Dr. Laura Craig, PHD Princeton Hydro LLC, New Jersey
Dr. Laura “LC” Craig is an aquatic ecologist and restoration practitioner with more than ten years
of experience working in river conservation both as the chief scientist at a national environmental
nonprofit and as a restoration practitioner. She is a big picture thinker with extensive experience
in science communication, strategic planning, metrics and evaluation, project and budget
management, policy, fundraising, and public engagement. Her specific areas of scientific expertise
are aquatic ecology, river restoration theory and practice (especially dam removal), nutrient
dynamics, and climate adaptation. Dr. Craig also has a keen interest in improving how we manage
existing and emerging threats to rivers. She earned a B.S. degree in Biology from Susquehanna
University and a PhD degree in Aquatic Ecology from University of Maryland-College Park.

Dr. Clay H. Emerson, PHD, PE, CFM Princeton Hydro LLC, New Jersey
Dr. Emerson’s areas of expertise include hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, stormwater
management and infiltration, non-point source pollution, watershed modeling, groundwater
hydrology/modeling, and water quality and quantity monitoring at both the individual site and
watershed scales. His academic and professional experience includes a substantial amount of
critical overlap between the engineering and environmental science/ecology disciplines which is
central to many of the innovative projects at Princeton Hydro. He is a Practice Area Lead at Princeton Hydro and has specific expertise in the field of stormwater infiltration and has conducted extensive research on the performance of stormwater systems. Dr. Emerson routinely gives presentations and continuing education seminars on topics related to stormwater management and is also an adjunct professor.

Mr. Friedlich has nearly ten years of private consulting experience in civil and environmental engineering disciplines. His expertise includes water resources, stormwater management, environmental permitting, stream restoration and wastewater treatment. He has worked on many residential, commercial and municipal projects that incorporate state-of-the-art stormwater facilities, such as bioretention facilities, constructed wetlands, wet ponds, infiltration basins, porous pavement, and vegetated filter strips. These designs often utilize distributed natural treatment processes that can be incorporated into an overall low-impact development (LID) site design. Mr. Friedlich has also developed and implemented watershed restoration plans that have received funding through the federal 319(h) program. The watershed restoration plans utilize both stormwater management and in-stream restoration techniques to improve the water quality of downstream surface waters. Mr. Friedlich is a professional engineer in the State of New Jersey, as well as a LEED Green Associate; he earned his B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from Tufts University and his M.Eng. degree in Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Friedlich is currently a project manager at Kleinfelder.

Kandyce Perry Director of Stormwater New Jersey Future
Ms. Perry directs New Jersey Future’s programs to improve stormwater management, including the
Mainstreaming Green Infrastructure program, aimed at moving green stormwater infrastructure
practices into the mainstream and projects to cultivate the use of stormwater utilities. Prior
to joining New Jersey Future, she worked on brownfield redevelopment at the City of Camden
Redevelopment Agency. Ms. Perry holds a master’s degree in Environmental Studies with a
concentration in Environmental Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.S. degree in
Environmental Science from Spelman College. She is a graduate of the Environmental Leadership
Program and currently participates in the DiverseForce on Boards program at the University of
Pennsylvania.

Dr. Souza is the founding partner of Princeton Hydro, LLC. From its inception in 1998 through 2018, he served as president of Princeton Hydro, retiring from the company in 2019. Over the past 35 years he has dedicated his career to the management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems, in particular lakes, ponds and reservoirs. Dr. Souza received his B.S. degree in 1974 from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, his M.S. in 1976 from Rutgers University, and his Ph.D. in 1981 from the University of Connecticut. He has served over the past 25 years as an instructor and course coordinator for the Rutgers NJAES Office of Continuing Professional Education, developing and implementing multiple short courses focused on the management and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Souza is also an adjunct professor at Temple University (Ambler Campus), teaching a graduate studies course in the Department of Landscape and Horticulture (Tyler School of Art and Agriculture). He also conducts a professional continuing education course focusing on green infrastructure stormwater management for CPES through Montclair State University.