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Maryland Department of the Environment, Watershed Restoration Specialist, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Section
Growing up in Annapolis Maryland along the tidal waters of Chesapeake Bay, Mr. Miles was instilled with a love of nature from an early age. He now studies the effects of nutrient pollution on waterbodies as an environmental scientist. Mr. Miles has worked as a technical lead on high profile Chesapeake Bay restoration projects, including Maryland’s recent updated Watershed Implementation Plan for the Bay. He received special recognition from Maryland Department of the Environment for his work as the developer and content editor for Maryland’s Chesapeake Cleanup Center, a website that serves as a comprehensive resource for Bay restoration information in Maryland. Mr. Miles holds an M.S. degree in Environmental Science and Management from Duquesne University with minors in Biology and Chemistry. He is interested in aquatic ecosystems, environmental modeling and using science communication to drive meaningful improvements to the natural world.

Principal at Energy Project Solutions LLC in BakersfieldMr. Finch has more than 25 years of health, safetyand environmental (HSE) experience in the oil andgas industry. He has managed hundreds of milesof onshore and offshore jurisdictional pipelines.Mr. Finch has substantial experience in pipeline written programs, compliance, training, audits, and geographic information systems. He holds a B.S. degree in Environmental Resource Management with a minor in Biology from California State University Bakersfield.

Partner at Stoel Rives, LLP in San FranciscoMr. Hilton focuses his practice on energy regulation before a variety of regulatory agencies in California, including representing oil and gas clients and pipeline utilities before the California Public Utilities Commission. Mr. Hilton represents clients on energy litigation matters in state and federal court, and in arbitration and mediation. He also represents clients in matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Partner at Stoel Rives LLP in Portland, OregonMr. Martin’s practice focuses on natural resource development with an emphasis on property issues and transactions in the oil and gas (upstream and midstream) and mining industries. He has handled transactional, development and operational issues for a variety of major natural resource development projects, including natural gas pipelines and underground gas storage facilities in Alaska, California, Illinois, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Mr. Martin earned his J.D. degree from Stanford Law School, where he served as associate managing editor of the Stanford Law and Policy Review. He received his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Gustavus Adolphus College and his M.S. degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Vermont.

Partner at Stoel Rives, LLP in SacramentoMr. Mills serves as chair of the firm’s Oil, Gas, Mining, and Pipelines Industries Team. His practice is focused on oil and gas, environmental, land use, property tax, and litigation matters. Mr. Mills has more than 17 years of experience with federal and state environmental laws and regulations, as well as with permitting and title issues associated with oil and gas development. He is a past president of both the Sacramento County Bar Association and the Sacramento Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Mr. Mills graduated from the University of California, Davis, School of Law in 1997, Order of the Coif, and received his Bachelor of Science degree from U.C. Davis in Environmental Toxicology in 1994, summa cum laude.

Mark Ellard is a senior principal engineer based in Geosyntec’s Orlando, Florida, office. He has more than 27 years of Florida experience in water resources and environmental engineering. His water resources expertise includes diverse stormwater management and water quality assessment projects, including watershed management, master planning, floodplain management, pollutant load assessment, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and Total Maximum Daily Loads regulatory compliance, environment resource permitting, hydrologic and hydraulic and groundwater flow modeling, and water quality monitoring. He has extensive experience in the application of low impact development (LID) and green infrastructure (GI) practices for urban stormwater management.

Jonathan P. Huels is a shareholder in the Orlando law firm of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. Mr. Huels has a broad background in environmental law, land use and zoning, and litigation. He focuses his legal practice on working with local governments and other regulatory authorities in order to address the needs of his clients related to environmental permitting and compliance, zoning, comprehensive plans, concurrency, administrative law, developments of regional impact, due diligence and property rights. Mr. Huels serves on the Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge and Education Center Board of Directors and is a member of the Coastal Conservation Association. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Environmental and Land Use Section of The Florida Bar, the Orange County Environmental Protection Commission, and the Central Florida Association of Environmental Professionals. Mr. Huels has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental science from the University of Florida and the University of Idaho, and he has a law degree from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

Larry G. Schmaltz, PE, GC, FLAC is Senior Vice President – Florida Environmental Services Manager with NOVA in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Schmaltz has over 30 years’ experience in engineering and construction management with the past 29 years devoted to the hazardous materials industry. During his career he has been responsible for well over $250 million of assessment, remediation and civil/environmental engineering projects for commercial, industrial and governmental clients. His experience includes project operations management, personnel management, development of site contamination assessments and remedial action plans, review of remediation plans and reports, and review of geotechnical engineering reports, indoor air quality reports and asbestos reports. Further, he consults on regulatory compliance matters.

