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Mr. Simpson founded Gradelta Engineering in 2020 with the intent to help clients better understand the combination of geotechnical and structural engineering that he has worked with for the past 20 years. He earned his B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. He currently provides engineering services to contractors and fellow engineers for earth structure pricing, along with the plans and calculations needed for construction. He frequently consults with clients regarding the optimal structure type and location on the construction site to minimize risk and maximize useable space. He also works in the education sector providing not just seminars such as this one, but also acting as a subject matter expert creating study guide and test prep content for the NCEES Professional Civil Engineer exam. Mr. Simpson has also worked with lawyers and insurance companies during forensic investigation and lawsuits surrounding retaining walls and slope failures. His hope is that through the instructional services that he currently provides, slopes will remain stable and retaining wall failure will be eliminated.

Mr. Simpson founded Gradelta Engineering in 2020 with the intent to help clients better understand the combination of geotechnical and structural engineering that he has worked with for the past 20 years. He earned his B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. He currently provides engineering services to contractors and fellow engineers for earth structure pricing, along with the plans and calculations needed for construction. He frequently consults with clients regarding the optimal structure type and location on the construction site to minimize risk and maximize useable space. He also works in the education sector providing not just seminars such as this one, but also acting as a subject matter expert creating study guide and test prep content for the NCEES Professional Civil Engineer exam. Mr. Simpson has also worked with lawyers and insurance companies during forensic investigation and lawsuits surrounding retaining walls and slope failures. His hope is that through the instructional services that he currently provides, slopes will remain stable and retaining wall failure will be eliminated.

Mr. Simpson founded Gradelta Engineering in 2020 with the intent to help clients better understand the combination of geotechnical and structural engineering that he has worked with for the past 20 years. He earned his B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. He currently provides engineering services to contractors and fellow engineers for earth structure pricing, along with the plans and calculations needed for construction. He frequently consults with clients regarding the optimal structure type and location on the construction site to minimize risk and maximize useable space. He also works in the education sector providing not just seminars such as this one, but also acting as a subject matter expert creating study guide and test prep content for the NCEES Professional Civil Engineer exam. Mr. Simpson has also worked with lawyers and insurance companies during forensic investigation and lawsuits surrounding retaining walls and slope failures. His hope is that through the instructional services that he currently provides, slopes will remain stable and retaining wall failure will be eliminated.

Mr. Bertulis is a nationally and internationally known leader in designing for active transportation, complete streets, and traffic engineering. He has 25 years of active transportation planning and design experience in the private, public, academic, and nonprofit sectors. He is a licensed professional engineer (PE) and professional traffic operations engineer (PTOE) and he has both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Civil Engineering.

Over the last 20 years, Mr. Bertulis has taught dozens of complete streets webinars and workshops in three languages in six countries around the world from Scotland to Mexico. He also co-taught a “Planning for Walking and Biking” class at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, for two and a half years.

Mr. Bertulis has led protected intersection designs, cycle track projects, road diet traffic analyses, complete street plans, and vision zero studies. He is a former board member for the Association for Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) and has been on the Bicycle Technical Committee (BTC) for the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD) for the last seven years. He is also on the committees to review and update Part 7 on School Areas and Part 9 on Bicycles for the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD).

Mr. Suraci is a national leader in active transportation and complete streets. His experience spans the public, private and nonprofit sectors, and includes management of high-profile projects such as the Long Island Greenway plan, and the New York Cycling Census. In addition to facilitating more than 40 complete street workshops in New York State, Mr. Suraci authored the American Public Transit Association’s National Guide to Bicycle Integration with Transit and served as the lead subject matter expert for ‘Extending Transit’s Reach’ MTA’s first ever strategic action plan for bicycles, pedestrians and micromobility. Currently he is a key team member on the development of NYSDOT’s Statewide Active Transportation Plan and is leading the bicycle and pedestrian element of NYMTC’s 2055 Long Range Transportation Plan, as well as a systemwide active transportation inventory for the State University of New York (SUNY). Outside of work, Mr. Suraci is a passionate cyclist biking as his primary mode of transportation.

