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Diane Alwine, Director-Environmental
& Safety Compliance
The Hershey Company
One Industry's Efforts to Ensure Effective Water Resource
Management
Ms. Alwine has been with The Hershey Company for almost 28 years.
During the early part of her career, she spent considerable time
managing the water service program for the main Hershey plant which
included groundwater, surface water, drinking water and wastewater.
She has a B.S. in Environmental Biology and an M.S. in
Environmental Engineering, and today, oversees environmental
management for the entire corporation which includes 18
manufacturing plants in North and South America.
Robert
J. Barkanic, Director-Environmental
Management
PPL Services
Corporation
Delaware River Fly
Ash Recovery Project
Robert
J. Barkanic is the Director of the Environmental Management
Department for PPL Services Corporation.
In that capacity he provides vision for the company’s
environmental activities, communicates with regulatory
agencies and other environmental stakeholders, and provides
expert environmental support to the company’s business
lines. Prior to
joining PPL Corporation, Mr. Barkanic was the Deputy Secretary
for the Office of Air, Recycling and Radiation Protection for
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and
the Deputy Secretary for the Office of Pollution Prevention
and Compliance Assistance.
Mr. Barkanic is a registered professional civil
engineer with a Master’s Degree in Engineering Science.
Samuel
W. Berkheiser, P.G., Assistant
Bureau Director
PA
Department of Natural Resources
PA
Geological Survey
Managing
Water as a Sustainable Resource, a DCNR Legacy
Since
1992, as both a Division Chief and later as Assistant
Director, Sam has managed groundwater partnerships with other
government agencies such as the USGS.
Gregory
J. Cavallo, Geologist
Delaware
River Basin Commission
Emerging
Contaminants in the Delaware River Basin
Gregory
J. Cavallo is a geologist for the Delaware Basin Commission
and serves within the Modeling and Monitoring Branch.
Mr. Cavallo is responsible for managing data submission
in support of the PCB TMDL for the Delaware Estuary.
He is a member of the Data Quality subcommittee to the
DRBC’s Toxic Advisory Committee.
Joel
Caves, Ph.D., PE, Sr.
Project Manager
A
Water Resource Approach: Estimating
Water Availability and Demand in North Carolina
Joel
Caves has over 30 years experience in water resource
engineering including project management, hydrology and
hydraulics for a wide variety of projects worldwide.
James
P. Cinelli, P.E., President
Liberty Environmental,
Inc.
Remediation
of MTBE in Groundwater Using a Trickling Filter
Mr.
Cinelli is the President of Liberty Environmental, Inc.,
Reading, Pennsylvania. He
has 16 years of experience in the environmental consulting
field, with emphasis in the areas of site assessment and
remediation, storage tank management, and spill prevention
planning. He has
successfully applied numerous remedial technologies for the
treatment of metals and organic compounds in groundwater and
wastewater, including in-situ and ex-situ bioremediation
applications. Mr.
Cinelli is a licensed professional engineer in five states.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil
Engineering from Lehigh University, a Master of Engineering
degree in Environmental Engineering from Penn State
University, and a Master of Business Administration degree
from St. Joseph’s University.
Andrew
Dehoff, P.E., Director
of Planning and Operations
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Management Plan for the Conowingo Pond
Mr. Dehoff spent ten years as a water resources engineer at
SRBC before becoming the Director of Planning and Operations
for the Commission. In that time, he developed several
computer models for the purpose of simulating and evaluating
water management projects throughout the basin.
Most of SRBS'c efforts involve an investigation of adequate
availability of water for all intended uses, including
habitat; and typically are focused on operations during times
of drought.
Thomas
D. Gillespie,
Principal
A
Water Budget Based Management Plan for Consumptive Use in a
Headwater Drainage Basin
Thomas
Gillespie is a Professional Geologist who has nearly 25 years
experience in water resource management, planning and
industrial/hazardous site groundwater remediation.
