Outstanding Service & Partnership

Outstanding Service

Increasing CASQA Membership (Los Angeles Region)
Mark Lombos, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
TJ Moon, Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Developing CASQA’s Public Education Campaign: Rain Ready California
Jeanette Huddleston, Sacramento County
Jenna Voss, County of Orange
Taraneh Nik-Khah, City of Los Angeles

Leading the Update to CASQA’s Construction BMP Handbook in Response to the 2022 CGP
John Heltzel, Office of Water Programs at Sacramento State
Kadi Whiteside, Southern California Edison

Construction General Permit Training Team: Modifying the Construction General Permit Training Program
Daniel Apt, Olaunu
Jeff Endicott, CASC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Russ Foster, J.F. Shea Company, Inc.
Shawnetta Grandberry, City of Carlsbad
Mark Grey, Construction Industry Coalition on Water Quality
John Heltzel, Office of Water Programs at Sacramento State
Matt Hromatka, Sierra Overhead Analytics
Sandy Mathews, Larry Walker Associates
Gerry Montgomery, SWPPQUEEN Inc.
Andrew Sidor, Michael Baker International
Melanie Sotelo, CASC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.
Kadi Whiteside, Southern California Edison

Subcommittee Leadership
Jeanette Huddleston, Sacramento County (6 years)
Patrick Kuga, Michael Baker International

Board Leadership
Richard Boon, Riverside County Flood Control & Water Conservation District (Cumulatively 12 years – two 6-year terms) 
Amanda Carr, County of Orange (6 years; 2 years as Chair)
Dalia Fadl, City of Rancho Cordova (2 years as Chair)

Outstanding Partnership

Modifying the Construction General Permit Training Program
Amy Kronson, State Water Resources Control Board
Brandon Roosenboom, State Water Resources Control Board

Cathleen Garnand
6 years of service on the Board of Directors; 5 years as Membership Committee Chair

Rebekah Guill
6 Years of impactful service as Co-Chair of the Monitoring and Science Subcommittee

Vicki Kalkirtz
Outstanding work on true source control initiatives, including presentation to the League of Cities

Dave Tamayo
6 years of service on the Board of Directors; Pesticides Subcommittee Co-Chair / Pesticides Lead

Kadi Whiteside
6 Years of impactful service as Co-Chair of the Construction Subcommittee

Karen Ashby, Richard Boon, Brian Currier
Development and implementation of the CASQA Fellowship Program

Jodie Crandell, Mehran Ebrahimi, TJ Mothersbaugh, Elliott Ripley, Wayne Rosenbaum
Development of the Water Quality Based Corrective Action Report Template for the Industrial and Commercial BMP Handbook: Development of the Water Quality Based Corrective Action Report Template for the Industrial and Commercial BMP Handbook

Alejandra Gavaldon, Hawkeye Sheene
Outstanding service in redeveloping and relaunching CASQA’s Legislation Subcommittee

Jeanette Huddleston, Jenna Voss
Leading CASQA’s public education initiative to increase awareness that stormwater is a resource

Fred Krieger
Leading CASQA’s zinc petition; Outstanding service for the development of the Water Quality NewsFlash

Mark Lombos
Service and leadership as a Director

Jian Peng
Representing CASQA in the Ceriodaphnia special studies effort

Richard Watson
Leading CASQA’s zinc petition

Tanya Bilezikjian, Sandy Mathews, Dave Mercier
Construction Subcommittee (supporting the CGP Reissuance, public testimony, and CASQA’s CGP Workshop)

Joseph Draper, Jim Rasmus
Development of a grant proposal to define the economic value of stormwater

Jeanette Huddleston, Jenna Voss
Leading CASQA’s public education initiative to increase awareness that stormwater is a resource

Melanie Sotelo, Kadi Whiteside
Leading CASQA’s efforts on the Construction General Permit Reissuance

Daniel Apt
Completing 6 years of service (max term limit) on the Board of Directors and 2 years as Chair of the Board

Lisa Austin, Sharon Gosselin
Serving as a conference co-chair in 2019, 2017, and 2015

Tanya Bilezikjian
Serving as a conference co-chair in 2018, 2016, and 2014

Brian Currier
Completing 6 years of service (max term limit) on the Board of Directors

Kristina Hysler
Transitioning the annual conference to a virtual format in 2020

Lisa Skutecki
Transitioning the annual conference to a virtual format in 2020; Serving as a conference co-chair in 2016, 2018, 2020

Dave Tamayo
Pesticides Subcommittee Co-Chair; Supporting the development of the Urban Pesticides Amendments; Briefings to MS4 programs on the Urban Pesticides Amendments

Matt Yeager
Policy & Permitting Subcommittee Co-Chair; Assisting with projects to implement CASQA’s priorities; Coordinating CASQA’s comment letters and testimony

Karen Ashby
Development of Guidance for Trash Implementation Plans; Development and implementation of the CASQA Conference Scholarship Program

