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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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Appendix B

COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES

DAVID H. MOREAU, Chairman, is a professor in the Departments of City and Regional Planning and Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently serving as Chair of the Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology at UNC. Dr. Moreau teaches water resources planning and regional environmental planning. His research interests include analysis, planning, financing, and evaluation of water resource and related environmental programs. He is engaged in water resources planning at the local, state, and national levels. He has chaired or served on several NRC committees, most recently as a member of the Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects. Dr. Moreau is a member of the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, having served as chairman for the past 16 years. Dr. Moreau received his B.S. degree from North Carolina State University, his M.S. degree from Mississippi State University, and his Ph.D. degree from Harvard University.

ROBIN K. CRAIG is Associate Dean for Environmental Programs & Attorneys' Title Professor of Law at the Florida State University College of Law. Dr. Craig held previous appointments as a professor at Indiana University School of Law and as an associate professor of law at Western New England College of Law. She was a judicial clerk to Judge Robert E. Jones, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon from 1996-1998, and was also a law clerk at the Oregon Department of Justice. She was a visiting professor of law at Lewis & Clark School of Law during the 1998-1999 academic year, and a summer professor of law in June 2002. Dr. Craig has authored two books, The Clean Water Act and the Constitution (ELI, 2004) and Environmental Law in Context (West, 2005). She also has written numerous law articles on environmental law, ocean and coastal law, and law and science, as well as the “Oceans and Estuaries” chapter of Stumbling Toward Sustainability (ELI, 2002). She was a member of the NRC Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act. Dr. Craig received her B.A. degree from Pomona College, her M.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University, her Ph.D. degree from the University of California, and her J.D. degree from Lewis & Clark School of Law.

MISGANAW DEMISSIE is director of the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois. His research at the Water Survey has focused on watershed science with emphasis on erosion and sedimentation and watershed hydrology. He has published more than one hundred journal articles, reports and conference proceedings. Dr. Demissie is recipient of several awards including The Frank Bellrose Illinois River Conservation Award from the Nature Conservancy for outstanding service and contribution towards the restoration of the Illinois River. Dr. Demissie is a registered Professional Engineer in Illinois. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, the American Geophysical Union, the International Water Resources Association, and the International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Dr. Demissie received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Iowa, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois.

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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OTTO C. DOERING III is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. He is a public policy specialist and worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the 1977 and 1990 Farm Bills. In 1997, he was Principal Adviser to USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service for implementing the 1996 Farm Bill and works with NRCS in conservation program design. In 1999, he was team leader for the economic analysis of the White House National Hypoxia Assessment. Dr. Doering has overseas experience with the Ford Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences, primarily in Southeast Asia working on irrigation issues. He is past President of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. He publishes in areas of agricultural policy, water, energy, and climate change, and has been a lead author for the IPCC. He serves on EPA’s Science Advisory Board and Integrated Nitrogen Committee. He has been a member of NRC committees advising on Clean Water Act implementation in protecting and restoring water quality across the Mississippi River basin. Dr. Doering received his B.A. degree in government from Cornell, M.Sc. degree (econ) from the London School of Economics, and Ph.D. degree in agricultural economics from Cornell.

DAVID A. DZOMBAK is a professor of environmental engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He teaches and conducts research in the fields of water and soil quality engineering and science. His research focuses on physical-chemical processes governing contaminant fate, transport, and treatment in the subsurface environment, in surface waters and sediments, and in industrial wastes. Dr. Dzombak has published numerous articles in environmental engineering and science journals, book chapters, articles for the popular press, and several books on the chemistry of inorganic contaminants in water. He is faculty director of the Carnegie Mellon University Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, and a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He served as the chairman of the NRC Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act. Dr. Dzombak received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and his Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

PAUL L. FREEDMAN is the founder and president of LimnoTech, a national water science and engineering firm. His research and consulting have focused primarily on water quality including modeling; lake and watershed management; stream restoration; contaminated sediments and groundwater, wet weather issues including stormwater CSO and SSO, TMDL, permitting, sustainability, and many other environmental issues. Mr. Freedman has worked on hundreds of projects in over three dozen states for clients including federal agencies, municipalities and industries. He is the current vice-president of the Water Environment Federation. Throughout his career, he has served in multiple committees and task force on various issues involving environmental regulations and legislation. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in several states and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He received his B.S. degree in engineering and his M.S. degree in water resources-civil engineering from the University of Michigan.

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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G. TRACY MEHAN III is a principal with the Cadmus Group in Arlington, VA. He previously served as Assistant Administrator for Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2001-2003; Director of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes and a member of the governor's cabinet from 1993-2001; and as Associate Deputy Administrator of EPA in 1992. Prior to that, he served as director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. At EPA he was a leader on ambient water quality monitoring, the watershed approach, and strategies for dealing with aging infrastructure. Mr. Mehan is the recipient of the 2004 Environment Award from the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies and the 2003 Elizabeth Jester Fellows Environmental Partnership Award from the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators. He was as a member of the NRC Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act. Mr. Mehan received his B.S. degree in history from St. Louis University and his J.D. degree from St. Louis University.