He is a structural geologist with expertise in
groundwater in bedrock aquifers and karst terrains.
Mr. Gillespie is a member of the PA State Registration
Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists.
Thomas
D. Gillespie, Principal
Storm
Water Management for an Industrial Facility Expansion in Karst
Terrain Near Nazareth, Pennsylvania: Combining BMPs to
REconcile Opposing Technical and Municipal Requirements
Thomas
Gillespie is a Professional Geologist who has nearly 25 years
experience in water resource management, planning and
industrial/hazardous site groundwater remediation.
He is a structural geologist with expertise in
groundwater in bedrock aquifers and karst terrains.
Mr. Gillespie is a member of the PA State Registration
Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists.
David P. Gold, Ph.D., P.G. Emeritus Professor of
Geology
The Pennsylvania State
University
David (Duff) Gold has been associated with Penn State
University since 1964, initially as a Research Associate on
the Apollo Project, and then as a faculty member teaching
Field Methods. Structural Geology, and Economic Geology. His
interest in Industrial Minerals and Construction Materials led
to a post-retirement consulting business in Geological Mapping
and Resource Evaluation, to serve the local aggregate quarry
operations, as well as participating in the StateMap program
to upgrade geological quadrangle maps.
A major focus of his activities during the past 4 years is
in developing techniques to "retro-fit" geology at
construction sites, and examine some of the unintended
consequences of excavating and distributing bed-rock hosting
epigenetic sulfide veins.
Alfred
Guiseppe, Geologist
The
Value of Community Involvement in the Success of a Source
Water Protection Program
Alfred
Guiseppe is a graduate of Millersville University of
Pennsylvania (BS) and the University of Wyoming (MS).
Mr. Guiseppe has been working on environmental and
water resources projects for the past six years.
Specializing in groundwater computer modeling, Mr.
Guiseppe has provided the technical guidance for numerous
water resources projects, including wellhead protection
programs. He is
also involved in the siting, evaluation and permitting of
public water supply wells.
J. Andrew Hadley, Global Environmental Manager
Procter &
Gamble Paper Prod. Co.
Drew Hadley is the Global Environmental Manager for Procter
& Gamble's Family Care business, with responsibility for
environmental direction at the company's paper manufacturing
plants.
From 1996-2003 Hadley led the Environmental Health, and Safety
program at the Procter and Gamble Mehoopany, Pennsylvania
facility. At this site, P&G's largest NA operation, employees
produce a range of paper products, including Charmin tissue,
Bounty towels and napkins, and Pampers and Luvs disposable
diapers. The facility has received the Governor's Environmental
Excellence Award and a Significant Achievement award from the
Chesapeake Bay "Businesses for the Bay Program" for
wastewater pollution prevention results and water quality
protection.
Mr. Hadley is a member of the Upper and Middle Susquehanna
Regional Water Resources Committee, chairs the Chesapeake Bay
Citizens Advisory Committee and Pennsylvania's Air Quality
Technical Advisory Committee, and was an alternate member of
Governor Ridge's 21st Century Environment Commission. Hadley
earned his BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering from Lehigh
University.
Henry
He, Senior
Scientist
ERM
Groundwater
Modeling for Identifying, Quantifying, and Minimizing Water
Resources Impacts by Large Land Development
Henry
He is a Senior Scientist with ERM.
Mr. He has a Master of Science Degree in Civil
Engineering and 20 years of professional experience in
groundwater and surface water modeling throughout the United
States and internationally.
Mr. He has developed over 200 models for environmental
engineering, waste resource management, and geotechnical
engineering sites.
