2021 Summer Conference Planning Committee

Conference Committee Co-Chairs

Jim Holway

Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Phoenix, AZ

Sharon Megdal

The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Conference Committee Finance Chair

Mia Stier

Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Phoenix, AZ

Conference Committee Members

Mary Ann Dickinson
Alliance for Water Efficiency
Chicago, IL

Dresden Farrand
AWRA
Woodbridge, VA

Maureen Hodgins
Water Research Foundation
Denver, CO

Wendy Jepson
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX

Maggie Kraus
American Planning Association
Chicago, IL

Scott Kudlas
Department of Environmental Quality
Richmond, VA

Katy Lackey
US Water Alliance
Denver, CO

Michelle Madley
US EPA
Washington, D.C.

Chi Ho Sham
American Water Works Association

Host Committee Co-Chairs

Greg Fisher
Denver Water
Denver, CO

Austin Troy
University of Colorado-Denver
Denver, CO

Host Committee Members

Drew Beckwith
City of Westminster
Westminster, CO

Jayla Poppleton
Water Education Colorado
Denver, CO

Kevin Reidy
CWCB
Denver, CO

Arista Shippy
DiNatale Water Consultants
Boulder, CO

Christy Wiseman
Department of Local Affairs
Denver, CO

Program Committee Co-Chairs

Faith Sternlieb

Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Phoenix, AZ

Michael E. Campana
Technical Director, AWRA
Professor of Hydrogeology & Water Resources Mgmt.
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR

Program Committee Members

Bill Alley
USGS Emeritus
California

Mike Antos
Stantec
Pasadena, CA

Lisa Beutler 
Stantec
Sacramento, CA

William (Bill) Cesanek
CDM Smith
Philadelphia, PA

Kate Ely
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Pendleton, OR

Joanna Endter-Wada
Utah State University
Logan, UT

Cynthia Koehler
Water Now Alliance
California

Kerri Liljegren
Stream Landscape Architecture and Planning
Denver, CO

Michael Sheer
Hazen
Baltimore, MD

Philip Stoker
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Tony Willardson
Western States Water Council
Murray, UT