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Principal in Sherwood Design Engineers’ Houston OfficeSteven F. Albert has practiced civil engineering for 40 years with the past 20 years focused on the effective application of Low Impact Development (LID) and sustainable design techniques applied to a wide variety of public and private development projects.  Steve has extensive experience in land and site development, stormwater management design, stormwater system modeling, grading, water distribution, and sanitary sewer systems.  He has led and participated within integrated site design teams and has collaborated with architects, landscape architects, ecologists, regulators, and environmental specialists.  Almost all of his projects adapt LID methods for stormwater runoff quantity reduction and quality enhancement applied to residential subdivisions, commercial developments, institutional campus master plans, and individual building sites.  Steve is an active lifetime member of ASCE and serves as the Sustainability Committee Chair for the Houston Branch.  He is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Houston Land/Water Sustainability Forum.  Past affiliations include serving as an Advisor to the Conservation Foundation of Naperville, IL and on the Naperville Plan Commission and Riverwalk Commission.  He has made presentations in LID methods to numerous and diverse professional and trade groups focused on the cost-effective use of LID methods.

David Batts LEED AP is the co-founder of the Texas Land/Water Sustainability Forum and has been a part of leading the adoption and implementation of Low Impact Development throughout the state of Texas. Through the Forum’s efforts and the success of their Professional Low Impact Development Design Competitions in Houston and North Texas, they have successfully proven that Low Impact Development not only offers an ecologically sustainable solution, but also provides opportunities to decrease infrastructure costs, increase lot yield, and provide an economically viable answer to all types of development. Because of his efforts, developers throughout Texas are using Low Impact Development to differentiate themselves while positively impacting their bottom line. Mr. Batts is the President of Construction EcoServices, a services and systems provider focused on all aspects of storm water quality and quantity management

Zachary Christeson LEED AP is vice president and senior landscape architect with HOK in Houston. Mr. Christeson, a registered landscape architect, has extensive experience in the planning and design of corporate environments, academic campuses, public institutions, mixed-use districts, residential communities and medical facilities throughout the US, Asia and the Middle East. During his 15-year tenure, he has provided project leadership on numerous landscape architecture and master planning projects. Mr. Christeson is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. As a LEED accredited Professional, he is an expert in understanding the role of the landscape architect in the integrated design process.

Douglas W. Darr is an architect/accessibility specialist with Accessibility Check. Mr. Darr received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Texas A & M University. He is a licensed Architect in Texas and is NCARB certified. Mr. Darr is also a registered accessibility specialist in Texas and a certified ICC accessibility inspector/plans examiner. His architectural career was primarily centered on the production and quality assurance of construction documents for a wide variety of project types both large and small, simple and complex. His project experience covers residential, commercial, and institutional facilities both in the private sector as well as the public sector. In 1986 he formed his own firm, Douglas W. Darr, Architect. Experience in the use of codes and standards during his architectural career led to formation of Accessibility Check in January 1995, teaming up with wife Teresa L. Darr, AIA. Accessibility Check offers a variety of services centered on accessible design and compliance issues involving TAS, ADA and ABA Accessibility Guidelines, UFAS, ANSI A117.1, and the Fair Housing Act. In addition to plan reviews and inspections, the firm offers existing building and facility assessment reports, accessibility training seminars, and accessibility consultation services. Mr. Darr is a charter member of the Accessibility Professionals Association (APA) and has been actively involved in that organization from its inception. He has served in several leadership roles, including president, and currently serves as a member of the Technical Standards Committee. He holds an APA “ADA Specialist” designation from the organization.

Cory R. Thornton is an attorney with Crain Caton & James who represents clients in environmental, health and safety (EHS) matters. His practice is broad-based, assisting clients with regulatory compliance, EHS litigation, and transactional matters. Mr. Thornton advises clients on air, waste, and water compliance issues in Texas, throughout the United States, and internationally. He counsels clients in corporate and real estate transactions regarding environmental assessments, due diligence, and contractual arrangements for protection against environmental liabilities. He also represents clients in civil and administrative proceedings, involving such issues as violations of state and federal law, cost recovery actions under state and federal Superfund laws, and tort claims for property damage and personal injury. Mr. Thornton routinely advocates for clients in front of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Occupational Health & Safety Administration and other federal and state agencies.