NANCY N. RABALAIS is a professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. Her research interests include dynamics of hypoxic environments, interactions of large rivers with the coastal ocean, estuarine and coastal eutrophication, benthic ecology, and environmental effects of habitat alterations and contaminants. Dr. Rabalais is an AAAS Fellow, an Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Fellow, a Past President of the Estuarine Research Federation, a National Associate of the National Academies of Science, and a member of the Scientific Steering Committee of LOICZ/IGBP. She is past chair of the NRC Ocean Studies Board and was a member the NRC Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act. She received the 2002 Bostwick H. Ketchum Award from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and was the Ian Morris Scholar in Residence at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies. Her work on Gulf hypoxia has garnered several citations—the Blasker award (shared with R.E. Turner) and a NOAA Environmental Hero, Clean Water Act Hero, a Gulf Guardian award, and the Clarke Prize. She received her B.S and M.S. degrees in biology from Texas A&I University, Kingsville and her Ph.D. degree in zoology from the University of Texas at Austin.

THOMAS W. SIMPSON is the president and executive director of Water Stewardship, Inc. He previously coordinated Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Programs, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland. From 1980 to 1992, he was professor of soil-environmental quality at Virginia Tech, focusing on organic waste management and agricultural water quality. Dr Simpson’s research has focused on beneficial use of organic waste, composting, and agricultural impacts on water quality. His more recent work has focused on Best Management Practices for agricultural sources of nutrient pollution and opportunities for innovative agricultural conservation programs, practices, and policies. Since 1992, Dr. Simpson has coordinated science activities regarding nonpoint source pollution and the Chesapeake Bay. He currently chairs the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Nutrient Subcommittee, which oversees nutrient and sediment reduction efforts throughout the watershed. Dr. Simpson also leads the Mid-Atlantic Water Quality Program and is a member of the USDA-land grant National Committee on Shared Leadership for Water Quality. He received his B.S. degree in soil science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, also in soil science, from Pennsylvania State University.

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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ROGER WOLF directs environmental programs at the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) in Urbandale, Iowa. At the ISA he leads development and oversight of environmental projects designed to advance environmental performance at farm and watershed scale, while maintaining or improving agronomic and economic performance. Mr. Wolf has led the development of the Certified Environmental Management Systems for Agriculture program, a voluntary program that provides farmers with metrics for monitoring, measuring, and validating a farm’s environmental performance. He is also the executive director of Agriculture’s Clean Water Alliance, a non-profit organization for agribusiness retailers in Des Moines, IA, and director-at-large for the Iowa Environmental Council. He previously worked with stakeholders in developing plans for Iowa watersheds (1994-2000) and was an environmental specialist at the Iowa Division of Soil Conservation (1989-1994). He has served on several local, state, and national task forces and boards on topics ranging from agricultural sustainability to water quality improvement. He received his B.S. degree in geography from the University of Iowa.

NRC Staff

JEFFREY JACOBS is a scholar with the NRC Water Science and Technology Board. His research interests include policy and organizational arrangements for water resources management and use of scientific information in water resources decision making. He has studied these issues extensively both in the United States and in mainland Southeast Asia. Prior to joining the NRC he was a faculty member at the National University of Singapore and at Texas A&M University. Since joining the NRC in 1997, Dr. Jacobs has served as the study director for over twenty NRC reports. He received his B.S. degree from Texas A&M University, M.A. degree from the University of California, Riverside, and Ph.D. degree from the University of Colorado.

ELLEN A. DE GUZMAN is a senior program associate at the NRC’s Water Science and Technology Board. She received her B.A. degree from the University of the Philippines and her M.A. in international development from American University. She has worked with a number of studies including studying numeric limits of organisms in ballast water, sustainable water and environmental management in the California Bay-Delta. She also manages the content of the Water Science and Technology Board website (http://dels.nas.edu/wstb) and the Water Information Center (http://water.nationalacademies.org).

Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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Suggested Citation:"APPENDIX B COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES." National Research Council. 2012. Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico: Strategies and Priorities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13029.
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Most water resources managers, scientists, and other experts would agree that nonpoint source pollution is a more pressing and challenging national water quality problem today than point source pollution. Nonpoint sources of pollutants include parking lots, farm fields, forests, or any source not from a discrete conveyance such as a pipe or canal. Of particular concern across the Mississippi River basin (MRB) are high levels of nutrient loadings--nitrogen and phosphorus--from both nonpoint and point sources that ultimately are discharged into the northern Gulf of Mexico (NGOM). Nutrients emanate from both point and nonpoint sources across the river basin, but the large majority of nutrient yields across the MRB are nonpoint in nature and are associated with agricultural activities, especially applications of nitrogen-based fertilizers and runoff from concentrated animal feeding operations.

Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico offers strategic advice and priorities for addressing MRB and NGOM water quality management and improvements. Although there is considerable uncertainty as to whether national water quality goals can be fully realized without some fundamental changes to the CWA, there is general agreement that significant progress can be made under existing statutory authority and budgetary processes.

This book includes four sections identifying priority areas and offering recommendations to EPA and others regarding priority actions for Clean Water Act implementation across the Mississippi River basin. These sections are: USDA's Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative; Numeric Water Quality Criteria for the northern Gulf of Mexico; A Basinwide Strategy for Nutrient Management and Water Quality; and, Stronger Leadership and Collaboration.

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