Stormwater Quality BMPs Workshops 2024

Maria Welvaert

Maria is an ISA Certified Arborist and Community Forester with the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Parks and Recreation Division of Urban Forestry. She has a background in outdoor education facilitation and volunteer management. Maria helps to manage the City’s park and street tree inventory to support and grow healthy urban forests across O‘ahu. 

Navin Tagore

Navin Tagore is the Community Forestry Program Manager with the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), Division of Urban Forestry (DUF). The Community Forestry Program works to increase tree canopy across Oʻahu communities through community education and by facilitating shared stewardship. Navin’s background is in sustainability academic programming at the University of Hawaiʻi System Office of Sustainability. He has experience as a mahiʻai and compost manager and serves as a steward at Loko Iʻa Pāʻaiau. Navin is also an ISA Certified Arborist. 

Dolan Eversole

Dolan Eversole currently serves as the Waikīkī Beach management coordinator through the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, in partnership with the Waikīkī Beach Special Improvement District Association. Eversole served as the NOAA Coastal Storms Program, Pacific Islands Regional Coordinator from 2010 to 2015, covering all the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI) territories including American Samoa, Guam, CNMI, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The Coastal Storms Program (CSP) provides outreach and coordination support to the region by supporting vulnerability assessments, and by identifying technological and socio-economic solutions to reduce their vulnerability through measures that improve adaptation and community resilience.

Eversole is a Coastal Geologist by training having earned his degrees in geology and geophysics at UH Manoa. He has completed coursework for the University of Hawaiʻi’s certificate in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance offered through the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UH Manoa. Eversole served from 2003 to 2010 as a technical and policy advisor to the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL), of the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) on coastal issues including coastal hazard mitigation, coastal management policy, coastal resource conservation, emergency management and climate change adaptation. In addition to his technical and regional experience, Eversole draws from years of experience as an ocean recreation enthusiast and ocean lifeguard that has complimented his position as a coastal geomorphologist working within the state of Hawaiʻi.

Ryan Fucci

Ryan is HDR’s Minnesota-Wisconsin stormwater lead and green stormwater infrastructure technical expert. As a water resource engineer he specializes in planning, design, and long-term maintenance of urban stormwater, green infrastructure and natural resource systems. This experience includes wide-ranging involvement in the inception and adaptation of Philadelphia Water Department’s Green Cities Clean Waters program, where he stablished and led teams related to green stormwater infrastructure planning and design, as well as the maintenance of over 2,000 urban BMPs. Ryan has authored publicly adopted stormwater management siting and design manuals, developed green infrastructure asset management systems, and contributed to the establishment of Philadelphia’s maintenance and workforce development program for green stormwater infrastructure that has now grown to over 50 full-time staff. Ryan additionally serves as HDR’s primary member of the Green Infrastructure Leadership Exchange — a collaborative network focused on promoting the use of green stormwater infrastructure to enhance community resiliency and sustainability.

Lisa Kimura

Lisa Kimura is the Branch Chief of CIP Program and Planning at the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Environmental Services, Office of Administrative Support.  She has been with the City since 2005 and had previously worked at the Navy’s Pacific Division and at engineering consulting firms.  Lisa has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.

Ashley Endo

Ashey Endo, Ph.D., P.E. is an environmental engineer at CDM Smith with 8 years of experience in water resources planning and drinking water systems. Ashley has an interdisciplinary background in civil, environmental, and industrial engineering. She has experience in risk and resilience planning, decision analysis, service line inventories, storm water training, and data driven analysis.

Grant Sharp

Grant Sharp is the Manager of the South Orange County Watershed Management Area for Orange County Public Works, where he has been instrumental in leveraging collaboration around environmental data to develop and implement innovative stormwater runoff and watershed management strategies since 2001. He represents the regulated stormwater community on the California Water Quality Monitoring Council and has served as Chair of the Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition. Grant is an adjunct faculty member at Santiago Canyon Community College in Orange, CA, where he teaches courses on Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure. He holds a degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Daniel Apt

Daniel Apt is founder and President of Olaunu, a stormwater and water resources consulting firm based in San Clemente, California. He has over 30 years of experience in stormwater management and water quality and specializes in Green Stormwater Infrastructure, stormwater capture and use, integrated water resources and watershed planning, stormwater funding, and stormwater credits. His GSI and stormwater capture experience includes planning, design, construction oversight, inspection, monitoring, plan check, maintenance specifications, technical guidance, and training. Daniel currently serves as the Certification Committee Chair of the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP). Daniel received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Irvine and his Master’s degree from the University of Miami. 

Karolina Mostowik

Karolina is a geographer (PhD) and geologist (MSc) with strong experience in scientific hydrological research and over three years’ experience as a hydrology and hydraulic modeller at Jacobs. She has authored more than fifteen peer-reviewed scientific publications and prepared dozens of hydrological reports supporting administrative proceedings related to surface water and shallow aquifer conditions. Her current work focuses on hydrological and hydraulic modelling for complex sites, with particular expertise in pluvial flood risk assessment, flood resilience planning, and low-flow hydrology.

Selena Qiu

Selena Qiu is an Environmental Planner and GIS professional with Jacobs based in Honolulu, with over 15 years of experience in environmental planning, infrastructure planning, permitting, and geospatial analysis. Her work focuses on integrating GIS data and planning insights to support complex infrastructure and water resource projects. Selena currently contributes to major infrastructure planning efforts in both technical and management roles, including serving as a Deputy Project Manager and GIS task lead for stormwater initiatives, where her work emphasizes data development, quality assessment, and preparation of geospatial datasets to support hydrologic and hydraulic modeling. She is also a Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC) and supports stormwater BMP compliance through third-party inspections.

