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Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

David G. Ditto is a partner in the office of ALG Law in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mr. Ditto’s practice focuses primarily on real estate litigation relating to easements and eminent domain, including electric transmission easements, oil and gas easements, access easements, subsurface gas storage easements, fiber optics and telecommunications, roads and highways, and other linear assets and facilities. For the past 13 years, he has conducted an annual full-day seminar on easements and eminent domain. Mr. Ditto also lectures at various other seminars on easement issues. He wrote the Wyoming Handbook on Easements, Eminent Domain & Split Estates, and also wrote the Wyoming section of the American Bar Association’s 50-State Compendium on Eminent Domain. Mr. Ditto is a member of the International Right of Way Association, the American Bar Association, and the Colorado and Wyoming State Bar associations. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Wyoming and Colorado. In his spare time (ha, ha) Mr. Ditto enjoys mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding and wakeboarding with his wife and children.

David G. Ditto is a partner in the office of ALG Law in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mr. Ditto’s practice focuses primarily on real estate litigation relating to easements and eminent domain, including electric transmission easements, oil and gas easements, access easements, subsurface gas storage easements, fiber optics and telecommunications, roads and highways, and other linear assets and facilities. For the past 13 years, he has conducted an annual full-day seminar on easements and eminent domain. Mr. Ditto also lectures at various other seminars on easement issues. He wrote the Wyoming Handbook on Easements, Eminent Domain & Split Estates, and also wrote the Wyoming section of the American Bar Association’s 50-State Compendium on Eminent Domain. Mr. Ditto is a member of the International Right of Way Association, the American Bar Association, and the Colorado and Wyoming State Bar associations. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Wyoming and Colorado. In his spare time (ha, ha) Mr. Ditto enjoys mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding and wakeboarding with his wife and children.

David G. Ditto is a partner in the office of ALG Law in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mr. Ditto’s practice focuses primarily on real estate litigation relating to easements and eminent domain, including electric transmission easements, oil and gas easements, access easements, subsurface gas storage easements, fiber optics and telecommunications, roads and highways, and other linear assets and facilities. For the past 13 years, he has conducted an annual full-day seminar on easements and eminent domain. Mr. Ditto also lectures at various other seminars on easement issues. He wrote the Wyoming Handbook on Easements, Eminent Domain & Split Estates, and also wrote the Wyoming section of the American Bar Association’s 50-State Compendium on Eminent Domain. Mr. Ditto is a member of the International Right of Way Association, the American Bar Association, and the Colorado and Wyoming State Bar associations. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Wyoming and Colorado. In his spare time (ha, ha) Mr. Ditto enjoys mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding and wakeboarding with his wife and children.

David G. Ditto is a partner in the office of ALG Law in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mr. Ditto’s practice focuses primarily on real estate litigation relating to easements and eminent domain, including electric transmission easements, oil and gas easements, access easements, subsurface gas storage easements, fiber optics and telecommunications, roads and highways, and other linear assets and facilities. For the past 13 years, he has conducted an annual full-day seminar on easements and eminent domain. Mr. Ditto also lectures at various other seminars on easement issues. He wrote the Wyoming Handbook on Easements, Eminent Domain & Split Estates, and also wrote the Wyoming section of the American Bar Association’s 50-State Compendium on Eminent Domain. Mr. Ditto is a member of the International Right of Way Association, the American Bar Association, and the Colorado and Wyoming State Bar associations. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Wyoming and Colorado. In his spare time (ha, ha) Mr. Ditto enjoys mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding and wakeboarding with his wife and children.

Liberty Blain is a water scientist and Land Survey Intern for Y2 Consultants with a specialty in water rights. She has over 20 years of experience working on water resource issues in Wyoming. Ms. Blain spent over a decade with the Laramie County Conservation District monitoring water quality in local streams and engaging stakeholders in watershed planning efforts.  She spent several years in the Ground Water Division of the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office processing and maintaining water rights records throughout the state. Ms. Blain served as the primary contact for permitting questions related to groundwater supplies for the oil/gas industry as well as ranching operations.  In recent years, her focus has been on the land surveying profession to complement her water resources career. 

