As vice president of Convergent Water Technologies, Mr. Gorneau is responsible for offering innovative green infrastructure/low impact stormwater solutions that enable new applications and raise the bar on performance, cost effectiveness, and verification. He previously served as national manager of ACF Environmental/Ferguson Waterworks and as regional vice president for FABCO Industries where he was responsible for engineering design, specification, and installation of manufactured stormwater management systems. Mr. Gorneau earned a B.S. degree in Biological Systems Engineering and an MS degree in Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln which provided the necessary knowledge for him to launch his career into the technical sales and specified engineered products industry. He spent the subsequent time since graduation gaining experience and expanding his knowledge of the industry on a wide variety of civil and environmental engineering design projects for private and public sector clients. Mr. Gorneau is a registered professional engineer in Maine and New Hampshire, and he is a Maine certified stormwater inspector. He has been a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), serving as section president in 2014.

Mr. Harris from an early age, knew he wanted to dedicate his career toward protecting marine habitats from environmental harm and improving access to clean water bodies for all California residents. LA Waterkeeper offers him a perfect opportunity to fulfill his goals. Mr. Harris is ecstatic to be part of a team that strives to protect water resources and enhance the natural environment throughout the LA region.
Prior to joining LA Waterkeeper, He spent two years as a fellow at the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law, where he represented clients in their pursuit of environmental advocacy and co-taught the environmental law clinic. After law school, Mr. Harris worked as a litigator in private practice but left to clerk for the Honorable Stephen V. Wilson in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He received his undergraduate degree in Marine Biology from UCLA. Mr. Harris returned to obtain a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he served as the Executive Editor for the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy. During law school, Mr. Harris wrote comments addressing federal mechanisms for protecting marine mammals from noise pollution and outlining groundwater collection opportunities in Southern California, published in the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law and Policy and the Villanova Environmental Law Journal.

 Mr. Jacobs, has over three decades of professional geology experience in both the oil industry and environmental consulting industry. He is a certified hydrogeologist, professional geologist, licensed well driller and general engineering contractor. Mr. Jacobs most recent work includes forensic analysis related to subsurface events, including pipe breaks, contaminant spills, oil and gas resource valuation estimates, and groundwater contamination. Since 1990, he has been a co-owner of an environmental consulting company, where Mr. Jacobs has performed more than 1,000 projects. For mentoring geology students, he is the AIPG Sponsor of the UC Davis Student Chapter (since 2010) and Sonoma State University Student Chapter (since 2016) and UC Santa Cruz Student Chapter (since 2020). As a publicly elected community services district board member since 2003, Mr. Jacobs has evaluated numerous environmental challenges, solved sustainability problems, and worked with others as a team leader and member to develop public agency policies. He has also been a commissioner for the locally owned public wastewater treatment plant for 18 years. Mr. Jacobs has been involved with the public process of goal setting, data acquisition, development of workplans, and implementation of field projects. He was awarded four Fulbright Senior Specialist grants for teaching between 2003 and 2012. Mr. Jacobs served on the Fulbright Peer Review Committee from 2006 to 2011, screening candidates for Fulbright grants in geology and environmental science. He is recognized as a Fellow with the National Ground Water Association and the Geological Society (of London). He is a Virtual Fellow with the U.S. State Department.

Mr. Wardynski, Senior Project Manager and COO, has over a decade of experience in watershed management and green stormwater engineering, both nationally and internationally. He has recently supported the development or implementation of 19 Watershed Management Programs throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, 5 San Diego County Water Quality Improvement Plans, and 11 implementation-oriented water quality master plans throughout California. Mr. Wardynski creative and technically sound strategies successfully reduced his clients’ stormwater compliance costs by over $1B. He is also currently managing three multi-benefit, multi-stakeholder, multi-year scientific studies funded by Los Angeles County’s Safe, Clean Water Program (total over $4M in contract value). Before joining Craftwater, Mr. Wardynski gained both theoretical and applied experience as technical lead or project manager for a broad range of projects including high-resolution stormwater compliance strategies, novel hydrologic and water quality modeling, stormwater design guidance and training, cloud-based stormwater project operation, stormwater facility monitoring and inspection, and web-based technical communication. He has engineering degrees from Michigan State and North Carolina State Universities, and Mr. Wardynski instructed for stormwater control measure design, construction, inspection, and maintenance trainings around the country.