Dolan Eversole

Dolan Eversole currently serves as the Waikīkī Beach management coordinator through the University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program, in partnership with the Waikīkī Beach Special Improvement District Association. Eversole served as the NOAA Coastal Storms Program, Pacific Islands Regional Coordinator from 2010 to 2015, covering all the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI) territories including American Samoa, Guam, CNMI, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The Coastal Storms Program (CSP) provides outreach and coordination support to the region by supporting vulnerability assessments, and by identifying technological and socio-economic solutions to reduce their vulnerability through measures that improve adaptation and community resilience.

Eversole is a Coastal Geologist by training having earned his degrees in geology and geophysics at UH Manoa. He has completed coursework for the University of Hawaiʻi’s certificate in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance offered through the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UH Manoa. Eversole served from 2003 to 2010 as a technical and policy advisor to the Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL), of the Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) on coastal issues including coastal hazard mitigation, coastal management policy, coastal resource conservation, emergency management and climate change adaptation. In addition to his technical and regional experience, Eversole draws from years of experience as an ocean recreation enthusiast and ocean lifeguard that has complimented his position as a coastal geomorphologist working within the state of Hawaiʻi.

Myles Ritchie

Dr. Myles Ritchie is the Programs Director for The Outdoor Circle, Hawaii's oldest environmental nonprofit founded in 1912, Chair of the City and County of Honolulu’s Arborist Advisory Committee, and co-founder of “Exceptional Trees International,” a nonprofit dedicated to developing and improving “exceptional” (aka “heritage,” “significant,” “champion,” “monumental,” etc.) tree programs around the world. His academic research also focuses on “heritage” tree conservation programs, as well as green infrastructure solutions, and identifying innovative mechanisms to improve urban forestry programs.

Cyrus Howe

Cyrus Howe serves as Hawaiʻi Green Growth’s Operations Manager and leads project development for the Ala Wai Watershed Collaboration (AWWC), a public-private partnership of diverse stakeholders who work together to mālama the ʻāina and the lives of those who call the watershed home. This year the group has embarked on the mission to produce a comprehensive watershed management plan in coordination with the Board of Water Supply and the community. Cyrus also leads HGG's Follow the Drop Program in partnership with 3Rwater and Roth Ecological Design. In partnership with public and private property owners, this program mitigates flood risk, brown water runoff, and poor aquifer recharge through nature-based green stormwater infrastructure, such as rain gardens at schools.

George Shenusay

George Shenusay is an environmental scientist and sustainability professional focused on watershed resilience, circular economy solutions, and community-driven climate action. As Watershed Resilience Coordinator at Hawaii Green Growth, he leads collaborative initiatives that advance green stormwater infrastructure, rainwater harvesting, and watershed restoration across Oʻahu.

A UCLA Environmental Science graduate, George has experience spanning renewable energy, zero waste systems, GIS, food recovery, and public engagement. He is passionate about designing practical, scalable solutions that strengthen local food systems, reduce waste, restore ecosystems, and build more resilient communities.

Whether coordinating cross-sector partnerships, developing environmental programs, or applying data and technology to sustainability challenges, George is driven by the belief that lasting environmental progress comes from collaboration and systems thinking.

Paul Arinaga

Paul is founder and executive director of Grow Good Hawaii, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting agroecology in urban settings. In addition to the Pu‘uhonua project, Paul is project director of the $5 million, 5-year USDA Forest Service funded Trees for People project, which promotes agroforestry and seeks to build or reinforce networks of “backyard food growers.” Paul is also founder and manager of the Go Native project which aims to increase biodiversity and restore nature from mauka to makai by mobilizing Hawai`i residents to grow more native Hawaiian and Polynesian-introduced (“canoe”) plants. He co-authored Go Native! Your guide to growing Native Hawaiian and canoe plants wherever you live, work, or play. Paul has an MBA from London Business School and an M.A. in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University. 

Isabella Ah Moo

Isabella (Bella) Ah Moo is the Project Assistant for Grow Good Hawai'i's Pu‘uhonua Project and ‘Iolani School’s Pa‘ēpa‘ē o Waikolu Initiative. She is a recent graduate of Pomona College (Class of 2025), where she received a Bachelor's degree in Biology and a minor in Pacific Studies. For the past year, with the support of the Hawaii Sea Grant, Bella has been assisting with two projects run out of 'Iolani Schools; both of which seek to improve the native biodiversity and water quality of urban Honolulu stream/freshwater ecosystems. She is interested in Indigenous 'aina stewardship, marine biology/conservation, and general conservation efforts for native or endemic plants and animals. Once her contract and the grant funding end in August 2026, she seeks to continue pursuing her passions in these fields by finding other similar conservation work opportunities in Honolulu.

Cami Kloster

For the last 20 years, Cami has focused on people’s interactions with the natural world as an environmental planner. She has developed multiple watershed management and master plans with significant community outreach and collaborative plan making. Her recent work is the intersection of behavior change and storm water best management practices and related topics. Cami has an undergraduate degree in environmental science, a master’s degree in environmental studies, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand. In her free time she enjoys cheering for her son’s soccer team and travelling (including taking pics of green storm water infrastructure).

Evelyn Navas-Aron

Evelyn is an environmental planner, supporting environmental review, community outreach, and collaborative planning efforts. Her ongoing work focuses on storm water best management practices, including large-scale public outreach and engagement. Evelyn holds a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a graduate certificate in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. 