Member, Dykema Gossett PLLC
Mr. Durrett is a board certified Oil and Gas attorney in the San Antonio office with the Corporate Finance Practice Group. Practicing in Texas and New Mexico, he counsels petroleum industry clients in mergers and acquisitions, commercial industry agreements, and complex disputes over oil and gas assets. He has broad experience negotiating purchase and sale agreements for both upstream and midstream assets, plus related marketing, financing, confidentiality, and transition agreements. He also works closely with his corporate partners on energy-related mergers, capital investments, and private equity deals. He regularly negotiates complex petroleum industry agreements. Mr. Durrett often teams with his litigation partners in oil and gas disputes involving lease termination claims, subsurface trespass, title disputes, breaches of representations and warranties and indemnification claims. He advises clients in regulatory compliance matters before the Railroad Commission of Texas and New Mexico Oil Conservation Division regarding drilling permits, spacing and density issues, enforcement actions, and forced pooling. Mr. Durrett also has extensive experience examining oil and gas title to fee, state, and federal lands, including complex producing leaseholds and large unitized acreages.

Mr. Ellis has been practicing water law and been involved in water issues for over three decades. As a law student, he helped clerk the House Natural Resources Committee working on a variety of water legislation. After receiving his J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law, He worked as legislative liaison for the Texas Water Commission and later served as general counsel to the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District. The Edwards Aquifer Authority hired Mr. Ellis as their first general manager in 1997, a position he held until October 2004 when he left to start his solo law practice. In addition to representing subsidence districts and groundwater conservation districts, he serves as board secretary of the Texas Water Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that provides water conservation education throughout the State.

Fancher Legal, PLLC, in Frisco
Ms. Fancher has extensive experience in representing clients on water and other legal matters across the State of Texas. She represents a diverse array of clients – from water districts to landowners and private companies – and therefore has a broad perspective that benefits her clients. After practicing in Austin for a number of years, Ms. Fancher simultaneously founded Fancher Legal, PLLC, and relocated with her family to the North Texas area where she was raised. She is a sixth generation Texan and is fortunate to have the opportunity to represent clients with interests and values similar to those that she was raised with.

Chair of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
Ms. Johnson is a board certified professional geoscientist and geologist, an environmental science professor at Texas Christian University, and consultant/trainer with more than 26 years of experience. She is a founding member of the Society of Texas Environmental Professionals Sustainability Chapter, and a volunteer with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality EnviroMentor Program. She served for the last 10 years as past president/officer of Society of Texas Environmental Professionals. Ms. Johnson received a bachelor’s degree in Geology from the University of Texas at Arlington and a master’s degree in Environmental Science and Hydrogeology from Texas Christian University.

Santoyo Wehmeyer, P.C.
Mr. Wehmeyer represents energy industry participants in trials, arbitrations and disputes. Clients include operators, working interest owners, mineral owners, drilling contractors, oil field service companies, pipeline companies, refiners, and mining companies. He has handled matters in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and North Dakota. He also represents clients in general real property and commercial litigation matters. As lead attorney, Mr. Wehmeyer has tried oil and gas jury trials to multi-million dollar verdict and judgment for clients, and has also secured take nothing defense verdicts. He is also an appellate attorney and has successfully represented energy clients in oral argument and briefing before the Supreme Court of Texas, and many intermediate courts of appeal. Mr. Wehmeyer is board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and is the managing shareholder of Santoyo Wehmeyer P.C.

Santoyo Wehmeyer, P.C.
Ms. Wehmeyer advises oil and gas exploration and production companies in connection with oil and gas lease negotiation and operation, including participation and joint development agreements, pooling and unitization issues, and royalty payment and calculation matters. Ms. Wehmeyer also handles acquisitions and divestitures of oil and gas assets and assists clients with title due diligence ahead of asset acquisition and development. She is board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Member at Clark Hill PLC
Ms. Westfall concentrates her practice in the environmental area. She represents industrial and institutional clients on a wide range of environmental matters. She has advised clients on environmental issues arising from the acquisition/sale of business enterprises and improved and unimproved real property, including contracts, environmental site assessments and other environmental due diligence. Ms. Westfall has defended clients in administration enforcement actions before federal and state agencies involving the Toxic Substances Control Act, Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and Texas Water Code. She has assisted companies in the development of their permitting strategies (including major petroleum refineries, steel manufacturing facilities, and a commercial hazardous waste facility), and represented companies with permitting issues before the federal and state agencies, including an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals. Ms. Westfall also has extensive experience in counseling industrial facilities on the investigation and remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. Prior to joining Strasburger, she served as Judicial Clerk for Jerre S. Williams, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (1985-1986).