Brian J. Hill, President & CEO
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Brian Hill is President and CEO for the Pennsylvania
Environmental Council. From May 2005 he served as executive vice
president of the Council, where he helped direct the Council's
public policy efforts and worked with the Council's five regional
offices on programs and policy. Prior to serving as executive vice
president, Hill worked as an Executive Policy Specialist in
Governor Rendell's Policy Office where he focused primarily on
transportation and environmental issues. Before joining the
Governor's Policy Office, he served as the Senior Vice President
for Watersheds for the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
Hill is past Chairman of the Citizens Advisory Council to the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and has served
as a member of DEP's Environmental Quality Board. He also served
on the state board for the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association; on
a special advisory board to GPU on Sustainable Development and
Renewable Energy; and on the Board of Trustees for the
Pennsylvania Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
He has a BS in Environmental Science from Allegheny College,
and earned his MS in Natural Resource Management from the
University of New Hampshire.
John T. Hines. Executive Director, Water Planning Office
Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
John T. Hines currently serves as the Executive Director of the
Pennsylvania Department of environmental Protection Water Planning
Office. In this capacity, Mr. Hines oversees activities related to
interstate river basin commissions, estuary programs, national
organizations, state water planning efforts, coastal zone
management and overall water management budgeting and internal
programming.
Prior to his current position, Hines most recently served as
Acting Deputy Secretary for Water Management at the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection. In this role he was
responsible for statewide water resources management and policy.
He lead strategic and policy initiatives for statewide water
supply, water quality management and waterways engineering, as
well as policy and programmatic issues of department-wide
significance. As Deputy Secretary, Mr. Hines served as the lead
negotiator for DEP in the final stage of the passage of the Water
Resources Planning Act (Act 220 of 2002). He was also critical to
the drafting of Annex 2001 that was signed by the eight Great
Lakes States and the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
He has served as Commissioner on various interstate river basin
organizations including the Great Lakes Commission, Ohio River
Basin commission, Ohio River Valley Sanitation Commission, the
Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin
Commission and the Delaware Estuary Program.
A Presidential Scholar, Mr. Hines holds a Bachelors Degree in
Social Sciences and a Masters Degree in Geography and Regional
Planning.
David Jostenski, P.E., Section
Chief, Water Use Assessment
Department of Environmental
Protection
Mr.
Jostenski currently serves as Chief of the Water Assessment
Section that is responsible for the overall technical
activities of the State Water Plan. Mr. Jostenski also
oversees activities in managing the Commonwealth's Water Use
Data System and associated water use registration and
reporting. His other responsibilities include the Department's
drought monitoring and management efforts and coordination on
water resource management issues with Rivr Basin Commissions.
Prior to serving in his current position, Mr. Jostenski served
within the Department's Storm Water Management, Flood
Protection Projects and Waterways Permitting Programs. A
Professional Engineers licensed in Pennsylvania, he holds a
B.S. in Civil Engineering from Penn State University, and a
B.A. from Shippensburg University.
Jeffrey
Leberfinger, PG,
VP of Geophysical
Services
ARM Group Inc.
Geophysical
Techniques for Characterization of Hydrogeological Systems
Mr.
Leberfinger is Vice President and Manager of Geophysical
Services for ARM Group Inc. He has over 18 years of experience
performing geophysical services for a wide range of
applications, including water supply, environmental, and
geotechnical characterizations.
Mr. Leberfinger received a Bachelor of Science degree
in Geology from Bloomsburg University of PA and a Master of
Science degree in Geology from the University of Toledo, Ohio.
He is a licensed Professional Geologist in PA, a member
of the Association of Engineering Geologists, Environmental
& Engineering Geophysical Society of Exploration
Geophysicists.
Dennis
Low, Hydrogeologist
U.S. Geological
Survey
Availability
and Field-Water Quality of Groundwater in the Marburg Schist
in West Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania
Dennis
Low has 21 years of experience with the U.S. Geological
Survey. He received his M.S. in Geology from the University of
Nebraska and is a registered Professional Geologist in
Pennsylvania. Low has worked on numerous ground-water
availability and ground-water quality studies throughout
Pennsylvania. His projects have included regional assessments
(Geohydrology of Southeastern Pennsylvania); County (Summary
of Hydrogeologic and Ground-Water-Quality Data and
Hydrogeologic Framework at Selected Well Sites, Adams County,
Pennsylvania), and Local (Ground-Water Availability in Part of
the Borough of Carroll Valley, Adams County, Pennsylvania; and
the Establishment of a Drought-Monitor Well).