Lauren Roth Venu

Lauren Roth Venu has over 25 years of experience in nature-based solutions. She is the Founder of Roth Ecological Design Intl (REDI), a Honolulu-based firm specializing in integrated water resource management and green infrastructure planning and design. More recently, she founded 3Rwater, which developed the Follow the Drop mobile app and data platform—helping cities collect stormwater data while activating communities to become more climate-ready and engaged in managing stormwater.

Lauren holds an undergraduate degree in Water Resources from the University of Colorado Boulder and an MSc in Oceanography from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Prior to founding REDI and 3Rwater, she worked under Dr. John Todd, inventor of the Living Machine, an innovative nature-based system for treating wastewater and other polluted waters.

Over her career, Lauren has served in numerous advisory roles for the State of Hawaiʻi and the City and County of Honolulu, supporting sustainable water management. She is a National Green Infrastructure Certification Program trainer and currently serves as a Founding Advisor for the World Bank’s Youth Water Accelerator program.

Mike Nishimura

Mike Nishimura, P.E., LEED AP is a Senior Associate and the Civil Engineering Department Manager for Bowers + Kubota Consulting, Inc., a full-delivery construction management, architectural, planning, and engineering design firm based in Waipahu, Hawai‘i. He has over 25 years of professional experience leading multi-disciplinary teams in the planning, design, and delivery of infrastructure, site development, and environmental projects across Hawai‘i and the Pacific region.

Mr. Nishimura’s expertise includes stormwater management, drainage design, and erosion and sediment control, with a particular focus on regulatory compliance and implementation of stormwater best management practices during design and construction. He has supported both public and private sector clients on projects involving permitting, environmental documentation, and construction-phase compliance with NPDES and local stormwater requirements.

He has served in project management and owner’s advisory roles for private and state and county agencies, contributing to transportation, utility, landfill, harbor, and site development projects. His experience includes development of traditional design-bid-build and design-build procurement documents, planning and permitting, oversight of multi-agency coordination, and quality control for successful project delivery.

Mr. Nishimura is a licensed civil engineer in Hawai‘i, California, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Yu-Fen Huang

Yu-Fen Huang is a Junior Researcher specializing in hydrology and geospatial data science at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Her research focuses on watershed management, tropical island hydrometeorology, flash flooding in Hawaiʻi, and hydrological modeling. She holds a Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environmental Management, and is passionate about applying her research to support resilient stormwater management and community-based watershed protection in Hawaiʻi.

Yinphan Tsang

Dr. Yinphan Tsang is a hydrologist with a passion for connecting hydrology and ecosystems through multidisciplinary science. Her research explores how surface and subsurface water processes influence stream and river ecosystems, drawing on field data, statistical approaches, and predictive modeling to uncover the interactions between water, landscapes, and life. 

Przemyslaw Powroznik

Przemyslaw is a Geography graduate with specialisations in GIS and hydrology. Over the past seven years at Jacobs, he has progressed from a Graduate Modeler to a Senior Hydraulic Modeler, building extensive expertise across a wide range of projects in both the United Kingdom and the United States. His experience includes local flood risk assessments, climate change impact studies, options appraisal and modeling, integrated catchment and urban drainage modeling, master planning for combined sewer systems, waterway improvement schemes and national-scale flood risk assessments.

In addition to his professional work, Przemyslaw has contributed to the scientific community through publications on environmental topics including glaciation, groundwater runoff, and bark beetle infestations. He has also presented his research at conferences and delivered guest lectures on flood risk and hydrology, sharing his expertise with university students and industry professionals alike.

Alexander Oliver

Alexander Oliver, GISP, is a GIS Analyst and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Subject Matter Expert with over ten years of experience supporting environmental monitoring, stormwater quality programs, and digital solutions for complex infrastructure and remediation projects. He specializes in integrating GIS, UAS-based reality capture, and web-based platforms to support stormwater Best Management Practice (BMP) assessments, training, and compliance workflows.

Alex has led GIS and UAS efforts on stormwater and water quality initiatives across Hawaiʻi, the continental U.S., and Canada, including stormwater BMP training programs, landfill monitoring, watershed assessments, and large-scale water quality monitoring projects. His work includes developing high-resolution orthomosaics and 3D site models, designing mobile data collection workflows, automating QA/QC processes, and delivering interactive web maps, dashboards, and virtual site walkthroughs to support field crews, trainers, and decision-makers.

He currently serves as the Digital Solutions and UAS Integrations Lead for Jacobs Solutions, where he develops immersive 3D training environments, conducts UAS surveys, and supports staff training on GIS-enabled stormwater inspection and documentation workflows. Alex holds a B.S. in Geology and Geophysics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Geoinformatics and GIS at the Colorado School of Mines.

Marvin Heskett

Marvin Heskett was raised with sustainability at the heart of family life. He is currently a practicing environmental consultant and an environmental chemist. Marvin received a B.S. in biochemistry from California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo and has worked as a mass spec. chemist, quality assurance officer, and laboratory director prior to taking on the role of a consultant. As a consultant he has worked with the State of Hawaii Department of Health in innovating novel approaches to solving environmental problems throughout the Pacific Region.  He has practiced stormwater program management for over ten years with an emphasis on improving Hawaii’s water quality.

Maya Matsuoka

Maya Matsuoka is an environmental consultant with a focus on GIS, CAD, and environmental data management. After graduating from UC Santa Cruz with a BA in Environmental Studies and Economics, she now works in stormwater management and  Environmental Baseline Surveys. She has supported stormwater programs across Hawaii and sincerely enjoys finding ways to make complex environmental information more accessible and approachable, fostering collaboration to protect Hawaii's water resources.