Co-Founder at Faulk Barchus
Mr. Barchus is a co-founder and practicing attorney at Faulk Barchus in Houston. The firm specializes in oil & gas, real estate, property taxes, and environmental law. Mr. Barchus has been very successful defending clients, winning over $8 million on a single trial verdict on behalf of his clients defrauded by an oil and gas operator. He is a member of State Bar of Texas’ Litigation Section as well as the Oil, Gas, and Energy Resources Law Section. Mr. Barchus is also a member of the Institute for Energy Law and Young Energy Professionals. He has spoken at numerous conferences regarding the oil/gas and energy industries and has a 9.8 Avvo Rating. Mr. Barchus is the executive producer for Night Court: a non-profit all lawyer musical comedy that benefits law related charities. He received his B.S. degree with honors from the University of Texas – Austin and his J.D. degree, with honors, from Baylor University School of Law.

CEO/Owner at Round Rock Geophysics
Dr. Derie is a licensed professional geoscientist and chief executive officer with Round Rock Geophysics. Round Rock offers comprehensive geophysics consultants and survey services to the mineral exploration, civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, groundwater and environmental communities on a worldwide basis. Prior to the creation of Round Rock Geophysics, Dr. Derie was the Geophysics Department Manager at Renewable Resource Consultants. He is a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Engineering and Environmental Geophysicists Society and Austin Geological Society. Dr. Derie is a member of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, with his term set to expire in February, 2021. He is an extremely well respected and experienced geoscientist with experience around the world. Dr. Derie received a bachelor of science degree in Physics and a masters of science degree in Geophysics from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia. He earned his doctor of philosophy degree in Geophysics from Loughborough University, United Kingdom.

Mr. Ellis has been practicing water law and been involved in water issues for over three decades. As a law student, he helped clerk the House Natural Resources Committee working on a variety of water legislation. After receiving his J.D. degree from the University of Texas School of Law, He worked as legislative liaison for the Texas Water Commission and later served as general counsel to the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District. The Edwards Aquifer Authority hired Mr. Ellis as their first general manager in 1997, a position he held until October 2004 when he left to start his solo law practice. In addition to representing subsidence districts and groundwater conservation districts, he serves as board secretary of the Texas Water Foundation, a nonprofit corporation that provides water conservation education throughout the State.

Partner at Locke Lord
Mr. Higdon is an experienced environmental lawyer with 28 years of experience representing private and public parties in avoiding, managing, and resolving environmental liabilities and facilitating environmental sustainability solutions through brownfields redevelopment and the development and scaling of renewable energy. Known for his pragmatism and imagination in solving environmental problems, he regularly advises members of the energy industry regarding management of issues affecting the renewables/alternative, upstream, midstream, and downstream energy sectors. Mr. Higdon has been named to Chambers USA’s America’s Leading Business Lawyers for Environmental Law every year from 2009-2019. He received his B.B.A degree from Texas Tech and received his J.D. degree with honors from The University of Texas School of Law.

Partner at Locke Lord
Mr. Pels, chair of the firm-wide Environmental Section – Energy and Industry, has been one of the leaders of the Texas environmental legal community for over 30 years. His diverse practice focuses on the areas of environmental compliance, counseling, and litigation. Mr. Pels has consistently led teams working on cutting edge matters of environmental law, including resolving the well-known Cooper v. Aviall litigation and arguing Clean Air Act issues before the fifth Circuit in litigation involving the Texas SIP. He has been consistently recognized in Chambers USA since 2004 as well as in The Best Lawyers in America for environmental law. He was also an adjunct law professor for seven years teaching both environmental law and an advanced RCRA seminar. Mr. Pels received his A.B. degree from St. Joseph’s University and J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he served as executive editor of the Vanderbilt Journal of Transactional Law.

Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM) and a certified floodplain surveyor through the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors. A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and she has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.