Dr. Arseniou completed his Bachelor’s in Forestry and Natural Environment at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, his Master’s in Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics as a DAAD scholar at the University of Applied Sciences of Stuttgart in Germany, and he completed his PhD in Forest Measurements, Modeling and Urban Ecology at the Forestry Department at Michigan State University, USA. He is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist of Urban Forestry at the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. Dr. Arseniou’s research focuses on understanding the structure and function of urban forests using remote sensing methods (Terrestrial Laser Scanning). His extension focuses on building educational programs related to urban tree maintenance and management for professionals in urban forestry and arboriculture, while assisting municipalities and communities in Alabama to develop accurate urban forest inventories and efficient urban forest management plans.

Dr. Coleman’s research interests include 1) the equitable and just allocation of urban forest resources; 2) the tools, techniques, and planning processes behind arboricultural and urban forestry decision making; 3) effectively measuring the impacts of trees and forests in cities. Before joining UMN, she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Applied Forest Ecology Lab at the University of Connecticut, working with Dr. Robert Fahey and CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. She holds a PhD in Regional Planning from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Master of Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, a Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Science from Wilmington University, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems from Penn State University. Alongside academia, Dr. Coleman spent several years in non-profit land conservation in Massachusetts metropolitan areas, working on land protection assessments, land stewardship and restoration projects, and outreach programs.

Dr. Dietsche is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout working in the engineering and technology department. He is a dual certified welder and teaches project-based coursework utilizing high impact practices (HIPS). Coursework of which have included welding, fluid power, mechatronics, design for industry, and product development. Serving degree programs such as engineering technology, technology education, business administration, packaging, and manufacturing engineering. Prior to teaching at UW-Stout he was a Technology Education instructor at Antigo Middle and High School in Eastern Wisconsin. Dr. Dietsche earned his Bachelor of Science degree in technology education (2011), his Master of Science in Career and Technical Education (2014) and his Doctor of Education degree in Career and Technical Education Leadership (2018). 
He has been blessed with a wife and five children who he enjoys spending his time with. Dr. Dietsche’s wife and kids live on a small-scale sheep and beef farm in Western Wisconsin where He is beginning to test for genomic-enhanced breeding values in his flock. Dr. Dietsche is an avid pheasant and whitetail deer hunter. He also enjoys working in his woodshop and teaching his kids, friends, and family members how to turn finials on his grandfather’s wood lathe when time allows.

Mr. Harper is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and Past-President of the New England Chapter of ISA. He currently teaches courses and administers an applied integrated research & extension program in urban & community forestry. Mr. Harper received his Ph.D. in Forest Resources-Arboriculture from UMass and his undergraduate degree in Forest Conservation/Management from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada.

Dr. Johnson served the University for 36 years in various roles including professor in the research and development discipline of the engineering and technology department, before retiring in 2021. During the last 20 years of his career at UW-Stout, he taught laboratory-based courses in design and product development to students in the following degree programs: engineering technology, construction, technology education, packaging, and manufacturing engineering. He also served as chair of the department, directed an outreach center whose purpose was to produce prototypes for inventors outside the university, and initiated the on-campus Fab Lab. Dr. Johnson began his career at the University as an instructor of engineering graphics. Prior to his appointment at UW-Stout he was a technology education instructor at Tomahawk High School in north central Wisconsin. He earned both his bachelor of science degree in industrial education (1981) and his master of science degree in vocational education (1984) from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. His Doctor of Education degree was earned at the University of Minnesota in vocational education (1991), now referred to as career and technical education.

Recent scholarly activity includes:

• Toys for toddlers: A university, urban forestry board, and Lutheran school collaboration.
• Benches from Ash–a community and university partnership.
• Ash Tree Removal and Reuse for the City of Menomonie.
• Implementation of Additive Manufacturing into Engineering and Engineering Technology Curriculum.
• Shou Sugi Ban: methods, color, and characterization.
• Analysis and development of Green Roof Structures.

Dr. Johnson spends much of his retirement at a cabin that he has rebuilt in northwest Wisconsin and a hunting shack in western Minnesota, which is in need of constant repair. He fishes in Wisconsin and hunts pheasants in Minnesota with his yellow Labrador Knute. Dr. Johnson’s two sons and their families, both living in Fargo, ND join him for occasional hunting weekends and trips to the cabin. They have blessed him and his wife Carleen with a total of 7 grandchildren, so far.