Veronica Gibson

Dr. Gibson is the science and planning manager for Mālama Maunalua. She is a trained ecohydrologist and phycologist. She was raised in Kailua-Kona and Kapahulu, an upbringing which cultivated her love for Hawaiʻi’s linked ecosystems, people, and culture. She earned her PhD in marine botany with a focus on ecohydrology and limu at UH Mānoa, has worked on watershed science and biocultural systems science throughout Hawaiʻi and the Pacific with the Water Resource Research Center, and completed a postdoctoral wetland fellowship with the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve. Veronica is dedicated to restoring and conserving wai (fresh water), healthy watersheds, estuarine and marine ecosystems and the biocultural practices and values associated with these systems. 

Cale Yamada

Cale Yamada is a staff engineer with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, serving as a stormwater compliance inspector for the City & County of Honolulu’s MS4 program for over a decade.  He focuses on practical implementation of regulatory requirements for municipal facilities.

Sean Banaag

Sean joined the City’s Storm Water Quality Division in November 2023 as a civil engineer for the Compliance and Inspections Branch. In this role, he assists in overseeing the Municipal Facilities program, ensuring that City-owned industrial and non-industrial facilities operate in compliance with storm water regulations. His work involves coordinating inspections and continuous implementation and improvements of Best Management Practices (BMPs) at these facilities. In addition, he also contributes to the Post Construction program by conducting site inspections and enforcement on storm water quality requirements and implementation of BMPs at public/private facilities.

Aditya Ramamurthy

Aditya Ramamurthy serves as the Director of Utility Business Development at Raftelis. He has over 25 years of experience driving multiple utility management programs for water and wastewater clients. Aditya’s utility management focus areas include asset management, capital improvement program planning, data management and integration, business process optimization, and change management. Mr. Ramamurthy is a licensed professional engineer and a Prosci certified change practitioner. 

Jason Bernagros

Jason is a highly experienced landscape architect and leads Jacobs’ Oregon Water Resources Group, in Portland, OR. He has more than 18 years of experience and has been involved as a project manager for a variety of projects throughout the U.S. and internationally, focused on developing urban green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) and nature-based solutions design, planning, and operations and maintenance solutions for public and private clients at watershed and site scales. Prior to joining Jacobs in 2022, Jason had been supporting the U.S. EPA’s National Stormwater Program through technical assistance tools and regulatory development. 

Shane Tom

Shane Tom is a biologist specializing in the use of native Hawaiian plants to support resilient, nature based infrastructure. His project work includes integrating ecological principles into Engineering With Nature initiatives such as erosion control, dune restoration, and other green infrastructure applications. He is committed to advancing plant based solutions that strengthen ecological function and long term site resilience.

Alex Yescas

Alex Yescas is the West Region Water Resources Leader for HDR, based in San Diego, with more than 26 years of experience delivering complex water resources, floodplain, and stormwater infrastructure projects for across the western United States. He is widely recognized for leading award-winning stormwater and floodplain implementation projects, with a strong emphasis on turning planning and regulatory requirements into constructible, high-impact solutions. His experience includes major, multi-benefit stormwater programs such as the City of San Diego’s Think Blue Infrastructure WIFIA Stormwater Program, Los Angeles County’s Safe, Clean Water Green Infrastructure Projects,  as well as statewide flood risk initiatives for the California Department of Water Resources, supporting resilient infrastructure that improves water quality, reduces flood risk, and advances watershed health. 

Blaine Kawamura

Blaine Kawamura is the Investigations and Enforcement Branch Chief in the Stormwater Quality Division.  He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and has been a licensed professional engineer for approximately 32 years. Prior to joining the City, he spent over 28 years with the State of Hawai‘i’s Department of Transportation (HDOT). His experience includes overseeing HDOT’s construction and maintenance branch; administering the statewide highway construction program; developing and managing the statewide environmental program; and developing and implementing contracts for construction, construction management, and construction support services.

Irene Nichols-Ferguson

Irene Nichols-Ferguson has been working as an environmental planner for the last year and a half, with a variety of experiences ranging from environmental review and permitting regarding affordable housing to solar energy facilities. Her work with the City’s Storm Water Program includes public education and outreach and the design of Green Storm Water Infrastructure. Irene has an undergraduate degree in environmental engineering from Oregon State University and previous work experience in environmental remediation. In her free time, she enjoys spending quality time with her cats and travelling.

Manfred Zapka

Manfred Zapka, PhD, PE is the Principal of Sustainable Design & Consulting LLC, with offices in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, and Las Vegas, Nevada. He earned his PhD in sustainable development from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he also served as an adjunct professor in the School of Architecture and as a sustainability researcher. With more than 25 years of professional experience, Manfred specializes in integrated water management, sustainable site development, and environmental permitting. His present work focuses on advancing innovative, performance-based approaches that integrate stormwater and highly treated wastewater to build more resilient communities. In addition to his engineering practice, Manfred is a Certified Professional Coach who helps engineers and scientists develop leadership, innovation, and mentoring skills.

Laurens van der Tak

Laurens van der Tak is a water resources engineer with more than 37 years of experience including supporting the City and County of Honolulu over the last 6 years. He serves as the Americas Water Resilience Director for Jacobs.  Laurens helps public and private clients to address stormwater and water resource issues including climate vulnerability assessments and adaptation, green stormwater infrastructure, flood and sewer system modeling, water supply planning modeling and user-fee-funded stormwater utility enterprises. Laurens is a native of Washington, DC, based out of Jacobs’ Philadelphia PA office.  

