2023 Winter Conference Attendees
2023 Winter Conference – Attendees
| Name | Job Title | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Arnold | Wetland Engineer, CPESC | Goddard Consulting LLC |
| Theint Thandar Bol | student | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Meredith Borenstein | Project Environmental Scientist | SWCA Environmental Consultants |
| Renee Bouldin | Chapter and Community Builder | Soil and Water Conservation Society |
| Cameron Covill | Natural Resources Specialist | North Central Conservation District |
| Padmini Das | Chief, Nonpoint Source Management Section | MassDEP |
| Wilca Decimus | Undergraduate student | UMass Amherst |
| John Dudula | Soil conservationist | NRCS |
| Jack Eaton | Technical Sales Rep | Filtrexx Northeast Systems |
| Alexandra Echandi | Endangered Species Review Biologist | Division of Fisheries and Wildlife |
| John Edwards | forester | John Edwards |
| Nancy Ferlow | State Resource Conservationist | USDA-NRCS |
| Gina Fuller | District Manager | Southern Rhode Island Conservation District |
| Courtney Gilligan | Natural Resource Technician | Southwest Conservation District |
| Andrew Gorman | Environmental Consultant | Beals and Thomas, Inc. |
| Carolyn Gorss | Project Manager | BSC Group |
| Matthew Gustafson | Registered Soil Scientist & Forester | All-Points Technology Corporation |
| Patrick Hegge | Transportation Planner 1 | CT Department of Transportation |
| Brent Helm | Stormwater Consultant | Oldcastle Infrastructure |
| Alison Holmes | Project Environmental Scientist | SWCA Environmental Consultants |
| Chuck Horbert | Deputy Administrator | RI DEM Office of Water Resources |
| Melissa Kaplan | Senior Project Manager | BSC Group |
| Paul Knapik | Energy Market Lead | BSC Group |
| Jesse Laford | Project Manager | SWCA Environmental Consultants |
| Doug McCluskey | Western Erosion Control & Stormwater Specialist | EJ Prescott |
| Lisa McIntosh | Senior Technical Manager | Woodard & Curran |
| Rocco Micelotta | Outside Marketing Representative | EJ Prescott |
| Alison Milliman | Sr. Project Manager | BSC Group |
| Nargis Mirzaie | graduate student | umass amherst |
| Timothy Nsubuga | Graduate Research Assistant | UMass Amherst |
| Christine Odiaga | Assistant Project Manager | Friends of Herring River, Wellfleet/Truro MA |
| Hazel Ortiz | Graduate Student | UMass Amherst |
| Virginia Patsun | Soil conservation specialist | North Central Conservation District |
| Emily Perko | Registered Soil Scientist | All-Points Technology Corporation |
| Jeffrey Peterson | Senior Soil and Wetland Scientist | VHB |
| Timothy Randhir | Professor | University of Massachusetts |
| Steven Riberdy | Lead Biologist / Senior Manager | Goddard Consulting |
| David Sadowski | Principal | D. J. & Associates |
| Rassima Salimbayeva | Visiting scholar | Environmental Conservation department UMass |
| Corey Schutzman | Lead Environmental Scientist | National Grid |
| Joanna Shapiro | Executive Director | North Central Conservation District |
| Peter Shaw | New England Area Sales Manager | ACO, Inc. |
| Moussa Siri | Graduate Student | University of Massachusetts |
| Kevin Thatcher | Senior Engineer | CHA, Inc. |
| Andrew Thibault | Environmental Scientist | Goddard Consulting LLC |
| Paige Vichiola | Watershed Manager | Farmington River Watershed Association |
| Rebecca Weissman | Client Services Director – Northeast | SWCA Environmental |
| Jeremy Willcox | Transportation Planner 2 | CT Department of Transportation |
| Sam Wojichowski | Solutions Engineer | Oldcastle Infrastructure |
| Alexander Wojtkowiak | Soil Scientist | William Kenny Associates LLC |
| David Wong | Environmental Analyst | MassDEP |
| Baoshan Xing | Professor and Director | University of Massachusetts Amherst |

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