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Innovative Water Solutions, LLC, Austin
Mr. Maxwell-Gaines received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering specializing in water and wastewater from Texas A&M University in College Station. After college, he and his wife joined the U.S. Peace Corps and accepted volunteer positions in Suriname, South America. They were assigned to the remote village of Godo Olo which is located in the Amazon rainforest, deep in the interior of Suriname. They helped the village implement a water well project, provided after-school tutoring, and provided business training for the villagers. They spent 27 months serving in the Peace Corps. After returning to Austin in 2002, Mr. Maxwell-Gaines worked at a civil engineering firm that provided a breadth of project experience ranging from TMDL computer modeling projects for impaired streams in Texas, to subdivision design, to water and wastewater treatment plant design. He became a licensed engineer in 2007. In 2004, Mr. Maxwell-Gaines started Innovative Water Solutions LLC. IWS is a design/build water conservation company that focuses on the nexus of stormwater management and water conservation. The company designs and installs rainwater/stormwater collection systems, stormwater management systems including green infrastructure, and graywater reuse systems, as well as efficient irrigation systems and water conservative landscaping for residential and commercial projects. To date, IWS has installed over 8,000,000 gallons of rainwater storage capacity across the state of Texas. Mr. Maxwell-Gaines has designed water conservation systems and green infrastructure projects for numerous institutions including: Texas A&M University; The University of Texas at Austin; City of Austin; Texas Department of Transportation; Texas Parks and Wildlife; numerous Independent School Districts (Austin, Dripping Springs, Wimberley Hays CISD); Atmos Energy; CubeSmart; Denton County, Texas; City of New Braunfels; San Jacinto River Authority; and SeaWorld.

Mr. Trinkaus is an internationally-recognized expert in the field of low impact development (LID), having presented at many American Society of Civil Engineers/Environmental & Water Resource Institute (ASCE/EWRI) international conferences and many other regional conferences and workshops on LID and water quality issues. He was invited by the Water Resources Agency in Taichung, Taiwan, to present a 12-hour workshop on LID in December of 2011. Mr. Trinkaus has been an invited presenter and consultant multiple times on stormwater and LID in China and South Korea since 2013. He has designed LID retrofits in Zhenjiang, China. Mr. Trinkaus has reviewed and edited LID reports by Pusan National University and Land & Housing Institute in South Korea. Mr. Trinkaus has written LID design manuals for the towns of Tolland, Plainville, Harwinton, Morris, and East Granby, Connecticut. He has designed many types of LID treatment systems for a variety of residential and commercial applications. Mr. Trinkaus is primary author of the EWRI Filter Strip/Bioswales Task Committee. Mr. Trinkaus is a licensed professional engineer in Connecticut and Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Management in 1980 from the University of New Hampshire. Mr. Trinkaus has more than 39 years of experience in the land development field and more than 19 years of experience designing low impact development treatment systems and 10 years writing LID regulations and design manuals.

Innovative Water Solutions, LLC, Austin
Mr. Maxwell-Gaines received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering specializing in water and wastewater from Texas A&M University in College Station. After college, he and his wife joined the U.S. Peace Corps and accepted volunteer positions in Suriname, South America. They were assigned to the remote village of Godo Olo which is located in the Amazon rainforest, deep in the interior of Suriname. They helped the village implement a water well project, provided after-school tutoring, and provided business training for the villagers. They spent 27 months serving in the Peace Corps. After returning to Austin in 2002, Mr. Maxwell-Gaines worked at a civil engineering firm that provided a breadth of project experience ranging from TMDL computer modeling projects for impaired streams in Texas, to subdivision design, to water and wastewater treatment plant design. He became a licensed engineer in 2007. In 2004, Mr. Maxwell-Gaines started Innovative Water Solutions LLC. IWS is a design/build water conservation company that focuses on the nexus of stormwater management and water conservation. The company designs and installs rainwater/stormwater collection systems, stormwater management systems including green infrastructure, and graywater reuse systems, as well as efficient irrigation systems and water conservative landscaping for residential and commercial projects. To date, IWS has installed over 8,000,000 gallons of rainwater storage capacity across the state of Texas. Mr. Maxwell-Gaines has designed water conservation systems and green infrastructure projects for numerous institutions including: Texas A&M University; The University of Texas at Austin; City of Austin; Texas Department of Transportation; Texas Parks and Wildlife; numerous Independent School Districts (Austin, Dripping Springs, Wimberley Hays CISD); Atmos Energy; CubeSmart; Denton County, Texas; City of New Braunfels; San Jacinto River Authority; and SeaWorld.