Alex Awo

Alex Awo was born and raised in Pauoa, Hawai'i. He attended the University of Hawai'i at Kapi'olani Community College and at Mānoa, obtaining degrees in Hawaiian Studies & Language, Sustainability, and Natural Resources & Environmental Management with a specialization in Wildlife Ecology. He has worked as the Director of Habitat Restoration Programs for a local environmental non-profit organization, Mālama Maunalua, for over a decade on projects from mauka to makai (ridge to reef), which have included everything from watershed restoration, invasive species removal, and coral restoration. As a jack-of-all-trades within the conservation sector here in Hawai'i, Alex has committed his entire professional career to integrating indigenous knowledge into modern environmental stewardship and creating community-led efforts that are essential to sustaining Hawaiʻi’s unique ecosystems for future generations.

Laura Bailes

Laura is the Education and Outreach Coordinator at Mālama Maunalua, where she develops and leads environmental education, community engagement, and volunteer programs that connect people to the restoration of Maunalua Bay and inspire lifelong stewardship of Hawaiʻi's natural resources.

Laura has dedicated her career to making science exciting and accessible and creating meaningful connections between people and place. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Marine Ecology and Conservation from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and her Master's degree in Conservation Biology from Miami University, where her research focused on increasing awareness of threats to marine biodiversity.

Ed Othmer

Ed Othmer, PE, CPESC, CPSWQ, QSP/D ToR, QISP ToR, ENV SP is Vice President Emeritus, North America Wet Weather Sector for Stantec and has more than 30 years of engineering experience as a stormwater practitioner. Ed is a registered civil engineer in California and maintains a variety of other certifications. Ed received his Master’s in Civil Engineering from Tufts University. During the past 10 years, Ed has focused his expertise on helping clients develop ways to capture and use stormwater and urban runoff as a resource, and apply an asset management approach to their stormwater program. 

Ed teaches stormwater classes for many organizations including the UCSD Extension Program. Ed also serves as the Past President and Board Member of the Industrial Environmental Association, Past Chair of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Sustainability & Industry Committee, a San Diego State University Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Faculty Advisory Board Member, and Friends of the Los Angeles River Board Member. 

Andrew Salveson

Andrew Salveson is a is an internationally recognized expert in tertiary and purified recycled water implementation. Andy has been working on recycled water projects since 1998 and is part of teams implementing projects as small as <0.2 mgd and greater than >250 mgd. Andy’s work focuses upon California, Hawai’i, and select international efforts in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Within the last 5 years, Andy and his team have been investigating the concept of Stormwater to Potable (S2P) projects at local and regional levels. Over the last 28 years of his 32-year career, Andy has been involved in each phase/component of recycled water projects, planning, research, design, startup, program management, permitting, and public engagement. 

Jason Bernagros

Jason is a highly experienced landscape architect and leads Jacobs’ Oregon Water Resources Group, in Portland, OR. He has more than 18 years of experience and has been involved as a project manager for a variety of projects throughout the U.S. and internationally, focused on developing urban green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) and nature-based solutions design, planning, and operations and maintenance solutions for public and private clients at watershed and site scales. Prior to joining Jacobs in 2022, Jason had been supporting the U.S. EPA’s National Stormwater Program through technical assistance tools and regulatory development. 

Andrew Potts

Andy has over 26 years of experience in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), stormwater management, water resources, and sustainable site design applications. He focuses on GSI planning, design and implementation; performance evaluations of source control projects; green streets and parks; innovative stormwater management; LEED; hydrologic analyses/modeling; plan reviews; stormwater manuals; and watershed studies. Andy was a technical co-author for the Michigan Low Impact Development Manual, the Pennsylvania Stormwater Manual, and for chapters in the WEF Green Infrastructure Implementation manual and the ASCE book Permeable Pavements. He has a MSCE from the University of Virginia and is a professional engineer, an Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Fellow, a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction, and a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC).

Randall Wakumoto

Randall Wakumoto is the Program Administrator for the City and County of Honolulu’s Storm Water Quality Division within its Department of Facility Maintenance.  He has 28 years of engineering work experience with the City and County of Honolulu and has a Bachelor of Science’s degree in Civil Engineering from Santa Clara University.  He also possesses a professional engineer’s license in the State of Hawaii.  His responsibilities involve administering the City’s storm water management program which includes coordinating with the various City departments to ensure compliance under the Federal Clean Water Act requirements.  He oversees a group of engineers, planners, environmental technicians and community relations specialists that perform various types of inspections, enforcement, water quality sampling and monitoring, public education, outreach and training.  In addition, the division is involved in managing and implementing a number of Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects focused on improving water quality.  

Millicent Cowley-Crawford

Millicent Cowley-Crawford is a senior expert in stormwater, drainage, flood management, and water resources with over 25 years of experience in State government and private practice. She is the Regional Stormwater Lead for California and Hawaii at Carollo Engineers. She supports clients in identifying funding, preparing detailed hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, adapting to sea level rise and climate change, asset management and master planning, performing levee, canal, and channel inspections and risk assessments, identifying and prioritizing mitigation, disaster response and recovery, and complying with the National Flood Insurance Program. As a certified floodplain manager, she helps communities understand and manage flood control risk and prepare capital planning and design of critical infrastructure to meet a wide variety of project needs. 

Sunshine Saucedo

Sunshine Saucedo is the Hawaii and Southern California Stormwater Planning Lead at Carollo Engineers. With seven years of experience, she specializes in integrated water planning and design, including stormwater capture, groundwater replenishment, PFAS treatment, sea level rise adaptation, and One Water initiatives. She has supported and led multiple stormwater feasibility projects under LA County’s Safe Clean Water Program, in addition to work on a range of infrastructure efforts. A proud ʻIolani School alumna, Sunshine holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Loyola Marymount University and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources from UCLA.