Mr. Siegel is a member of Barley Snyder’s Real Estate and Environment & Energy practice group. He has spent more than two decades as a litigator at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. In his time at the DEP, he litigated more than 250 appeals in state and federal courts and in front of the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board in cases involving litigation of solid waste, clean water, environmental remediation, and sewage planning. His cases resulted in tens of millions of dollars of environmental remediation and civil penalties throughout Pennsylvania. In the private sector, Mr. Siegel has worked with businesses on both environmental and energy issues. He’s helped companies in real estate transactions navigate environmental issues, worked with municipalities on stormwater and sewage issues, and has assisted companies and other entities in addressing DEP and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enforcement actions. He’s also worked with out-of-state gas pipeline owners and contractors to help them comply with Pennsylvania environmental requirements and defended them in DEP enforcement actions. Mr. Siegel is also a trained mediator. In addition to his time at the DEP, he has worked in federal government positions at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in Atlanta and with the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Washington state. Mr. Siegel is a prolific speaker at professional gatherings throughout Pennsylvania on environmental topics including Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment, Pennsylvania’s voluntary cleanup program, Chesapeake Bay and clean water issues, and municipal stormwater requirements. He also co-authored the chapter on Pennsylvania’s Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2) in Pennsylvania Environmental Law & Practice, 10th Edition. His professional environmental experience has led him to leadership positions with a multitude of nonprofit organizations both in central Pennsylvania and throughout the Mid-Atlantic. He’s also a former member of the Board of School Directors for the Lower Dauphin School District. Mr. Siegel earned his J.D. degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law.  

Mr. Whitaker combines expertise in administrative law with extensive litigation, trial and appellate experience. He is the only person to have been appointed chief counsel to both Pennsylvania resource agencies, the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. During his nearly 28 years of Commonwealth service, Mr. Whitaker litigated and argued complex cases at trial and on appeal before administrative tribunals and state and federal courts, prosecuted selected criminal matters as a special deputy attorney general, and developed expertise in the defense of Section 1983 actions and in regulatory takings. He currently focuses on appellate and original jurisdiction practice in Pennsylvania and in selected federal courts, using his extensive knowledge of government and the courts to offer sound advice, creative solutions and effective strategies. Mr. Whitaker is a past president of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and a past chair of PBA’s Administrative Law Section. He frequently serves as a planner and faculty member in CLE programs related to administrative law and appellate practice. Mr. Whitaker was law clerk to Joseph T. Doyle, president judge of the Commonwealth Court, as well as Commonwealth Court Judges Bonnie Leadbetter and Renee Cohn Jubelirer. He received his J.D. degree from the Dickinson School of Law and his B.S. degree from the Pennsylvania State University.

Partner at Quarles & Brady, LLP
Mr. Cass is a partner and leads the Washington, D.C. office’s White Collar Crime and Internal Investigations Practice. He defends corporations and individuals in connection with a variety of federal criminal allegations, including health care fraud, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, embezzlement, bank fraud, and money laundering. He also conducts proactive, internal investigations related to bribery, misbranding, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). As a decorated federal prosecutor for over a decade, Mr. Cass has significant experience with white collar investigations and has litigated federal appellate and district court cases throughout the nation. Prior to joining Quarles & Brady, Mr. Cass was a senior trial attorney with the Public Integrity Section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division where he handled public corruption investigations and prosecutions of elected, appointed, and career government officials. Mr. Cass served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Financial Fraud and Corruption Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico before working at the DOJ in Washington.

Richard M. Colombik & Associates, P.C.
Mr. Colombikis an award-winning attorney and CPA with a doctorate in Jurisprudence with distinction, who was formerly on the tax staff of one of the world’s wealthiest families. Mr. Colombik has also been a tax manager at a Big Four accounting firm, the State Bar’s liaison to the Internal Revenue Service, vice president of the American Association of Attorney-CPAs, vice chairman of the American Bar Association’s Tax Section of the General Practice Council and past chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Federal Tax Committee. Mr. Colombik is on the liaison committee to the IRS, including a stint with the Washington National office, and he is a member of the Asset Protection Committee, and the Captive Insurance subcommittee of the ABA. He was featured in an article from the National Law Journal and referred to as one of the nation’s top tax lawyers. He is also been named a Lawyer of Distinction ranking within the top 10 percent of all attorneys in Illinois. He is also a best selling author of a book on taxation called Keep It with Chauncey Hutter. He has taught approximately 100 lectures and published over 100 articles on taxation and planning.