The program leads community members, municipalities, businesses, and government in stewarding the long-lasting value of public trees and the places they create. Designed to help municipalities plant, plan, and care for their community trees, the program provides technical, educational, and financial assistance to over 175 Vermont towns, cities, non-profits, private landowners, and outdoor stewards. Mr. McCullough grew up in Montpelier, Vermont and fell in love with trees at a young age, fascinated by climbing them and by their biology. He has extensive experience with hands-on conservation work and especially tree work, and has applied those skills to create meaningful outdoor experiences for Youth at Risk throughout Vermont’s woods. Mr. McCullough focus is on innovative tree installations in densely built urban environments that will maximize benefits for the community members that need them the most.

Mr. Wrenn has been in a deep relationship with trees for as long as he can remember. As a young child he could always be found in the woods playing amongst the trees. During high school and college, Mr. Wrenn worked as a landscaper in the suburban environment just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. College took him down a different road where he studied civil engineering and worked on highway projects. His formal work with plants began in earnest after leaving his job in construction management in early 2020. Since that time Mr. Wrenn has been fully committed to working with plants, especially trees. As he explored various plant-based careers, he came across the work of Dr. Elaine Ingham and in 2021 completed the Soil Food Web School foundations courses. With an appreciation and understanding of the soil food web as a foundation, he went on to research permaculture, compost production, regenerative agriculture, plant breeding/seed saving and agroforestry. Over the past four years Mr. Wrenn has filled various roles on small-scale farms, completed compost production trainings, attended various workshops, and co-run several seed swaps. His main work over the past three years has been to establish a tree nursery and food forest on his grandparent’s farm in Cedar Grove, North Carolina, where Mr. Wrenn grows thousands of mostly native, mostly food-producing trees each year. These trees are offered bare root during the dormant season. The nursery also offers various tree seeds and cuttings and a small selection of potted plants. In 2024 Mr. Wrenn worked to establish a second nursery site in Bassett, Virginia, where he now lives. He uses the old nursery and food forest site in North Carolina to explore various low-input techniques for establishing trees and shrubs.

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Professor Rahmeyer was on the faculty at USU for 31 years and spent 10 years as research faculty at Colorado State University. Professor Rahmeyer is the past Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USU as well as the senior professor of the Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics program of the Utah Water Research Laboratory. He also served at USU as the director of the Hydro Composite Modeling Program, the division head of Water Engineering, the interim division head of both the Structures Division and the Transportation Division, and as the Undergraduate Curriculum division head. Professor Rahmeyer is currently working part time as a senior associate for Ayres and associates in Fort Collins Colorado, where his primary role is to conduct national workshops in hydraulics, culvert flow, and urban drainage for the National Hydraulic Institute of FWHA. He is a fellow and lifetime member in the American Society of Civil Engineers. Professor Rahmeyer has been a member of several professional societies, and serve on committees for the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the International Association of Hydraulic Research (IAHR), the Association of State Dam Safety Officers (ASDSO), the Instrument Society of America (ISA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the International Erosion Control Association (IECA), and the American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Association (ASHRAE). He has regularly attended and presented at the annual conferences of ASDSO, ASEE, ASCE, IAHR, ASCE National Department Heads, and the Transportation Research Board (TRB). In the past, he has been a member of the United States Committee on Large Dams (USCOLD) and the International Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD). Over the last several years, Professor Rahmeyer has created and presented a workshop on open channel flow for HalfMoon Education and finished serving on the Bluestone Dam UASCE IEPA and on several 100% DDR review panels for the USACE. He has been on the board of directors for the Utah Floodplain and Storm Water Management Association since 1986. Professor Rahmeyer was a member the 2008 Bettelle “Final Independent Peer Review Report for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Vegetation Policy for Local Flood Damage Reduction Systems” which reviewed many of the guidelines and policies for management of levees, floodwalls, embankment dams, and appurtenant structures. Some of his recent awards include the AHRAE Technical/Symposium Paper Award, the ASHRAE Crosby Field Award for Research, and the South Pacific Division Regional Project Delivery Team Award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has received the Idaho Transportation Department 2012 Excellence in Transportation Award and the 2011 ACEC of Idaho Engineering Excellence Grand Award for the I-84 New York Canal Modeling and Modification. Professor Rahmeyer further received an honorable mention at the 2012 National AECE award ceremonies for his work with the I-84 New York Canal.