Brittany Loveless

Brittany is an experienced Utility Management professional with over 11 years in the water and wastewater industry, including roles within Loudoun Water and DC Water’s Asset Management departments, and most recently leading Gap Analysis and Maturity Assessment efforts for WSSC Water and the City & County of Honolulu, Stormwater Division. Her experience spans operations and maintenance, customer service, and enterprise asset management strategy, allowing her to translate day-to-day operational needs into structured, forward-looking programs. With a strong project management foundation, she delivers data-informed solutions that align asset performance, service levels, and organizational priorities to achieve measurable, sustainable results.

Chandra Kanemaru

Chandra Kanemaru is a community leader in Honolulu’s Salt Lake area, serving as the Good Neighbor Program Coordinator and Operation Clean Sweep Team Lead for Country Club Village AOAO, as well as Secretary and Environment/Health Chair for Neighborhood Board #18. She also volunteers as CCV’s newsletter editor and community liaison.  Her work centers on mālama ʻāina, keiki and kupuna‑inclusive outreach, and strong collaboration with community partners and agencies to steward the Salt Lake Waterway revitalization.  Chandra will present CCV’s resident‑led, partnership‑driven model for strengthening stormwater quality, resilience, and BMP implementation through coordinated, place‑based engagement.

Kitty Courtney

Kitty Courtney, PhD, is a Senior Marine Environmental Scientist with Tetra Tech, Inc. She has over 34 years of experience as a program manager and technical lead for large and small projects on climate change adaptation, coastal community resilience, and marine and coastal management in the U.S. and internationally.

Noelle Cole

Noelle Cole is the branch chief for policy planning in the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting’s (DPP) Planning Division with over fifteen years of professional planning experience. Noelle served as the project manager for the 2025 comprehensive update of the Primary Urban Center Development Plan, and is the DPP lead on the Adapt Waikīkī 2050 plan phases I & II, a pilot project of the City’s One Water initiative. Noelle has been at the DPP since 2015 and received Master of City Planning and Master of Landscape Architecture degrees from the University of California at Berkeley College of Environmental Design. 

Amanda Allison

Amanda Allison is a Public Health Educator for Drowning Prevention at the Hawaiʻi Department of Health, where she works with community partners to promote water safety and develop strategies to reduce drowning in Hawaiʻi. She has extensive experience in community health, including serving as program manager for the Pacific AIDS Education & Training Center and helping re-establish the Community Health Worker Certificate Program at Kapiʻolani Community College. Her work in Hawaiian health spans more than 15 years, beginning at Alu Like with the Hoʻowaiwai Nā Kamaliʻi project and later at Papa Ola Lōkahi’s ʻImi Hale Native Hawaiian Cancer Network, where she contributed to the development of the Hoʻokele I ke Ola Cancer Patient Navigation Training Program. She holds a master’s degree in Geography from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a Certificate in Population Studies from the East-West Center, and a bachelor’s in Development Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Allison Schaefers

Allison Schaefers, an award-winning journalist and bereaved-parent advocate for the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition, authored Hawaiʻi’s Water Safety Plan — a blueprint nationally recognized with a Safe Kids Worldwide Champion for Kids Award and formally supported by state lawmakers through a resolution endorsing its findings and recommendations. She helped pass three statewide water-safety laws, including Act 218, known as “Sharkey’s Law,” which regulates retention and detention ponds and honors her daughter Charlotte “Sharkey” Schaefers, who drowned while rescuing a childhood friend from a flooded detention pond. Schaefers has also been a featured speaker on drowning prevention at both the National Drowning Prevention Alliance and PrevCon, where there is growing national interest in stormwater infrastructure safety and its role in preventing child drownings.

Abby Haneke

Abby Haneke is a licensed civil engineer with Brown and Caldwell. She has experience supporting water resources, wastewater, stormwater compliance, and condition assessment projects throughout Hawaiʻi. Her work includes MS4 program support, environmental compliance programs, stormwater system inspections, BMP evaluations, drainage analysis, and wastewater facilities planning. 

Andrea Cheung

Andrea is a civil design manager with 12 years of experience at Brown and Caldwell. She currently serves as the regional civil design manager for Hawaii, Guam, and the Pacific Northwest. She has experience in project management, design management, site civil design, and stormwater BMP design. 

Emily Stone

Emily Stone is an environmental scientist and planner with Jacobs with experience in project planning and development, education and outreach, and community engagement. She works with the City and County of Honolulu Storm Water Quality Division to develop storm water education and training to the public and City staff. Emily enjoys working towards environmental and sustainable solutions aligned with community needs in Hawaii.

Tiffany McEachen

Tiffany is a water resources engineer and senior project/program manager at Jacobs, with over 25 years experience across the US (including supporting projects in Hawaii over the last 9 years) providing professional engineering and consulting, leading teams developing, delivering, and managing stormwater, MS4, GSI, water quality and wastewater infrastructure projects and programs. Tiffany works with the City and County of Honolulu’s Storm Water Program developing and maintaining tailored technical resources and training for the roles and needs of public and private project managers, engineers, inspectors, construction managers, municipal maintenance workers, plans reviewers, and others.

Marta Marciniak Mierzejewska

Marta Marciniak-Mierzejewska is a Senior Stakeholder Engagement Specialist and Team Lead at Jacobs, where she has been working since 2023. Her background in ethnography and cultural anthropology, complemented by postgraduate studies in ESG Business Models. With more than 17 years of professional experience, she specializes in stakeholder engagement, public consultation, and strategic communications, leading engagement programs for major infrastructure, transportation, environmental and urban development projects across the UK, Ireland and Poland. 