Law Offices of James Creech
Mr. Creech is a sole practitioner with the law firm of Law Offices of James Creech and maintains offices in Chicago and San Francisco. In his practice, Mr. Creech represents individuals, businesses and corporate taxpayers before the IRS, federal and state courts, and state taxing authorities. These cases range from civil examinations and appeals, to litigation and tax collection matters. Mr. Creech holds leadership roles in a number of professional organizations. He is currently a member of the Illinois State Bar’s Federal Tax Section council, and he is an active member with the ABA’s Section of Taxation. He is the host of the ABA Section of Taxation’s People in Tax podcast.

Partner at Harrison & Held, LLP
Mr. Strouse concentrates his practice in the areas of federal tax litigation and federal tax controversies, including audits and appeals. Mr. Strouse has represented thousands of taxpayers that cut across diverse boundaries including, trusts, estates, federally recognized Indian tribes and tribal members, municipal governments, foreign taxpayers, hedge funds, high-net-worth individuals, qualified ERISA plans including leveraged and non-leveraged ESOPs, accountants, tax-exempt entities, TEFRA partnerships, individuals involved in Derivium transactions, and S and C corporations (publicly traded corporations as well as privately held). He has effectively litigated tax cases against the federal government in United States District Court, United States Court of Federal Claims, and the United States Tax Court. Mr. Strouse earned his BBA (double major- Finance and Accounting) and his J.D. degrees both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a frequent speaker on tax matters throughout the world.

Of Counsel, Levin Ginsburg
Mr. Weissman’s practice is devoted to financial and business transactions, especially the negotiation and documentation of a wide variety of financing transactions. He has also actively prosecuted civil and bankruptcy matters on behalf of financial institutions and defended lender liability lawsuits. He has a wealth of experience in the legal and business aspects of secured and unsecured lending for all types of credit facilities. During his career, he has represented most of the major banks and commercial lenders in the Chicago area. He applies his significant experience so that financing transaction deals are closed at reasonable cost and value is added for both lender and borrower. He formerly served as executive vice president and general counsel of the Bridgeview Bank Group, and was a partner at Foley & Lardner and Holland & Knight. He received his bachelor of science degree in Economics from Northwestern University, his M.B.A. degree from the Wharton Graduate Division of the University of Pennsylvania, was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sydney Faculty of Law, Sydney, Australia, and earned his J.D. degree from the Harvard Law School.

Of Counsel at Locke Lord LLP, Austin, TXMr. Gibson practices energy law, with emphasis on exploration and production activities of independent oil and gas companies and individuals. He can, if pressed, advise on leases, JOAs, exploration and drilling agreements, farmouts and almost any other kind of agreement found in oil and gas. If you want to borrow, lend or secure interests, he can help and has done special deals like production payments, NPIs, carried interests and UBTI cognizant arrangements. He even speaks some oil and gas tax. Currently he is a member of the Texas Title Standards Board (which codifies real estate and minerals title matters in Texas) and is board certified in oil, gas and mineral law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Partner at Locke Lord LLP in Los Angeles, CAMr. Harris has more than 30 years of experience representing producers, working interest owners, land and mineral owners, financial institutions and public agencies on oil and gas, energy and environmental matters. Mr. Harris has extensive experience in all aspects of energy law, including the wide range of operational problems faced by energy producers doing business in California and in other states. He also has significant experience representing oil and gas, industrial and local government clients in environmental litigation, transactional and regulatory matters. With his broad transactional experience, Mr. Harris has helped energy industry clients in the purchase and sale of oil and gas producing properties and pipelines, and he has helped with operating agreements, financing transactions, production purchase and sales agreements, and oil and gas lease negotiations, as well as agreements with governmental agencies. He provides mineral title opinions and assists clients in resolving complex title issues.

