra Company
Wilma Subra is president of Subra Company and provided technical assistance to Louisiana
Environmental Action Network. She has over 45 years of experience in sampling and chemical
and microbiologic analysis of ground water and surface water resources, monitoring of impacts
on water resources, monitoring the environmental impacts of oil and gas drilling and
production activities, oil and gas waste treatment and disposal practices and associated
environmental and human health impacts, environmental and human health impacts of
injection well operations, analysis of chemical components in drilling fluids, pit construction and
resulting contamination from pit operations, and environmental and human health impacts of
shale development. Her current work is focused on the environmental impacts of various
aspects of shale development, the human health impacts associated with various specific units
and activities of shale development, the development of appropriate parameters for
monitoring ground water and surface water resources to detect impacts of shale development,
and the development of guidelines for the regulation of state programs dealing with shale gas
development. She is a member of the American Chemical Society. She has a BS and MS in
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Microbiology and Chemistry from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (University of
Louisiana at Lafayette).
Robert M. Summers, Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
Robert Summers was appointed Secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment by
Governor Martin O'Malley on April 28, 2011. He leads the Department's planning, regulatory,
management and financing programs to protect public health, ensure a safe and reliable water
supply, restore and protect air quality, water quality, wetlands and waterways, clean up
contaminated land and ensure proper management of hazardous and solid wastes. He has
served the citizens of Maryland for over 28 years in various capacities within Maryland's
progressive and nationally recognized environmental programs, with emphasis on scientific and
technical issues related to water pollution control, drinking water protection and federal, state
and local government environmental laws and regulations. He received his BA (1976) and PhD
(1982) in Environmental Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.
James Thomas, Professor and Executive Director of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert
Research Institute
James Thomas is a Professor and the Executive Director of the Division of Hydrologic Sciences at
the Desert Research Institute in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada. He has over 32 years of
experience in hydrology, with research focused on ground water availability and quality,
groundwater age dating, hydrogeology, and watershed studies. His research projects have
included the evaluation of water resource amounts, sources, and management, developing
potable water supplies in rural villages of West Africa, and watershed groundwater and surface
waters flow and quality. He teaches graduate courses in water chemistry, isotope hydrology,
and water development in developing countries. He is a member of the American Geophysical
Union, Geological Society of America, International Association of Geochemistry and
Cosmochemistry, International Association of Hydrology, Nevada Water Resources Association,
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, and The Geochemical Society. He is particularly
interested in the issues of the effects of water withdrawals from aquifers and water quality
problems related to hydraulic fracturing and drinking water. He has a BS in Geology, a MS in
Geology and a PhD in Hydrology/Hydrogeology.
Andrew Wharton, Environment Manager, BG Group
Andrew Wharton is an Environment Manager with BG Group. He has over 17 years of
experience in environmental management and is currently leading BG Group's strategic
response to water management issues globally. As Group Technical Authority for Water
Management, he brings to this role previous experience in working for Severn Trent Water pic
in their United Kingdom based strategic planning department and since then, 12 years of
working on environmental engineering issues within the oil and gas industry, predominantly
with BP and BG. He is based in Houston, Texas and is a Chartered Scientist and Member of the
Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. His previous BG Group role
was as Manager Environment of the Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas Project based in
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Brisbane, Australia. He has a BSc (Honors) in Physical Geography, an MSc in Environmental
Studies and a Diploma in Water and Environmental Management.
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Adam Carpenter, Government Affairs, American Water Works Association
Adam Carpenter works in American Water Works Association (AWWA) District of Columbia
Government Affairs Office and serves as an expert on a diverse set of drinking water issues
including climate change, hydraulic fracturing, consumer confidence reports, carbon capture
and storage, the energy-water nexus, and other water and environmental issues. Along with his
colleagues, he works to further AWWA's mission of supporting clean, affordable drinking water
through sound application of science into policy, source water protection, sensible regulation,
public awareness, and building stakeholder consensus. He holds a BS from George Washington
University in Biology, a MS from Johns Hopkins in Environmental Sciences and Policy, and is
pursuing a PhD in Environmental Policy from George Mason University.
Jessica Ennis, Legislative Representative, Earthjustice
Jessica Ennis is a Legislative Representative in the Washington, D.C. office of Earthjustice. She
advocates protecting people, our public lands, and the environment from the potentially
devastating impacts of oil and gas development. She graduated from the University of
Maryland, College Park, with dual bachelor's degrees in Journalism and Government & Politics
with a citation in Environmental Studies.
Amy Farrell, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs, America's Nati as Alliance
Amy Farrell is the Vice President of Regulatory Affairs at America's Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA),
an educational and advocacy organization formed by North America's leading independent
natural gas exploration and production companies. She is the organization's lead advocate on
federal regulatory policy that has the potential to impact natural gas demand or operators'
ability to develop this clean and abundant domestic resource. Prior to joining ANGA, she
worked in ExxonMobil's Public and Government Affairs Department as an Issues Advisor,
providing policy and strategic advocacy advice on topics ranging from U.S. greenhouse gas
policy to process safety. Before joining the private sector, she spent nearly a decade in the
government, most recently serving in the George W. Bush White House National Economic
Council as a Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy handling energy policy. She
also served as an Associate Director for Environment and Regulation in the White House
Council on Environmental Quality. Prior to moving to the White House, she served in two
different positions at the US EPA. She was the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (now the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution
Prevention) and a Policy Advisor to Administrators Stephen Johnson and Michael Leavitt. She
began her government career as a policy analyst in the Office of Management and Budget's
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where she reviewed environmental and energy
regulations. She graduated from Indiana's School of Public and Environmental Affairs with a MS
in Public Policy in 2000. She earned her BS in Biology from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1998.
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Dan Hill, Haudenausaunee Environmental Task Force
Dan Hill is known for his music, art and performances in Native and Non-Native audiences. As a
Cayuga Nation Council Member and Cayuga Nation Representative for the Haudenausaunee
Environmental Task Force and as an Environmental Technician, he is responsible to speak out
for the Natural World according to his Grandmother's teachings. As a Cayuga Nation Citizen,
the protection of the waters is only part of the Cycle of the Natural World and the teachings of
protecting the Earth and the Life Cycle that supports us for seven generations. We are to leave
the earth better than what we were given.
Craig Sundstrom, National Governors Association
Craig Sundstrom is a Senior Legislative Associate with the National Governors Association (NGA)
Office of Federal Relations, where he manages the work of the governor's Natural Resources
Committee. The NGA Natural Resources Committee has jurisdiction over energy, environmental,
agriculture, and natural resources issues. Before joining NGA, Craig practiced energy and
environmental law in Oklahoma City and served for a short time on Capitol Hill. Craig earned his
undergraduate degree in Political Science with a Certificate in Leadership Studies from Marietta
College and his JD from Oklahoma City University School of Law.
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