Marta designs inclusive engagement strategies that help organizations build trust, manage complex stakeholder relationships, and deliver successful project outcomes. Her experience spans large-scale transport and environmental projects, public sector transformation initiatives, and sustainability-focused programs. She is passionate about accessibility, transparency, and creating meaningful dialogue between organizations and the communities they serve.

Cyrus Howe

Cyrus Howe serves as Hawaiʻi Green Growth’s Operations Manager and leads project development for the Ala Wai Watershed Collaboration (AWWC), a public-private partnership of diverse stakeholders who work together to mālama the ʻāina and the lives of those who call the watershed home. This year the group has embarked on the mission to produce a comprehensive watershed management plan in coordination with the Board of Water Supply and the community. Cyrus also leads HGG's Follow the Drop Program in partnership with 3Rwater and Roth Ecological Design. In partnership with public and private property owners, this program mitigates flood risk, brown water runoff, and poor aquifer recharge through nature-based green stormwater infrastructure, such as rain gardens at schools.

Lauren Roth Venu

Lauren Roth Venu has over 25 years of experience in nature-based solutions. She is the Founder of Roth Ecological Design Intl (REDI), a Honolulu-based firm specializing in integrated water resource management and green infrastructure planning and design. More recently, she founded 3Rwater, which developed the Follow the Drop mobile app and data platform—helping cities collect stormwater data while activating communities to become more climate-ready and engaged in managing stormwater.

Lauren holds an undergraduate degree in Water Resources from the University of Colorado Boulder and an MSc in Oceanography from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Prior to founding REDI and 3Rwater, she worked under Dr. John Todd, inventor of the Living Machine, an innovative nature-based system for treating wastewater and other polluted waters.

Over her career, Lauren has served in numerous advisory roles for the State of Hawaiʻi and the City and County of Honolulu, supporting sustainable water management. She is a National Green Infrastructure Certification Program trainer and currently serves as a Founding Advisor for the World Bank’s Youth Water Accelerator program.

Lee Rousey

Lee Rousey is currently the EVP at ERTEC Environmental Systems. ERTEC manufactures high performance BMP’s, pollution control logs, and wildlife exclusion fence. With over 4 years in the stormwater industry, Lee specializes in temporary BMP product design with a strong focus on creating a more sustainable industry. 

Ariana Chong

Ariana Chong is an environmental scientist, Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC), and Green Infrastructure Professional (GIP) at Jacobs with 16 years of experience in Hawaii. She specializes in storm water and environmental regulatory compliance. She currently leads the third-party oversight inspections team for the City and County of Honolulu. She performs inspections at public and private sector construction projects to ensure compliance with the City’s Water Quality Rules and NPDES regulations. Her involvement has also included the development of technical training material in support of the City’s NPDES MS4 training program. 

Andrew Potts

Andy has over 26 years of experience in green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), stormwater management, water resources, and sustainable site design applications. He focuses on GSI planning, design and implementation; performance evaluations of source control projects; green streets and parks; innovative stormwater management; LEED; hydrologic analyses/modeling; plan reviews; stormwater manuals; and watershed studies. Andy was a technical co-author for the Michigan Low Impact Development Manual, the Pennsylvania Stormwater Manual, and for chapters in the WEF Green Infrastructure Implementation manual and the ASCE book Permeable Pavements. He has a MSCE from the University of Virginia and is a professional engineer, an Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Fellow, a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design and Construction, and a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC).

Grant Sharp

Grant Sharp is the Manager of the South Orange County Watershed Management Area for Orange County Public Works, where he has been instrumental in leveraging collaboration around environmental data to develop and implement innovative stormwater runoff and watershed management strategies since 2001. He represents the regulated stormwater community on the California Water Quality Monitoring Council and has served as Chair of the Southern California Stormwater Monitoring Coalition. Grant is an adjunct faculty member at Santiago Canyon Community College in Orange, CA, where he teaches courses on Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure. He holds a degree in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Damon Sump

Damon Sump is the National Sales Manager – West for Profile Products. He has more than 30 years of experience in the landscape and erosion control industries, with a background spanning market development, sales, marketing, operations, and management. A long-time Oregon resident, Damon now focuses on consulting for ECS projects and collaborating with distributors and contractors to deliver innovative reclamation and erosion control solutions.

Yinphan Tsang

Dr. Yinphan Tsang is a hydrologist with a passion for connecting hydrology and ecosystems through multidisciplinary science. Her research explores how surface and subsurface water processes influence stream and river ecosystems, drawing on field data, statistical approaches, and predictive modeling to uncover the interactions between water, landscapes, and life. 

Kailey Kiyuna

Kailey Kiyuna is a senior at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she is studying Communications. This sumer she is supporting the Stormwater Quality Branch by educating and engaging with the community about stormwater. In the future, Kailey hopes to persue a carrer in planning and management. 

Liam Yuasa

Liam Yuasa is a sophomore at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he is majoring in Global Environmental Science. This summer, he is supporting the Stormwater Quality Branch by analyzing environmental plans and reports, measuring street sweeping piles, and conducting basin inspections. In the future, Liam hopes to pursue a career in environmental conservation.

Mathew Miyahira

Mathew Miyahira is a sophomore at the University of Portland, where he is majoring in Psychology. This summer, he is supporting the Stormwater Quality Branch by inspecting illicit discharges from residential properties and conducting field inspections of boulder basins across Oʻahu. After graduation, Mathew hopes to pursue a career as a psychiatrist or apply his knowledge in a role with the City and County of Honolulu.

