Stormwater Quality BMPs Workshops 2024

Daniel Dinell is President of Trees for Honolulu's Future, a nonprofit umbrella group that envisions a tree-filled city of Honolulu that preserves and enhances our quality of life, especially in the face of climate change. He serves on the Mayor’s Arborist Advisory Committee, several nonprofit boards, and is principal of a consulting firm. Prior to joining Trees for Honolulu's Future, Dan held leadership roles in both private and government sectors. Born and raised in Honolulu, a product of the Hawaii public schools, Dan holds a BA in political science from Colorado College and attended graduate school as a Monbusho Scholar at the University of Tokyo.

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Miguel Castrence is a project coordinator at Oahu Resource Conservation and Development Council (ORCD). He has a Master’s degree in Geographic Information Sciences from Clark University and has worked on a wide variety of natural resource management issues in the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America over the last 2 decades. His work at ORCD combines his experience in conservation, expertise in geospatial technologies, and passion for local food security to promote climate smart agriculture.

Ross Dunning is Kennedy Jenks' stormwater practice leader and senior technical resource for Clean Water Act permit support and drainage and treatment design based in Federal Way, WA. Ross is an accomplished project manager with a broad range of civil engineering experience specifically focused on the fields of stormwater conveyance and treatment and he is abreast of the stormwater regulatory climate across the country. His primary focus is helping transportation sector agencies and municipalities to navigate the maze of federal, state, and local regulations to find sound engineering solutions benefitting business and the environment.

Jon Lowry has over 23 years of experience developing and implementing innovative solutions for water resource projects and programs. He specializes in stormwater management, hydrologic assessment, and design of low impact development (LID) and non-LID stormwater treatment Best Management Practices (BMPs). He also has extensive experience with the development and implementation of stormwater management programs for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permit compliance. Mr. Lowry’s other areas of engineering practice includes potable water and sewer system planning and design, construction management, asset management systems, MS4 maintenance programs, watershed studies, and environmental permitting and compliance.

Has been Civil Engineer for 24 years first working in the private industry and presently government (C&C of Honolulu since 2006). 

Career started in the construction industry as a carpenter and mason in the military while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa majoring in Civil Engineering.  Before graduating worked as a Hydrologic Technician for 2 years at USGS.  

Presently working in the Storm Water Quality Division (DFM) as the Construction BMP Inspection Section Leader.  Duties include working and communicating with other departments, agencies, and companies regarding BMP inspections, reporting and resolving discrepancies, and addressing issues on active construction sites.  And works on and manages CIPs (capital improvement projects) for the NPDES Small Erosion Prone Areas program.

Branden Ibara is an environmental scientist at Jacobs here in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is currently an inspector with the Third-Party Construction Inspection Program directed by the Department of Facility Maintenance Storm Water Quality Division of the City and County of Honolulu. His area of inspection covers Kapolei, Ewa Beach, Royal Kunia, and Mililani.

He has over 15 years of environmental science experience in Hawaii. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Global Environmental Science from the University of Hawaii: Manoa. He also has a Master of Divinity from Wayland Baptist University: Hawaii.  

Branden was born and raised here on Oahu and is a life-long resident of Kaneohe, Hawaii. He is married and is the father of two. Branden enjoys watching sci-fi and anime, gardening, working out, and coin collecting.

Melanie Lander is a Community Planning & Design Extension Agent with the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program. She focuses on mitigating climate change-induced impacts on coastal urban areas, stormwater runoff and wastewater system failures. Melanie has recently contributed to Hawaii-based planning resources, including the Hawaii Cesspool Prioritization Tool and Maui Environmentally Sensitive Areas Atlas. She is currently co-leading the project Ola Waikīkī, which will bring green stormwater infrastructure demonstration sites to the Ala Wai Watershed. 

Danny Reynaga is the Western Regional Business Manager for Profile Products LLC, of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA. His territory includes the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. He has 24 years of experience in erosion and sediment control, geosynthetics, and stormwater. Danny is a Certified Professional in Erosion & Sediment Control (CPESC) and is a Qualified Storm Water Pollution Prevention Developer/Practitioner (QSD/P).  Danny has extensive knowledge in sales, distribution, and technical specifications of various erosion control, sediment control, geosynthetic, and stormwater products. Danny works closely with engineers, landscape architects, contractors, municipal and state agencies, and federal regulators to educate them on solutions for vegetation establishment, erosion control, soil modification, and water quality.

Danny serves on the Board of Directors for the Western Chapter International Erosion Control Association (WCIECA) and has been a board member since 2017. 

Danny received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University, San Marcos. He is a native of San Diego, CA, and lives in Cardiff- by-the-Sea, CA.

Has been Civil Engineer for 24 years first working in the private industry and presently government (C&C of Honolulu since 2006). 

Career started in the construction industry as a carpenter and mason in the military while attending the University of Hawaii at Manoa majoring in Civil Engineering.  Before graduating worked as a Hydrologic Technician for 2 years at USGS.  

Presently working in the Storm Water Quality Division (DFM) as the Construction BMP Inspection Section Leader.  Duties include working and communicating with other departments, agencies, and companies regarding BMP inspections, reporting and resolving discrepancies, and addressing issues on active construction sites.  And works on and manages CIPs (capital improvement projects) for the NPDES Small Erosion Prone Areas program.

Chloë Obara is a Graduate Research Assistant in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. As a member of the Climate Resilience Collaborative, she is interested in the intersections of climate change and coastal communities. For her master's research, she developed a comprehensive flood model of Waikīkī that accounts for sea level rise, precipitation, and storm drain backflow. 

Rhea Quezon is an Environmental Engineer with CDM Smith. She has two and half years of experience spanning Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, utility ratemaking, Lead and Copper Rule Revision compliance, source water planning, and stormwater design and permitting. She received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from the University of San Francisco and holds a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.

Danny Reynaga is the Western Regional Business Manager for Profile Products LLC, of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA. His territory includes the states of Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. He has 24 years of experience in erosion and sediment control, geosynthetics, and stormwater. Danny is a Certified Professional in Erosion & Sediment Control (CPESC) and is a Qualified Storm Water Pollution Prevention Developer/Practitioner (QSD/P).  Danny has extensive knowledge in sales, distribution, and technical specifications of various erosion control, sediment control, geosynthetic, and stormwater products. Danny works closely with engineers, landscape architects, contractors, municipal and state agencies, and federal regulators to educate them on solutions for vegetation establishment, erosion control, soil modification, and water quality.

Danny serves on the Board of Directors for the Western Chapter International Erosion Control Association (WCIECA) and has been a board member since 2017. 

Danny received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University, San Marcos. He is a native of San Diego, CA, and lives in Cardiff- by-the-Sea, CA.

Jeff Herr joined Brown and Caldwell as their National Stormwater Leader in 2008. He has 40 years of consulting experience throughout the US in stormwater retrofit treatment, watershed improvement and MS4 and TMDL compliance, and stream and lake restoration, from planning through design and implementation. Jeff has also performed substantial research on stormwater BMP performance efficiencies used to refine local and state stormwater regulations. Jeff is a registered Professional Engineer in multiple states.