Project Engineer with Natural Systems Design
Mr. D’Oro joined NSD to pursue his passion for the outdoors and for preserving our water resources and their fish and wildlife habitats. After working with the NRCS since 2013 on engineering design, site survey and construction management for agricultural conservation projects in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Mr. D’Oro joined NSD in 2015 to assist the NSD team with the design of restoration projects throughout the Northwest. He has a B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and is a registered professional engineer in Washington State. In his free time you’ll find him skiing in the north Cascades or fly-fishing the Yakima and other Washington rivers.

Owner and Project Consultant with Environmental Project Consulting LLC
Mr. Menconi has more than 30 years of experience in environmental restoration, consulting, and training. As a Washington certified erosion and sediment control lead (CESCL), he has designed and taught many courses in erosion and sediment control and other environmental topics. He has spent a lot of time on the ground advising contractors on stormwater management and serving as a third-party inspector for King County, Washington. In addition to his diverse activities in the field of construction stormwater management, he has surveyed streams and constructed in-stream habitat projects. Mr. Menconi has also supervised and directed hand crews on stream restoration, trail construction, and other environmental restoration projects.

Fanning Howey
Low impact development (LID) strategies are important tools in addressing challenging site conditions for land development projects. Having utilized these strategies over many years, Mr. Howick has found that LID strategies can be cost efficient, environmentally effective, and aesthetically pleasing. During the past 14 years Mr. Howick has provided planning, permitting and site design services in the creation of smarter spaces for learning in his role as senior landscape architect for Fanning Howey Associates, Inc. in Celina, Ohio. As a LEED-accredited professional he has provided site design leadership on nearly 50 LEED Certified projects, 20 of which are certified Gold. In addition to his current work, Mr. Howick has worked in the mitigation of transportation infrastructure impacts, and in the planning and design of urban open space.

Flatland Resources LLC
Having grown a land use planning and design consulting firm over the past 30 years, Mr. Tevis has become an expert in water resource management and the enhancement of river health across the Midwest. Based in Muncie, Indiana, his firm Flatland Resources, LLC, is the primary consultant for the longest watershed project in Indiana. His firm provides services in stream restoration, including multiple dam removal projects. His firm has developed of over 100 miles of trails and the management planning for over 700 acres of preserved woodlands, created prairies and other natural areas. His firm has integrated alternative practices to combined sewer separation projects in defiance of convention, yielding cost savings and social benefit to the rate payers. Mr. Tevis has served as adjunct faculty in the Ball State Universities Landscape Architecture Department.

Director of Engineering Services at Natural Resources Design Inc.
Mr. Sonne is a licensed professional engineer in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as a LEED and SITES accredited professional. He is director of Engineering Services at Natural Resources Design Inc., a sustainable site design firm based in DC. Mr. Sonne is a Level 2 instructor in the Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals (CBLP) program and co-teaches a sustainable landscape graduate-level design course at George Washington University. With over 33 years of design and project management experience, his philosophy is that site designs should perform their required functions while also enhancing the aesthetics and overall function of the projects they serve.

Partner with Thompson and Bowie, LLP, in PortlandMr. Donovan’s practice areas include professional liability, civil rights and municipal liability, commercial litigation, and insurance counseling services. He is admitted to practice in the State of Maine, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Donovan received a B.A, degree, cum laude, from Loyola University of Maryland and a J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Maine School of Law. He is a member of the American, Maine State, and Cumberland County bar associations, and the Tri-State Defense Lawyers Association.

Attorney with Bernstein ShurMs. Echeverria is a member of Bernstein Shur’s Construction, Energy, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and Technology Practice Groups, and her specialty is dispute resolution involving construction, energy, insurance, and banking claims. Prior to joining Bernstein Shur, Ms. Echeverria was a civil engineer at Parsons Brinckerhoff, designing and coordinating construction and demolition projects, as well as state and federal transportation and highway safety projects. In addition to being an attorney she is a licensed professional engineer, with LEED accreditation and years of experience designing and coordinating multi-million dollar projects as a civil engineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff. Her firsthand experience with the ins and outs of construction, demolition, and green-energy projects makes her an especially effective advocate in litigation matters and contract negotiations spanning those fields.

Dr. Hermansen is a professional land surveyor, professional engineer, and attorney at law. He earned his undergraduate degree and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Pennsylvania State University, his M.S. degree in Surveying and Mapping from the University of Wisconsin, and a law degree from West Virginia University. He taught law, engineering, and surveying at the University of Maine, and he actively practices in the areas of land development, real estate, construction, professional liability, mediation, arbitration, and boundary location. Dr. Hermansen is the author or co-author of several articles and law reviews on surveying, land development, easements, and boundary retracement, including several Maine State Bar Association practice series.