Roen Bartolome

Roen Benedic Bartolome is a senior at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where he is majoring in Civil Engineering. This summer, he is supporting the Storm Water Quality Branch by assisting with field inspections, infrastructure monitoring, and engineering-related public works projects. After graduation, Roen hopes to pursue a career in public works with the State of Hawaiʻi or the City and County of Honolulu.

Christina Comfort

Christina Comfort is a Ph.D candidate in Biological Oceanography at the University of Hawaiʻi and the Water Quality Program Manager with WAI: Wastewater Alternatives & INnovations. Previously, she worked for 8 years as a coastal oceanographer at the Center for Physical Oceanography and Marine Ecology. Christina's research interests center on the health and conservation of Pacific Island coastal marine ecosystems, and she has managed many research projects involving long-term water quality and oceanography measurements in the context of human impacts on coastal systems. Christina also volunteered with the Surfrider Foundation - O'ahu Chapter's Blue Water Task Force since 2018, a citizen science initiative that measures wastewater input to Oahu's recreational waters via fecal indicator bacteria testing.

Daniel Amato

Daniel Amato is a Project Environmental Scientist at Element Environmental, specializing in stormwater quality and NPDES permit programs for more than a decade. He also conducts stormwater and coastal pollution research with the Surfrider Foundation and serves as affiliate faculty at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, where he earned his PhD. Daniel’s current research focuses on advancing real‑time monitoring and forecasting of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. He also manages the Surfrider Foundation’s - O‘ahu Chapter Blue Water Task Force, which monitors coastal sites twice monthly—and during major rain events—through a dedicated network of citizen scientists.

Aylin Lewallen

Aylin Lewallen is Brown and Caldwell’s National Practice Leader for Water Resources and a watershed scientist with over 28 years of experience supporting local government, federal agencies, and private-sector clients. Her expertise includes stormwater, watershed and natural resources permitting, monitoring, assessment, restoration, and multi-agency compliance efforts. She has a Natural Resources BS from Cornell University and an Environmental Science MS and Public Policy MPA from Indiana University. 

Michelle Sorensen

Michelle Sorensen is a Director of Water Resources and Planning at Brown and Caldwell, with a love of water in all its forms. For more than two decades, she has worked on water and wastewater projects in remote locations - from the tar sands of northern Canada to the jungles of Guam. Michelle holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, an MBA, and is a licensed professional engineer in both Canada and the U.S. 

Clara Leik

Clara Leik is a Project Manager in AECOM's Honolulu office with more than 18 years of experience in municipal stormwater management. 

Prior to relocating to Hawaii, she served as Stormwater Program Manager for Santa Clara County, where she led implementation of NPDES Phase I and Phase II MS4 permit requirements and supported early municipal trash reduction efforts in California. She has since helped develop and implement the City and County of Honolulu's municipal trash reduction program. Clara is a licensed Professional Engineer in Hawaii.

Ming Ding

Dr. Ming Ding earned a Ph.D. in geotechnical engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2000. Dr. Ding currently serves as Design Department Manager for AECOM, Pacific District. Dr. Ding manages a variety of civil engineering projects and supervises 45+ civil engineers.

Saani Fong

Saani Fong is the Planning and Monitoring Branch Chief in the Stormwater Quality Division. She holds a degree in law and urban planning. Throughout her career, she has worked on diverse initiatives ranging from public health and community land titling to policy and land development within government, private and non-profit sectors. She currently spearheads the Stormwater Quality Division’s trash reduction and Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) programs.

Colin Steer

Colin Steer is the Regional Engineer for ADS covering the states of Hawaii, Oregon, Washington. He leads field design and stormwater Best Management Practices for the Pacific Northwest sales team. Colin has eight years of experience in stormwater and regularly conducts similar training for civil engineers across the Pacific Northwest. He graduated from Arizona State University in 2016 with a BSME in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Gabrielle Tapat

Gabrielle (Gabby) Tapat is a graduate research assistant with the Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM) Department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She works in the Tsang Stream Lab and the USGS Pacific Islands Water Science Center. Gabby’s research interests include geospatial analysis and monitoring and assessing water quality in streams. Her thesis topic explores the association between landscape changes and the water quality post Lahaina wildfire. 

Brian Marengo

Brian is a green stormwater infrastructure pioneer, thought leader, and delivery innovator with 32 years of experience advising many US and international cities on green infrastructure and stormwater retrofit program development. Brian is a recognized industry leader in developing innovative utility management approaches and regulatory acceptance of wet-weather flow management programs, including urban watershed management, water quality improvement, collection system engineering, flood control and green infrastructure programs. He has authored and presented more than 30 publications related to green infrastructure, urban stormwater management, collection systems, and CSO abatement.  

Phil Potter

Phil Potter is a project manager with 18 years of experience in environmental consulting focusing on stormwater pollutant mitigation, data analysis, visualization, and stormwater asset management. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Geography with a focus in GIS, followed by a master of science in Natural Resource and Environmental Management as well as an Executive Masters of Business Administration. He is a Certified Professional in Stormwater Quality (CPSWQ), Certified Professional in Municipal Stormwater Management (CPMSM), and Certified Professional in Industrial Stormwater Management (CPISM). 

Alyssandra Roussseve

Alyssandra, or Lyss, is a Hydrologist, Native Hawaiian Water Rights and Watershed Planner with the Commission on Water Resource Management’s Planning Branch. Her work includes advancing long-range planning documents such as the Hawaiʻi Water Plan to help protect Hawaiʻi’s freshwater resources. She also supports hydrologic fieldwork for the Groundwater and the Stream Protection and Management branches. Outside of the office, she is a haumana in Hālau ʻŌhiʻa, avid gardener, and mālama ʻāina enthusiast.