Christine Senne is of counsel to Manson Bolves Donaldson Varn, PA, and president of Senne Law Firm, PA. She practices environmental and water resources law throughout Florida. Ms. Senne received her law degree from the Florida State University College of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Barnard College. She is a member of The Florida Bar’s Environmental and Land Use Section, the American Water Resources Association’s Florida Section, and Highlands County, Florida’s, Natural Resources Advisory Committee. She resides in Lake Placid, Florida.

Ronald L. Weaver is of counsel with Stearns Weaver Miller in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Weaver has extensive experience in advising landowners, development companies and occasionally local governments in environmental, land use and property rights law and real estate acquisition and financing. He has conducted land use, environmental, zoning, developments of regional impact (DRI), comprehensive plan, and concurrency due diligence for the acquisition and development of over $3 billion worth of Florida property in 30 different counties and 50 cities, including a $600 million due diligence of 12 properties for one acquisition/ financing. Mr. Weaver speaks regularly on land use issues and has written over 200 articles in national, local and regional publications, law journals and newsletters. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal on growth management, concurrency, property rights and takings cases. Mr. Weaver has published commentaries and articles in NAIOP’s Development magazine and the Urban Land Institute’s Urban Land magazine.

Founder & Managing Partner at For Purpose Law Group (FPLG)
Ms. Dowling is a passionate advocate for her clients, across various industries and sectors. She holds a B.S. degree, cum laude, in Business Management from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and she has been admitted to practice in California and Arizona. Using her unique background that couples a strong understanding of business with her legal skills, Ms. Dowling represents a wide variety of public charities, private foundations, and other nonprofit organizations, including museums, religious and faith-based organizations, social welfare organizations, sports-based organizations, business leagues, educational institutions and social clubs. She is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, and serves as the supervising attorney at the Nonprofit & Business Clinic at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Founder & Managing Partner at For Purpose Law Group (FPLG)
Ms. Harris has over 20 years of executive, development, and leadership experience within the nonprofit sector and within socially innovative businesses. Ms. Harris graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2000, and subsequently earned her Master of Arts degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management in 2010. Ms. Harris has been admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia. Ms. Harris founded For Purpose Law Group (FPLG) in 2012 in recognition of a largely underserved nonprofit sector. FPLG offers a full spectrum approach to both nonprofit clients and emerging social enterprise clients. Ms. Harris currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego’s School of Leadership & Education Sciences (SOLES), teaching an upper level course on nonprofit law and risk management.

Founder & Managing Partner at For Purpose Law Group (FPLG)
Ms. Dowling is a passionate advocate for her clients, across various industries and sectors. She holds a B.S. degree, cum laude, in Business Management from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and a J.D. degree, cum laude, from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, and she has been admitted to practice in California and Arizona. Using her unique background that couples a strong understanding of business with her legal skills, Ms. Dowling represents a wide variety of public charities, private foundations, and other nonprofit organizations, including museums, religious and faith-based organizations, social welfare organizations, sports-based organizations, business leagues, educational institutions and social clubs. She is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego, and serves as the supervising attorney at the Nonprofit & Business Clinic at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

Founder & Managing Partner at For Purpose Law Group (FPLG)
Ms. Harris has over 20 years of executive, development, and leadership experience within the nonprofit sector and within socially innovative businesses. Ms. Harris graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2000, and subsequently earned her Master of Arts degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management in 2010. Ms. Harris has been admitted to practice in California and the District of Columbia. Ms. Harris founded For Purpose Law Group (FPLG) in 2012 in recognition of a largely underserved nonprofit sector. FPLG offers a full spectrum approach to both nonprofit clients and emerging social enterprise clients. Ms. Harris currently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego’s School of Leadership & Education Sciences (SOLES), teaching an upper level course on nonprofit law and risk management.

In the residential sector, Bales Energy Associates (BEA) provides mini-consults for heat pumps, energy recovery ventilators and other green heating and cooling systems. Over the last 15 years, Mr. Bales has taught high-performance heating systems workshops for an eight state region in the Northeast. BEA provides investment-grade energy audits and renewable energy system studies for commercial and institutional buildings and facilities. BEA takes a whole-systems approach to each facility or home, informed by the most current building-science standards. Mr. Bales is a registered professional engineer in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Vermont, and Rhode Island. Services offered by BEA include HVAC, energy-related studies and design services, as well as training workshops for high-performance, energy-efficient mechanical, electrical, and enclosure systems for new and existing buildings.