Christopher M. Brown is a Senior Assistant Attorney General with the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office and supervisor of its Water Section. Before joining the Attorney General’s Office in 2011, Mr. Brown was a partner in a private Wyoming law firm. Attorneys within the Water Section represent the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office, the Wyoming Board of Control, and several divisions of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Mr. Brown provides day-to-day advice and representation to the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office on all Wyoming water matters and national water issues affecting Wyoming. He provides the primary legal representation to the state on all interstate river compacts and decrees and was part of the litigation team which defended Wyoming in the United States Supreme Court original action, Montana v. Wyoming. Mr. Brown is a member of the Western States Water Council and Chair of its Legal Committee. He is also a member the Upper Colorado River Commission’s legal committee. 

Christopher T. Brown is the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program manager for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division (WDEQ/WQD). He provides oversight for permitting, inspection, compliance functions of the UIC Program, and also serves as the enforcement coordinator for the WQD Groundwater Section. Prior to coming to the WDEQ, Mr. Brown worked as an environmental consultant. He is a Wyoming licensed professional geologist.

Matthew Buelow is the Water Reclamation Division manager for the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities. He started his water career eight years ago as a wastewater operator. Since then, he has worked as a maintenance operator, lead O&M operator and now the division manager.

Bryce Dorr serves as the capital projects supervisor for the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities. He received a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Wyoming.

Dena Egenhoff is the Water Conservation and Public Relations Specialist for the City of Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities. She has over 20 years of experience in the water world and holds an M.S. degree in Watershed Science from Colorado State University.

Louis B. Harmon is senior project manager with Western Research & Development, Ltd. He has over 40 years of experience with municipal utility engineering and planning. Mr. Harmon is the past Program Manager of the Water and Wastewater Program of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division. He has worked with many concentrated animal feeding operations. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer (WY, CO,KS,NE), Professional Geologist (WY), Land Surveyor (CO, KS), and is a nationally certified Cross-Connection Control Surveyor and Tester.

J. Mark Stewart is a partner with Davis & Cannon, LLP. His practice is concentrated in water and natural resources law, primarily representing Wyoming ranchers. Mr. Stewart also practices in the areas of construction law and represents several Wyoming municipalities. He became an attorney after a 16 year career as a civil engineer, starting at a small firm followed by five years with the Wyoming Highway Department. Mr. Stewart then worked for a Wyoming environmental engineering firm where he designed and managed the construction of groundwater remediation and containment systems, soil remediation projects, and landfills.

Mr. Stump provides water rights and water resources planning and engineering expertise to public, mining, energy, and agricultural clients throughout Wyoming. Mr. Stump has led many successful teams completing diverse water infrastructure projects, meeting client needs while addressing regulatory requirements. Prior to joining HDR he served as North Platte coordinator for the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office and served with the Water Quality Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

Liberty Blain is a water scientist and Land Survey Intern for Y2 Consultants with a specialty in water rights. She has over 20 years of experience working on water resource issues in Wyoming. Ms. Blain spent over a decade with the Laramie County Conservation District monitoring water quality in local streams and engaging stakeholders in watershed planning efforts.  She spent several years in the Ground Water Division of the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office processing and maintaining water rights records throughout the state. Ms. Blain served as the primary contact for permitting questions related to groundwater supplies for the oil/gas industry as well as ranching operations.  In recent years, her focus has been on the land surveying profession to complement her water resources career. 

Christopher M. Brown is a Senior Assistant Attorney General with the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office and supervisor of its Water Section. Before joining the Attorney General’s Office in 2011, Mr. Brown was a partner in a private Wyoming law firm. Attorneys within the Water Section represent the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office, the Wyoming Board of Control, and several divisions of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. Mr. Brown provides day-to-day advice and representation to the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office on all Wyoming water matters and national water issues affecting Wyoming. He provides the primary legal representation to the state on all interstate river compacts and decrees and was part of the litigation team which defended Wyoming in the United States Supreme Court original action, Montana v. Wyoming. Mr. Brown is a member of the Western States Water Council and Chair of its Legal Committee. He is also a member the Upper Colorado River Commission’s legal committee. 

Christopher T. Brown is the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program manager for the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division (WDEQ/WQD). He provides oversight for permitting, inspection, compliance functions of the UIC Program, and also serves as the enforcement coordinator for the WQD Groundwater Section. Prior to coming to the WDEQ, Mr. Brown worked as an environmental consultant. He is a Wyoming licensed professional geologist.

Matthew Buelow is the Water Reclamation Division manager for the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities. He started his water career eight years ago as a wastewater operator. Since then, he has worked as a maintenance operator, lead O&M operator and now the division manager.