Amy
Munson, Water
Resources Specialist
Spotts,
Stevens and McCoy, Inc.
Integrated
Water Resource Planning in Southeastern Pennsylvania
In 1993, Ms. Munson earned a BA in Geology from the
University of Chicago and in 1998, earned her MS in
Environmental Engineering from MIT.
She has worked in stormwater management, and watershed
management during five years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and
two years with Spotts, Stevens & McCoy, Inc.
Robert
D. Pody,
Senior
Hydrogeologist
Susquehanna River
Basin Commission
Critical
Aquifer Recharge Areas
Mr.
Pody is the senior hydrogeologist at the Susquehanna River
Basin Commission. He
is responsible for the evaluation of a wide variety of
hydrogeologic issues including water budgets,
groundwater-surface water intersection, the development of
technical guidance and staff training.
R.
Keith Readling, PE, Vice
President
A
Water Resource Approach: Estimating
Water Availability and Demand in North Carolina
Keith
Readling is a civil engineer with 22 years of experience.
He is the water resources program manager for his firm.
The water resources expertise of the three firms (AMEC
Earth & Environmental, R. E. Wright, PG, and SSM) was
combined to provide data on water supply and use throughout
North Carolina.
Dr.
William Seaton, Senior
Hydrogeologist-Practice Manager
ARM Group Inc
Thrust
Faults and the Hydrogeology of the Blue Ridge Province
Dr.
Seaton is the practice manager for hydrogeologic studies at
ARM Group Inc. in Hershey, PA.
He received his M.S. (1982) and Ph.D. (2002) in
Geological Sciences from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg,
Virginia. Dr.
Seaton’s recent research at Virginia Tech investigated the
relationship between thrust faults and the hydrogeology of the
Blue Ridge Province. This
research utilized surface and borehole geophysics, packer
testing of discrete fracture zones, groundwater age dating and
other methodologies to characterize flow in these types of
aquifers.
Lisa
Senior, Hydrogeologist
U.S. Geological
Survey
Detection
of Emerging Contaminant Compounds in Ground Water and Streams
under Baseflow Conditions in Areas with Septic Systems and
other On-Lot Wastewater Disposal, Southeastern Pennsylvania
Lisa
Senior has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, Water
Resources Division, in Malvern and Exton, Pennsylvania, since
1986 on numerous ground-water and surface-water quality
investigations largely in southeastern Pennsylvania. Projects
have included studies of naturally-occuring hazards (such as
radium and arsenic) and man-made contaminants in ground water,
and effects of land use on ground-water and surface-water
quality.
Ronald
A. Sloto, Hydrogeologist
U.S. Geological
Survey
Use
of a Ground-Water-Flow Model to Determine Potential Effects of
Urbanization and Ground-Water Withdrawals on Trout Habitat in
the Pocono Creek Watershed, Monroe County, PA
Ron
Sloto has 32 years of experience with the U.S. Geological
Survey working with the water resources of eastern
Pennsylvania and two surrounding states.
He began modeling ground-water flow in fractured rocks
in the 1970’s. This
project represents a new and novel approach to using a
ground-water model to asses impacts on ecological systems.
Robert
Struble, Jr., Executive
Direstor
Brandywine Valley
Association, Inc.
Groundwater
Modeling for Identifying, Quantifying, and Minimizing Water
Resources Impacts by Large Land Development
Robert
G. Struble is Executive Director of Brandywine Valley
Association, INC. (BVA), a non-profit watershed organization
dedicated to water resource conservation.
Mr. Struble has 30 years experience with BVA reading
programs on ground and surface water quality evaluation and
improvement.
Rich
Wroblewski
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