Partner in Ossentjuk & Botti, Westlake Village, CAMr. Ossentjuk focuses his law practice on oil and gas transactions, including conveyances, leasing, operations, title issues, joint ventures and operating agreements, and compliance with federal, state and local oil and gas regulations. He is one of a limited number of attorneys in California with significant experience in the litigation of oil and gas disputes, including lease termination/preservation issues, unit and joint operations disputes, royalty and title matters, and post-operation environmental clean-up and abandonment issues. He also has significant experience in the purchase, sale and development of environmentally-impacted properties, including the negotiation and litigation of environmental aspects of purchase and sale agreements, leases, joint ventures and partnerships, oil field development and abandonment agreements, environmental insurance policies, land use entitlements, and prospective purchaser agreements. Mr. Ossentjuk also regularly handles general business, real estate and environmental litigation. He has successfully litigated and tried numerous business disputes involving claims for breach of contract, trespass, nuisance, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, business interference, corporate and partnership governance issues and insurance coverage. Mr. Ossentjuk is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College (1983) and the UCLA Law School (1987).

Member of Bright and Brown, Glendale, CAMr. Quirk represents both mineral owner/lessors and mineral lessee/operators in the negotiation and performance of oil and gas leases and other agreements unique to the exploration and production phases of the oil and gas industry, and is considered one of the state’s leading practitioners in the area of oil and gas title. He was presented a “Special Award—Education” at the American Association of Professional Landmen’s 2006 convention, in recognition of his involvement in education of the land professional community. In September 2012, at the 30th Annual West Coast Landmen’sInstitute, he presented remarks and a paper entitled: A “Study” In Cooperative Subsurface Oil & Gas Development Rights. In April 2013, he presented expanded discussion and written materials on the same subject at a HalfMoon LLC continuing legal education seminar in Santa Barbara, California. In October 2014, at the 32nd Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute he joined Cecilia Rendon of Bright and Brown in presenting remarks and a paper entitled: To Protectand Inform—a Recording Grab Bag!

Ted Reiff is the founder and president of The ReUse People of America, Inc. (TRP), an environmental organization that salvages used building materials and markets them in California and Mexico. TRP is a leader in the emerging field of deconstruction, which, unlike traditional demolition, involves the careful dismantling of buildings in order to preserve their reusable components.
In the 25 plus years since its founding, TRP has deconstructed over 3,000 residential, commercial and industrial buildings ranging from single-family residences to military housing complexes and large-scale movie sets. TRP has diverted over 250,000 tons of materials from landfills throughout the state of California and another 150,000 from its activities in eleven other states: Washington, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Connecticut, Arizona and North Carolina.
TRP is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area, with additional offices serving Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and the states of Washington, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Connecticut and North Carolina. In addition, the company recently expanded to Vancouver, British Columbia.
TRP works collaboratively with contractors, architects and designers, Habitat for Humanity, specialty wood mills, consignment stores and resellers of used building materials. TRP is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council and Building Materials Reuse Association.
Early in his business career, Mr. Reiff was a retail systems consultant for an international consulting company specializing in distribution systems. Prior to founding TRP he was managing partner for an investment banking firm that provided a variety of financial services to young technology companies.
He is a forklift and OSHA construction outreach trainer and holds a life-time teaching credential from the California Community College System. He is personally responsible for the training of over 50 contractors and 500 deconstruction workers.

Mr. Guy is an associate professor of practice and director of the MS in Sustainable Design program, School of Architecture and Planning, The Catholic University of America (CUArch), Washington, DC. He is also the director of the Center for Building Stewardship, and director of the MS in Facilities Management program at CUArch. Mr. Guy’s teaching and research focus on sustainable and healthy materials and C&D waste, life cycle assessment, prefabrication and modular design, design to use reclaimed materials, design for deconstruction, and building deconstruction. In 2005, he co-founded the Building Materials Reuse Association, and he has conducted deconstruction projects throughout the US. Mr. Guy was a member and chair of the USGBC Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group for the development of LEED v4, and is currently a member of the USGBC LEED Social Equity Pilot Credit Working Group, and the AIA Materials Knowledge Working Group. He is also a US representative of the US ASTM TAG to the working group for development of the ISO 20887 Design for Adaptability and Disassembly Standard. Mr. Guy was co-editor for the book “Construction Ecology,” and co-author of a book on building deconstruction titled, “Unbuilding: Salvaging the Architectural Treasures of Unwanted Houses”. He also wrote the on-line “Design for Disassembly in the Built Environment” guide for King County, Washington. Mr. Guy has a M.S. degree in Architectural Studies from the University of Florida, and a B.Arch. degree from the University of Arizona, and he is an associate member of the AIA and a USGBC LEED AP BD+C.