Mr. Nuño is a 2008 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a specialty in structural and environmental engineering, he has established himself as a leader in the field of drainage and erosion and sediment control. In his 18-year career, Mr. Nuño has excelled in the design of land development projects including grading, utility design, stormwater management, and erosion control. Through his experiences as a consulting engineer, he has prepared civil construction plans for such clients as Marriott International, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Lennar Homes, Oakwood Homes, and Kiewit Infrastructure West. In the field, Mr. Nuño has provided stormwater inspection services for SDG&E, Caesars Entertainment Group, and public agencies such as the City of Carlsbad, California, and the Town of Elizabeth, CO. He has managed civil projects in 19 different states and prides himself on working with developers, architects, and contractors to bridge the gap between regulatory compliance and constructability in the field. Mr. Nuño is a registered professional engineer in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and California; a Certified Floodplain Manager; a certified professional in erosion and sediment control, a Colorado LEED accredited professional, and a qualified SWPPP developer/practitioner. He is an active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Urban Land Institute, and the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers. 

Mr. Nuño is a 2008 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a specialty in structural and environmental engineering, he has established himself as a leader in the field of drainage and erosion and sediment control. In his 18-year career, Mr. Nuño has excelled in the design of land development projects including grading, utility design, stormwater management, and erosion control. Through his experiences as a consulting engineer, he has prepared civil construction plans for such clients as Marriott International, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Lennar Homes, Oakwood Homes, and Kiewit Infrastructure West. In the field, Mr. Nuño has provided stormwater inspection services for SDG&E, Caesars Entertainment Group, and public agencies such as the City of Carlsbad, California, and the Town of Elizabeth, CO. He has managed civil projects in 19 different states and prides himself on working with developers, architects, and contractors to bridge the gap between regulatory compliance and constructability in the field. Mr. Nuño is a registered professional engineer in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and California; a Certified Floodplain Manager; a certified professional in erosion and sediment control, a Colorado LEED accredited professional, and a qualified SWPPP developer/practitioner. He is an active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Urban Land Institute, and the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers. 

Mr. Nuño is a 2008 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a specialty in structural and environmental engineering, he has established himself as a leader in the field of drainage and erosion and sediment control. In his 18-year career, Mr. Nuño has excelled in the design of land development projects including grading, utility design, stormwater management, and erosion control. Through his experiences as a consulting engineer, he has prepared civil construction plans for such clients as Marriott International, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Lennar Homes, Oakwood Homes, and Kiewit Infrastructure West. In the field, Mr. Nuño has provided stormwater inspection services for SDG&E, Caesars Entertainment Group, and public agencies such as the City of Carlsbad, California, and the Town of Elizabeth, CO. He has managed civil projects in 19 different states and prides himself on working with developers, architects, and contractors to bridge the gap between regulatory compliance and constructability in the field. Mr. Nuño is a registered professional engineer in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and California; a Certified Floodplain Manager; a certified professional in erosion and sediment control, a Colorado LEED accredited professional, and a qualified SWPPP developer/practitioner. He is an active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Urban Land Institute, and the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers. 

Mr. Nuño is a 2008 graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a specialty in structural and environmental engineering, he has established himself as a leader in the field of drainage and erosion and sediment control. In his 18-year career, Mr. Nuño has excelled in the design of land development projects including grading, utility design, stormwater management, and erosion control. Through his experiences as a consulting engineer, he has prepared civil construction plans for such clients as Marriott International, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Lennar Homes, Oakwood Homes, and Kiewit Infrastructure West. In the field, Mr. Nuño has provided stormwater inspection services for SDG&E, Caesars Entertainment Group, and public agencies such as the City of Carlsbad, California, and the Town of Elizabeth, CO. He has managed civil projects in 19 different states and prides himself on working with developers, architects, and contractors to bridge the gap between regulatory compliance and constructability in the field. Mr. Nuño is a registered professional engineer in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and California; a Certified Floodplain Manager; a certified professional in erosion and sediment control, a Colorado LEED accredited professional, and a qualified SWPPP developer/practitioner. He is an active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Urban Land Institute, and the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers. 

