Mr. Dilley earned a B.S. in Natural Resources (Fisheries Management) in 1991 and a M.S. in Environmental Science (specializing in wetlands) in 2003, both from The Ohio State University. He and his wife Christine are co-owners of a WBE, WOSB, and EDGE-certified environmental consulting firm, MAD Scientist Associates, specializing in ecological and wetland consulting. Mr. Dilley has over 22 years’ experience as a field biologist, ecologist, and wetland scientist. He is an EPA-certified Level 3 Qualified Data Collector (QDC) for fish and habitat studies in Ohio, a Certified Senior Ecologist with the Ecological Society of America, and a Professional Wetland Scientist with the Society of Wetland Scientist. Mr. Dilley has conducted ecological surveys in over 11 states, at a variety of sites, including Department of Energy, NASA, and U.S. military facilities, landfills, and industrial sites.

Frost Brown Todd, LLC, ColumbusMr. Reed is a partner with the environmental practice group of Frost Brown Todd, LLC. Mr. Reed advises clients on issues of environmental compliance, and defends companies against environmental enforcement activities initiated by Ohio or U.S. EPA. Mr. Reed represents small and large real estate developers on wetland issues. He also represents cities, townships, counties, and port authorities. Mr. Reed handles litigation before state and federal courts and before the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, and he handles administrative appeals. He handles issues including wetland delineation, jurisdictional determination, after-the-fact wetland permits, mitigation, combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and compliance with the standards in a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and both construction and industrial stormwater requirements. Prior to entering private practice,Mr. Reed served in public service under two governors, and then for eight years as an assistant attorney general where he was the chief of three sections responsible for representing Ohio EPA, Ohio Department of Transportation, the Ohio Rail Development Commission, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and the Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulations. Mr. Reed obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors from The Ohio State University, and a Juris Doctorate from Capital University Law School where he served on the law review. He is admitted before Ohio Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the N.D. and S.D. of Ohio, the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., and the United States Supreme Court. He was named by Business First as one of Columbus’ “Forty Under 40” and has been named a “Rising Star” in Ohio Super Lawyers and Cincinnati magazines.

MAD Scientist Associates, LLC, WestervilleMs. Skapof received her B.S.degree in Environment and Natural Resources with a specialization in Environmental Education from The Ohio State University. She was a former Naturalist with Columbus Metro Parks and has extensive experience with surface water and permitting including Section 401/404 Permitting, NPDES permitting as well as Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP3) and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan compilation. She is also a Level 2 Qualified Data Collector specializing in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Assessment and is ORAM trained. She utilizes her diverse background to not only assist clients with interpreting the complexities of environmental regulations, but to also assist area schools and educational programs with incorporating environmental education into their lesson planning.

Mr. Strain has over 30 years of experience with all aspects of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance including preparation of environmental assessments (EA), environmental impact statements (EIS), categorical exclusions (CE) and other NEPA documentation, baseline biological assessments, and habitat evaluation procedure (HEP) analyses; threatened and endangered species surveys and critical habitat assessments; wetland and stream evaluations; cultural resource investigations; and vegetative community surveys. Mr. Strain’s particular expertise is in wetland science; including delineation, creation, and restoration of wetlands for mitigation and wildlife habitat; Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 and 401 permitting; and design of constructed wetland treatment systems.