Executive Director of the State Board of Licensure for Professional EngineersDavid W. Jackson Jr., Esq. is the executive director of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers.  Mr. Jackson is an attorney licensed in Maine and Massachusetts and serves as the executive director of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers. Mr. Jackson received a B.A. degree in English from Brigham Young University and later returned to school and received a J.D. degree from the Massachusetts School of Law. He moved to Maine in 2005 and worked in the board office while studying for the Maine bar. Mr. Jackson served on the board as the public member from February 2008 to March 2010. In 2012, he left the Office of the District Attorney for Kennebec and Somerset Counties to become the executive director of the board.

Vice President of Professional Liability Insurance at Clark Insurance in PortlandMr. Ritter has been in the insurance industry for over 25 years. He originally was a property and casualty claims manager in Seattle, Washington. Over the past 15 years, he’s been a senior account executive at Clark Insurance in Portland, Maine, specializing in professional liability insurance for design professionals throughout Maine and New Hampshire. He is a frequent presenter on professional liability insurance at workshops throughout northern New England. Mr. Ritter is a vice president at Clark Insurance. He is also a member of ACEC, AIA, PLAN and the Portland Society of Architects. Mr. Ritter is a graduate of the University of Vermont and a board member for the Portland-based non-profit organization, Portland Educational Foundation.

Sharron Eastman is a reverse mortgage expert and owner of Big Horizon Mortgage and 207-REVERSE. She has helped Maine residents utilize reverse mortgage to complement their later life and retirement planning since 2003. Ms. Eastman has served the Maine Association of Mortgage Brokers board of directors as education and ethics chairperson, and she is a member of the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association. Her approved courses provide continuing education for realtors, financial planners, attorneys, and accountants across Maine. Ms. Eastman is an accomplished level 3 professional ski instructor, as well as an avid tennis and paddle tennis player. She can be reached at 207-REVERSE (207-738-3773) and www.207reverse.com and sse@bighorizonmortgage.com.

Kerry Peabody, CLU, CLTC is a long term care, life & disability insurance agent with Clark Insurance in Portland, Maine. Mr. Peabody has specialized in long term care insurance and alternatives for nearly 25 years. He partners with attorneys and financial planners throughout New England, helping their clients to find affordable, practical solutions for the long term care dilemma.

Martin C. Womer is an elder law attorney based in Kennebunk at Maine Center for Elder Law, a practice of Perkins Thompson, P.A. In 2007, he founded the Maine Center for Elder Law, LLC, which merged with Perkins Thompson, P.A., in September 2019. Mr. Womer received his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Colby College (1975), majoring in Chemistry, and his J.D. degree from the University of Maine School of Law (1997). He began his career as a research chemist, then later worked in real estate and land conservation, and chaired the Rockport, Maine, planning board and comprehensive plan committee. After attending law school, he worked as a senior planner at the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, and then entered private practice of law. Taking care of his mother after the death of his father exposed him to elder law, which has been his focus since 2002. Mr. Womer has served several times as the chair or co-chair of the Elder Law Section of the Maine State Bar Association, for which he has taught numerous seminars since 2003. For eight years, he taught the legal-technical portions of ElderCounsel, LLC’s, intensive three-day course for attorneys, “Elder Law Immersion and Practice Building Camp”. He is active in the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, which has published two of his articles in NAELA News. Mr. Womer has served on the faculty of regional and national elder law conferences, and he has taught seminars for attorneys and related professionals hosted by continuing education companies. He is accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Administration).

Mr. Agee is the director of Building and Code Enforcement for St. Charles County, Missouri. Previously, he worked in urban and suburban municipal governments managing building code enforcement, facilities, and information technology. Prior to his public sector positions, Mr. Agee worked in the construction industry in design and project management.

He has an undergraduate degree in Architectural and Mechanical Design and a graduate degree in Public Administration and Policy Analysis. As a Master Code Professional, Mr. Agee is one of approximately 800 people to obtain the highest level of certification from the International Code Council. He currently holds a total of 28 certifications in building, energy, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and accessibility areas.

Mr. Agee is a former president of the Missouri Association of Building Officials and Inspectors (MABOI). In addition, he founded Regimen Consulting LLC, which provides code training and technology consultation to various organizations across the country.

Mr. Agee is the director of Building and Code Enforcement for St. Charles County, Missouri. Previously, he worked in urban and suburban municipal governments managing building code enforcement, facilities, and information technology. Prior to his public sector positions, Mr. Agee worked in the construction industry in design and project management.

He has an undergraduate degree in Architectural and Mechanical Design and a graduate degree in Public Administration and Policy Analysis. As a Master Code Professional, Mr. Agee is one of approximately 800 people to obtain the highest level of certification from the International Code Council. He currently holds a total of 28 certifications in building, energy, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and accessibility areas.

Mr. Agee is a former president of the Missouri Association of Building Officials and Inspectors (MABOI). In addition, he founded Regimen Consulting LLC, which provides code training and technology consultation to various organizations across the country.