Professional Engineer at SynTerra Corp
Mr. Dent, PE has almost 20 years of engineering experience in both the public and private sectors. His experience includes almost 20 years of project management for a wide variety of projects consisting of stormwater, green infrastructure and low impact development, sanitary sewers, land development, infill and redevelopment, utility relocations, grading, transportation, and grant administration. Mr. Dent currently works for SynTerra Corporation, and he has also worked for other private firms. He has also worked on in the public sector for the city of Lexington, Kentucky, in the stormwater section.

Landscape Architect at Earthcylce Design
Ms. O’Meara, RLA, LEED AP, ASLA, has extensive project experience in a variety of sectors, including general master planning, strategic planning, parks and recreational design for municipal and state government entities, K-12 and post-secondary educational institution and hospital master planning and site design, nature-based learning and play environments and sustainable stormwater management. She brought the concept of sustainable building and site design through LEED accreditation early on to her firm. As a teacher and mentor, she has sought to give clients and upcoming designers a knowledge base and affinity for designing in a manner responsive to natural systems. Ms. O’Meara has a deep understanding that conservation of green space is a requirement for stormwater management, and that is made possible through sustainable planning for livability within our population centers. She has written educational and informative articles and guides about the processes of land protection, and has researched and put into practice those BMPs and conservation tools which benefit sustainability and resiliency.

Mr. Southall, RLA, LEED AP BD+C, ASLA, AICP, is a principal with Earthcycle Design, LLC, a landscape architecture, urban planning and community resilience design firm, based in Lexington, KY.  He is a Professional Landscape Architect in Kentucky and Ohio, a LEED Accredited Professional BD+C with the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and a Certified Planner with the American Planning Association.  Mr. Southall has over 25 years of professional experience in planning, design and project management. He has applied his sustainability design experience on a multitude of projects ranging in magnitude and complexity including: urban and site design for institute and community facilities with an emphasis on education and public outreach pertaining to Green Infrastructure (GI), Low Impact Development (LID) and Sustainable Sites.  Mr. Southall has presented on an assortment of sustainable practices and topics at statewide, regional and national conferences. In 2008, he shared the State of Kentucky Governor’s Award for Environmental Leadership. In 2009, he received an Environmental Commission Award from Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government for his environmental outreach and sustainable design efforts in Lexington. Mr. Southall graduated from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture. Currently, he serves as one of twelve Sustainable Champion for American Planning Association (APA), serves on the steering committee of Empower Lexington (a climate action plan to reduce CO2), and as Treasurer for LFUCG’s Environmental Commission. In March 2017, Mr. Southall completed a three-day Climate Reality Leadership Corps training to become a Climate Reality Leader and served as Mentor in October, 2017. He is a past Chapter President and Trustee of Kentucky ASLA, past Board of Director member for Southeast Stormwater Association (SeSWA), and Market Leadership Advisory Board (MLAB) for USGBC Kentucky. Mr. Southall is a member of American Society of Landscape Architects and American Planning Association.   

Wade Burcham graduated from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. His 21 years of experience has been focused on natural stream stabilization, water resources engineering, stormwater management, municipal engineering and contract administration. This experience has facilitated a balanced viewpoint from perspectives obtained as a civil engineer, a municipal consultant and a developer’s representative. He enjoys learning sustainable and innovative design practices and applying those techniques in developing countries through his volunteer work with Engineering Ministries International and other faith-based mission efforts. 

Mr. King founded the consulting practice TrafficCalmer in 1998, after he was the first Director of Traffic Calming at the New York City Department of Transportation. The first contract was as a visiting scholar at the Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development in Dortmund, Germany. It is here that Mr. King solidified his desire to repurpose cities away from cars. Following long associations with Nelson\Nygaard and Buro Happold, he re-opened TrafficCalmer in 2018 to provide unfettered advice and expertise. The mission is to work with progressive cities, campuses, and NGOs to advance a green mobility ethos. Climate change is real and our mobility habits are partially responsible. The city of tomorrow must be re-envisioned for those living and prospering in it, not for those driving through it.

Mr. King’s portfolio includes complete streets, design guides, mobility networks, tactical urbanism, transit stations, urban design, vision zero, accessibility (ADA) and workshops. He has organized 48 Real Intersection Design workshops since 2000. He has worked in 20 states and 24 countries on five continents.