Bryce Dorr serves as the capital projects supervisor for the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities. He received a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Wyoming.

Dena Egenhoff is the Water Conservation and Public Relations Specialist for the City of Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities. She has over 20 years of experience in the water world and holds an M.S. degree in Watershed Science from Colorado State University.

Louis B. Harmon is senior project manager with Western Research & Development, Ltd. He has over 40 years of experience with municipal utility engineering and planning. Mr. Harmon is the past Program Manager of the Water and Wastewater Program of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division. He has worked with many concentrated animal feeding operations. He is licensed as a Professional Engineer (WY, CO,KS,NE), Professional Geologist (WY), Land Surveyor (CO, KS), and is a nationally certified Cross-Connection Control Surveyor and Tester.

J. Mark Stewart is a partner with Davis & Cannon, LLP. His practice is concentrated in water and natural resources law, primarily representing Wyoming ranchers. Mr. Stewart also practices in the areas of construction law and represents several Wyoming municipalities. He became an attorney after a 16 year career as a civil engineer, starting at a small firm followed by five years with the Wyoming Highway Department. Mr. Stewart then worked for a Wyoming environmental engineering firm where he designed and managed the construction of groundwater remediation and containment systems, soil remediation projects, and landfills.

Mr. Stump provides water rights and water resources planning and engineering expertise to public, mining, energy, and agricultural clients throughout Wyoming. Mr. Stump has led many successful teams completing diverse water infrastructure projects, meeting client needs while addressing regulatory requirements. Prior to joining HDR he served as North Platte coordinator for the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office and served with the Water Quality Division of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

Attorney with Dalton & Tomich, PLC
A founder of Detroit-based Dalton & Tomich, PLC, Mr. Dalton has developed a national reputation as a tenacious and strategic litigator representing clients in the areas of land use and zoning litigation. He has a special focus on religious denominational splits and property disputes, representing religious institutions throughout the country in cases related to the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), as well as local churches seeking to separate from their mainline denominations while retaining their property using denominational trust clauses. An accomplished speaker and legal writer, Mr. Dalton is the author of Litigating Religious Land Use Cases. Originally published by the American Bar Association in 2014 and updated for a second edition in 2016, the book is a guide for religious entities and the attorneys that represent them.

Attorney with Dalton & Tomich, PLC
Mr. Nucho is an attorney at Dalton & Tomich’s main Detroit office. His practice focuses on a wide range of litigation matters, as well as various business transactions and disputes. Mr. Nucho has a special interest in surface water rights and boundary lines of waterfront properties, especially because Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes. In his free time, he enjoys going to Stoney Creek Metropark in Shelby Township, Michigan, where he kayaks in and bikes around Stoney Creek Lake.

Mr. Opalewski is a partner at Dalton & Tomich. He focuses his practice on land use and zoning litigation, including riparian rights, as well as constitutional litigation. He has significant experience in all aspects of litigation and has represented individuals, religious institutions, small to mid-size businesses, large businesses, and municipalities. The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) is an area of particular interest. Additionally, Mr. Opalewski has successfully supported developers seeking approval from local planning commissions across the state of Michigan.

Alex R. Reuter Senior Counsel – Myers & Myers, PLLC
Alex R. Reuter has been litigating real estate, land use, and zoning cases across the state of Michigan for his entire career. He has successfully represented individuals and developers appearing before federal courts, state tribunals, municipalities, and agency boards. Mr. Reuter specializes in representing property owners in all facets of real estate matters, from constitutional and other federal claims to boundary disputes and enforcing easements and associated water rights (riparian rights). Mr. Reuter has helped countless landowners protect their rights under Michigan law and is an expert in both litigation and pre-suit resolution of property disputes. He has been selected as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers magazine from 2019-2020 in the area of litigation. In his spare time, he enjoys boating on Lake Michigan with his family.

Mr. Sterett has helped religious institutions and assemblies navigate land use and zoning laws for over a decade. The core of his practice is devoted to ensuring people are free to serve God and their neighbors in their communities and in the marketplace. He has helped win dozens of religious land use cases in federal courts across the country, enabling his clients to use newly-purchased buildings and land to accomplish their noble missions. In addition to litigating religious land use cases, Mr. Sterett regularly advises religious groups on civil rights matters and how best to secure zoning for religious land uses. He resides in Rockford, Illinois with his wife and five children.