Jill Bicknell
Completing six years of service (max term limit) on the Board of Directors; Second time as a Director (12 years total service to the Board); Two years as Board Chair

Richard Boon
Development and implementation of the CASQA Conference Scholarship Program

Brian Currier
Development and implementation of the CASQA Conference Scholarship Program; Launch of the CASQA Podcast

Kathleen Harrison
Update to the QISP online training content for the IGP

Jeremy Laurin
HUC-10 Guidance document; Magnesium White Paper

Matt Lentz
HUC-10 Guidance document; Magnesium White Paper; Update to the QISP online training content for the IGP

Sandy Mathews
Completing six years of service (max term limit) on the Board of Directors; Second time as a Director (12 years total service to the Board); Two years as Board Secretary

Stephanie Reyna-Hiestand
Completing six years of service (max term limit) on the Board of Directors; Two years as Board Treasurer

Armand Ruby
Stormwater Representative – Water Quality Monitoring Council – 10 years

Lisa Skutecki
Development and launch of the CASQA Podcast

Dave Tamayo
Supporting the development of the Urban Pesticides Amendments; Briefings to MS4 programs on the Urban Pesticides Amendments

Richard Watson
CASQA’s petition to DTSC for Zinc in Tires

Matt Yeager
Outstanding service as a subcommittee co-chair; Assisting with launching four new CASQA projects to implement CASQA’s priorities; Coordinating CASQA’s comment letters and testimony

Cathleen Garnand
Leadership on the Good Housekeeping video series; leadership of the Membership Committee

Cory Jones
BMP Subcommittee

Michael Yang
Efforts to complete updates to the BMP Handbooks

Rachael Keish
Leadership of the Non-Traditional Phase II workgroup and establishment of a new CASQA Subcommittee; coordination and outreach efforts to schools

Matt Lentz
Presentation to National Academies Multi-Sector General Permit Panel on CASQA’s behalf

Kim Porter
Leadership within the Phase II community and mentoring a new Subcommittee Co-Chair

Dave Tamayo
Efforts to develop comment letters and the Annual Report for the Pesticides Subcommittee

Richard Watson
Lead the development of a petition to the Department of Toxics Substances Control (DTSC) regarding impact of zinc in tires

Daniel Apt
Construction General Permit Training Program and Industrial General Permit Training Program

Karen Ashby
Effectiveness Assessment Subcommittee and State Trash Amendments Advisory Committee

Cathleen Garnand
Municipal Good Housekeeping Video Project

Anna Lantin 
BMP Subcommittee (10 years)

Jeremy Laurin, Matt Lentz
Industrial Subcommittee

Amy Porter
CASQA Events Manager & Website Manager

Kim Porter
Phase II Subcommittee

Dave Tamayo
Pesticides Subcommittee and STORMS Framework for Urban Pesticide Reduction

Daniel Apt
Industrial General Permit Training Program

Karen Ashby
Effectiveness Assessment Subcommittee and State Trash Amendments Advisory Committee

Chris Crompton
Advance conference planning

Brian Currier
Industrial General Permit Training Program

Jeff Endicott
CASQA Awards Program

Rachel Keish
Non-traditional Work Group: Phase II Subcommittee

Darcy Kuenzi
Legislative Update

Anna Lantin 
BMP Subcommittee and State Trash Amendments Advisory Committee

Dave Tamayo
Pesticides Subcommittee and STORMS Framework for Urban Pesticide Reduction

Matt Lentz, Katharine Wagner
Industrial Subcommittee

Jamison Crosby, Cathleen Garnand
Phase II Subcommittee

Scott Taylor
Policy & Permitting Subcommittee

Daniel Apt, Brian Currier
Training Subcommittee

Ashli Desai, Ewelina Mutkowska
Nutrient Objectives Stakeholder Advisory Group Representatives

Armand Ruby
Water Quality Monitoring Council Representative

Anna Lantin
BMP Subcommittee and production of the Industrial & Commercial BMP Online Handbook

Karen Ashby, Brian Currier, David Pohl, Scott Taylor, Jon Van Rhyn
Effectiveness Assessment Subcommittee and update of the Effectiveness Assessment Manual

Matt Lentz, Katharine Wagner
Industrial Subcommittee and review / engagement on Industrial General Permit

Kelly Moran, Dave Tamayo
Pesticides Subcommittee and engagement with DPR and EPA to change the regulation of pesticides to protect surface water quality

Jamison Crosby, Cathleen Garnand
Phase II Subcommittee

Daniel Apt 
Construction General Permit Training Team – Trainer of Record qualification

Matt Lentz, Katharine Wagner
Industrial Subcommittee and review / engagement on Industrial General Permit

Jamison Crosby, Kelly Moran, Dave Tamayo, Armand Ruby
Pesticides Subcommittee

Jamison Crosby, Terri Fashing, Cathleen Garnand, Rebecca Winer-Skonovd
Phase II Subcommittee and review / engagement / implementation of Small MS4 General Permit

Sharon Gosselin, Stephanie Reyna-Hiestand
Website Subcommittee