Highlights include:
• 1st national street design guide, NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
• 1st Director of Traffic Calming at NYC DOT
• 1st Safe Routes to School program in USA – Bronx NY
• 2nd shared street in nation – Santa Monica CA
• Highest volume road diet in USA – St Louis MO
• Largest bus rapid transit system in Asia – Guangzhou (China)
• Progressive street design guides for Abu Dhabi, Chicago, and suburban Toronto
• 2008 US DOT Safe Routes to School Task Force
• 2013 Professional of the Year, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
• Certified NACTO trainer
• TOD Standard advisory panel

Mr. King is based in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA (half way between New York City and Montreal) with an outpost in Fort Worth, Texas. He is an architect, registered in New York.

Mr. King founded the consulting practice TrafficCalmer in 1998, after he was the first Director of Traffic Calming at the New York City Department of Transportation. The first contract was as a visiting scholar at the Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development in Dortmund, Germany. It is here that Mr. King solidified his desire to repurpose cities away from cars. Following long associations with Nelson\Nygaard and Buro Happold, he re-opened TrafficCalmer in 2018 to provide unfettered advice and expertise. The mission is to work with progressive cities, campuses, and NGOs to advance a green mobility ethos. Climate change is real and our mobility habits are partially responsible. The city of tomorrow must be re-envisioned for those living and prospering in it, not for those driving through it.

Mr. King’s portfolio includes complete streets, design guides, mobility networks, tactical urbanism, transit stations, urban design, vision zero, accessibility (ADA) and workshops. He has organized 48 Real Intersection Design workshops since 2000. He has worked in 20 states and 24 countries on five continents.

Highlights include:
• 1st national street design guide, NACTO Urban Street Design Guide
• 1st Director of Traffic Calming at NYC DOT
• 1st Safe Routes to School program in USA – Bronx NY
• 2nd shared street in nation – Santa Monica CA
• Highest volume road diet in USA – St Louis MO
• Largest bus rapid transit system in Asia – Guangzhou (China)
• Progressive street design guides for Abu Dhabi, Chicago, and suburban Toronto
• 2008 US DOT Safe Routes to School Task Force
• 2013 Professional of the Year, Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals
• Certified NACTO trainer
• TOD Standard advisory panel

Mr. King is based in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA (half way between New York City and Montreal) with an outpost in Fort Worth, Texas. He is an architect, registered in New York.

Mr. Anderson is the Director of Research & Arborologists for Rainbow Ecoscience where he provides direction for Rainbow’s Regional Technical Arboricultural/Horticultural Advisors and Research Scientists. He has a B.S. in Forest Science from Penn State University, is an ISA Board-Certified Master Arborist and Municipal Specialist, ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified, an ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist, ASCA Tree and Plant Appraisal Qualified, and a North Carolina Licensed Landscape Contractor. In addition, Rainbow Ecoscience served as the associate voting member of the ASC A300 Committee and is current Immediate Past-President of the American Society of Consulting Arborists.

Mr. McDonnell is the Assistant Manager of SavATree Consulting Group. He supports the nationwide team of Consulting Arborists while consulting on projects around DC Metro and beyond. Prior to SavATree, Mr. McDonnell was an Urban Forester at NYC Parks where he managed city contracts, performed thousands of tree risk assessments, and served as Staten Island Forestry’s expert witness in tree related claims. He is an ASCA Registered Consulting Arborist, ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, and holds the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) and ASCA Tree and Plant Appraisal Qualification (TPAQ). Mr. McDonnell serves on ISA’s Appeals Committee and Certification Test Committee, ASCA’s Membership Committee, and is SavATree’s Voting Representative of the ANSI ASC A300 Committee. He earned a Master of Natural Resources and Graduate Certificate in Leadership for Global Sustainability from Virginia Tech and his Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee.

In the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, Mr. Shaw grew up in the sleepy little Appalachian town of Bristol, Tennessee, a small city that rests on the boundary between the two states of Tennessee and Virginia. Upon graduation from Bristol Tennessee High School, he enlisted in the United States Navy where he served as ships baker aboard the USS Shark (a fast attack submarine) for four years. When his enlistment came to an end, he took a job selling lawn care service to residential owners in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and later, moved to Knoxville, Tennessee where he worked as general manager of a landscape contracting company while attending the University of Tennessee for Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design. Eventually, Mr. Shaw took over as president of a wholesale tree care supply business and built the company from $70,000 in sales to over $1.2 million in just seven years. During that time, he married his wife Kristin and they had two children together. With encouragement from Kristin he also developed an interest in arboricultural consulting, and on May 11th, 1999, he became the first American Society of Consulting Arborist (ASCA) member in Middle Tennessee. From 1998 to 2003, he also served on the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council. Mr. Shaw has since consulted with private landowners, insurance companies, attorneys, tree companies, cooperative extension service agents, country clubs, state urban forestry organizations, universities, and colleges. He has worked on some of the most challenging, difficult, and highest profile cases across the United States. Mr. Shaw is a registered consulting arborist, a board-certified master arborist and one of only a handful of arborists worldwide who consult full-time. He is a UAS pilot, a real estate appraiser and he brings a broad range of skills from a variety of scientific and professional disciplines. An autodidact, Mr. Shaw brings a unique perspective and a talent for learning to any project. He has developed authoritative expertise to create a greater understanding in tree related matters.

Professor Rahmeyer was on the faculty at USU for 31 years and spent 10 years as research faculty at Colorado State University. Professor Rahmeyer is the past Department Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering at USU as well as the senior professor of the Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics program of the Utah Water Research Laboratory. He also served at USU as the director of the Hydro Composite Modeling Program, the division head of Water Engineering, the interim division head of both the Structures Division and the Transportation Division, and as the Undergraduate Curriculum division head. Professor Rahmeyer is currently working part time as a senior associate for Ayres and associates in Fort Collins Colorado, where his primary role is to conduct national workshops in hydraulics, culvert flow, and urban drainage for the National Hydraulic Institute of FWHA. He is a fellow and lifetime member in the American Society of Civil Engineers. Professor Rahmeyer has been a member of several professional societies, and serve on committees for the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the International Association of Hydraulic Research (IAHR), the Association of State Dam Safety Officers (ASDSO), the Instrument Society of America (ISA), the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the International Erosion Control Association (IECA), and the American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Association (ASHRAE). He has regularly attended and presented at the annual conferences of ASDSO, ASEE, ASCE, IAHR, ASCE National Department Heads, and the Transportation Research Board (TRB). In the past, he has been a member of the United States Committee on Large Dams (USCOLD) and the International Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD). Over the last several years, Professor Rahmeyer has created and presented a workshop on open channel flow for HalfMoon Education and finished serving on the Bluestone Dam UASCE IEPA and on several 100% DDR review panels for the USACE. He has been on the board of directors for the Utah Floodplain and Storm Water Management Association since 1986. Professor Rahmeyer was a member the 2008 Bettelle “Final Independent Peer Review Report for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Vegetation Policy for Local Flood Damage Reduction Systems” which reviewed many of the guidelines and policies for management of levees, floodwalls, embankment dams, and appurtenant structures. Some of his recent awards include the AHRAE Technical/Symposium Paper Award, the ASHRAE Crosby Field Award for Research, and the South Pacific Division Regional Project Delivery Team Award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He has received the Idaho Transportation Department 2012 Excellence in Transportation Award and the 2011 ACEC of Idaho Engineering Excellence Grand Award for the I-84 New York Canal Modeling and Modification. Professor Rahmeyer further received an honorable mention at the 2012 National AECE award ceremonies for his work with the I-84 New York Canal.

Mr. Foster is an experienced professional with a track record of measurable impact in certified organic and sustainable food & agricultural projects, business, and initiatives. His 30 years in corporate, small- scale, and non-profit enterprise environments has earned him national recognition in organic certification & policy, as well as business strategy, growth management, and strategic planning, all focused developing and growing the organic sector.

John’s educational background in diverse fields such as Environmental Studies, Literature, Ecological Horticulture, and Leadership Development. John spent over a decade a technical reviewer and organic inspector throughout North America, specializing in complex, global supply chains and food processing environments. For over ten years, he managed organic compliance at Earthbound Farm and then under White Wave Foods and Danone NA ownership of the Earthbound Farm BU, he served as Director of Supply Chain Strategy, being responsible for compliance with all customer and regulatory mandates for all field, co-manufacturer, and processing operations. John has consulted for over a decade in all aspects of the organic sector including certification management, business development, compliance, strategy, and change management.

John has served on many industry boards and committees providing guidance and leadership for the organic community, for example, the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) – Handler Representative 2010-2015, California Organic Products Advisory Committee (COPAC) 2007-2013, and the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) Board of Directors 2000-2006. John currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA).

John is experienced in the development, implementation, and monitoring of National Organic Program standards for crop production, livestock, processing, wholesale, distribution, and retail operations. For the last two years, John and Wolf & Associates has focused on solving compliance problems and challenges for their clients related to new regulations under the Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) initiative, speaking widely on the subject to numerous private and public sector audiences in the U.S. and abroad.

Mr. Foster, Chief Operating Officer, is passionate about all things organic. His experiences over 30 years in the organic sector are as diverse as the organic industry itself—farming in Oregon, serving on the National Organic Standards Board, organic inspection and certification management, organic business development, supply chain strategy, and change management, among others. John works across all areas of the agency and especially relishes working with innovative ideas and long-term strategic initiatives, bringing positive change through enterprising, impactful, and creative problem solving. A current focus area is expanding W&A’s advisory capacity to best serve all facets of the organic community, addressing near-term demands as well as long-term aspirations.

Ms. Phillips, Director of Business Development and Technical Affairs at Strengthening Organic Systems, LLC. Ms. Phillips brings a fusion of agricultural heritage, regulatory expertise, and organic certification expertise. With roots in a third-generation farm, education in animal science, and a lifetime of hands-on involvement in animal production, she approaches food production with a combination of traditional insight and an eye toward ecological health. Currently living on a small farm and continuing in the family beef production business, her practical experience enriches her professional endeavors. As a seasoned organic certification expert, Johanna champions equitable enforcement of regulations to support farmers and safeguard industry integrity. Her role in critical interagency fraud investigations underscores her commitment to strong organic standards. As a previous leader in the Idaho State Department of Agriculture and global sustainable certification leader Ecocert, formerly an OTA Board Member, she blends regulatory knowledge with industry foresight, offering valuable insights to professionals navigating organic agriculture laws.

Ms. Wyard has worked in organic certification and policy for over 28 years. Prior to SOS, she served for more than a dozen years as the vice president of Regulatory and Technical Affairs for the Organic Trade Association (OTA) where she worked on the development of policy strategy through regulatory engagement in the interest of OTA’s mission and its members. While at the trade association, Wyard was the lead developer and author of the association’s Organic Fraud Prevention Guide, now the industry standard reference for excellence in achieving integrity across complex organic global supply chains. In her early career, Wyard was an organic farmer, an organic inspector, and served as Oregon Tilth’s Technical Specialist in organic policy and technical review of materials for use in organic products. She holds an advanced degree in Fermentation Science, served on the OMRI Board of Directors for 12 years and was the North American representative on the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) Advisory Board. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO).

Dr. Balci is accomplished in successfully developing and delivering large climate resiliency and sustainability projects. At the South Florida Water Management District, she managed Federal and State Policy and Permitting Division to achieve goals of Everglades Restoration. At NYC DEP, she led the nations’ largest green infrastructure and innovative cloudburst management program with a budget to reduce combined sewer overflows and improve water quality in New York Harbor while providing flood mitigation benefits and resiliency in environmental justice communities. Notably, she led the Tibbets Brooks Daylighting and Greenway project in the Bronx and developed NYC’s first wastewater resiliency plan. In addition, Dr. Balci worked as the NYC interagency lead to manage NYC’s Stormwater Management Program Plan under the Phase 1 MS4 permit covering 14 city agencies and led the permit negotiations with the State and EPA. Currently, Currently, she is senior vice president at WSP USA working on multiple mid to large-scale drainage and resiliency projects. She is a doctoral faculty member at CUNY Graduate School and teaches classes on climate resiliency and integrated water systems management.

Dr. Ahintha Kandamby is a professional engineer and a vice president at WSP in New York practicing in Water Resources Engineering and Hydraulic and Hydrology (H&H) Modeling. He has a master’s degree in Deep Water Oil Spill Modeling and a doctoral degree in Numerical Modeling of riverine ice formation and consequent 2D Flood Modeling from Clarkson University, NY. He is technical director at WSP and a subject matter expert in surface water, dam safety and dam designs, coastal modeling, green infrastructure and underground storm sewer hydrodynamics modeling. He also leads the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling practice for WSP northeast, working on large dams, bridges and sewer design projects. Dr. Kandamby has been in the industry working as an engineering consultant for more than 15 years.