Alumni Bios
Water Leaders Alumni
2006
| Alan Ward | Board of Water Works of Pueblo |
| Richard Raines | Tri-District Water Resources |
| Greg Dewey | City of Loveland |
| Emily Hunt | City of Thornton |
| Jeff Crane | Crane Associates, LLC |
| Jacob Bornstein | Spark Policy Institute |
| Kenny Smith | Dolores Water Conservancy District |
| Mark Shively | Douglas County Water Resource Authority |
| Mary Presecan | Leonard Rice Engineers |
| Amy Johnson | Northern Water |
| John Carney | Orton Family Foundation |
| Tom Iseman | Department of the Interior |
| Mike Wilde | Middle Colorado Watershed Partnership |
| Sasha Charney | Art as Artifact |
2007
| Jeffrey Bandy | Denver Water |
| Craig Ullmann | Applegate Group Inc |
| Matthew Lindburg | Brown and Caldwell |
| Richard Marsicek | Denver Water |
| Richard Vidmar | City of Aurora |
| Scott Hummer | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Beorn Courtney | Element Water Consulting, Inc. |
| Kate Muldoon | Riverside Technology Inc |
| David Frommell | Sherman and Howard |
2008
| Tara Schutter | Tessara Water, LLC |
| Laurel Stadjuhar | West Sage Water |
| Mark McClusky | CDM Smith |
| Kim Hutton | City of Boulder |
| Nicole Seltzer | The River Network |
| Rob White | Colorado State Parks, Ark Headwaters Rec Area |
| Amy Beatie | Colorado Water Trust |
| Curran Trick | Lawrence Jones Custer Grasmick |
| Daria Giron | EnerCon |
| Steve Lundt | Metro Wastewater Reclamation District |
| Ken Neubecker | Western Rivers Institute |
|
CJ McLeral |
Retired from US Bureau of Reclamation |
2010
| James Eklund | Squire Patton Boggs |
| Eric Hecox | Shea Properties |
| Abigail Ortega | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Andrew Funchess | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Heath Kuntz | Adaptive Resources, Inc. |
| Erin Messner | City and County of Broomfield |
| Andrew Todd | US EPA |
| Richard Belt | Xcel Energy |
| Mark Detsky | Dietze and Davis |
| Tim Murrell | formerly of Douglas County Gov. |
| Daniel Niemela | Bishop Brogden Associates |
| Carlie Ronca | Bureau of Rec. East Colorado Area Office |
| Luke Shawcross | Northern Water |
| Sarah Smith | Northern Water |
| Jennifer Stark | Town of Rico |
| Britta Strother | MWH/Stantec |
2012
| Matt Brown | Confluence Water Consulting |
| David Colvin | Leonard Rice Engineers |
| Alice Conovitz | Integral Consulting |
| Patricia DeChristopher | Non-GMO Project |
| Mat deGraaf | Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District |
| Nicole Garrimone-Campagna | Garfield & Hecht |
| Diane Johnson | Eagle River Water & Sanitation District |
| Greg Johnson | Colorado Water Conservation Board |
| Ken Kehmeier | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
| Scott Lorenz | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Kristin Maharg | formerly of Colorado Foundation for Water Education |
| Erin Minks | Rio Grande National Forest |
| Courtney Black | Headwaters Corporation |
| Seth Turner | Headwaters Corporation |
| Patrick Wells | Colorado Springs Utilities |
2013
| Heather Beasley | Pinery Water and Wastewater District |
| Drew Beckwith | Western Resource Advocates |
| Jenny Bishop | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Sean Chambers | Stonegate Village Metropolitan District |
| Kelly Close | Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc. |
| Brian Epstein | formerly of Colorado Water Conservation Board |
| Nathan Fey | American Whitewater |
| David Graf | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
| Katie Knoll | Denver Water |
| Brian Murphy | CDM Smith |
| Sarah Parmar | Colorado Open Lands |
| Kim Lennberg | Alba Watershed Consulting |
| Travis Robinson | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Zachary Smith | Colorado Water Trust |
| Dana Strongin | formerly of Denver Water |
2014
| Jason Carey | RiverRestoration.Org |
| Adam Cwiklin | Town of Fraser |
| Aaron Derwingson | The Nature Conservancy |
| Julia Gallucci | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| James Henderson | 711 Ranch |
| Dawn Jewell | City of Aurora |
| Laurna Kaatz | Denver Water |
| Aimee Konowal | CDPHE Water Quality Control Division |
| Steve Malers | Open Water Foundation |
| Maria Pastore | formerly of Wilson Water Group |
| Klint Reedy | KAR Water Consultants |
| Gigi Richard | Colorado Mesa University |
| Jennifer Shanahan | City of Fort Collins |
| Enrique Triana | RTI International |
| James VanShaar | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
2015
| Tammy Allen | CDPHE Water Quality Control Division |
| Erik Anglund | Anadarko Petroleum |
| Laura Belanger | Western Resource Advocates |
| Matt Bond | Denver Water |
| Sean Cronin | St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District |
| Jordan Dimick | SGM |
| Heather Dutton | San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District |
| Angie Fowler | SGM |
| Hillary Hamann | University of Denver |
| Ben McConahey | Hydro Venture Partners |
| Kevin Niles | Arkansas Groundwater Users Association |
| Susan Ryan | Colorado Water Division 5 |
| Stephanie Scott | Water Education Colorado |
| David Skuodas | Urban Drainage and Flood Control District |
| Kristina Wynne | Bishop-Brogden Associates |
2016
| Ryan Christianson | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Shannon Hatch | Tamarisk Coalition |
| Korey Kadrmas | RJH Consultants, Inc. |
| Andrew Kirsch | Eagle River Water and Sanitation District |
| April Long | City of Aspen |
| Bill McCormick | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Julie McKay | Boulder County |
| Katy Neusteter | American Rivers |
| Trisha Oeth | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment |
| Jessica Pault-Atiase | City of Boulder Attorney's Office |
| Jayla Poppleton | Water Education Colorado |
| Kelly Romero-Heaney | City of Steamboat Springs |
| Kevin Terry | Trout Unlimited |
| Edward Tolen | La Plata Archuleta Water District |
| Meg White | The Nature Conservancy |
| Scott Winter | Colorado Springs Utilities |
2017
| Josh Baile | Willows Water District |
| Jackie Brown | Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association |
| Devon Buckels | The Water Connection |
| Logan Burba | Element Water Consulting |
| Michelle DeLaria | Water Quality Control Division |
| Sarah Dominick | Denver Water |
| Alexander Funk | National Young Farmers Coalition |
| Heather Justus | Town of Castle Rock |
| Christopher Kurtz | Wilson Water Group |
| Josh Nims | City of Westminster |
| Leann Noga | Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District |
| Jessica Olson | Left Hand Watershed Oversight Group |
| Emma Regier Reesor | Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project |
| Scott Schreiber | Wright Water Engineers |
| Troy Wineland | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
2018
| Frank Alfone | Mt. Werner Water and Sanitation District |
| Corey Beaugh | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Blake Beyea | Water Quality Control Division—CDPHE |
| Hunter Causey | Colorado River Water Conservation District |
| Allegra da Silva | Stantec |
| Kimberly Gortz | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Kate Greenberg | National Young Farmers Coalition |
| Brendon Langenhuizen | SGM |
| Mark Mitisek | Leonard Rice Engineers |
| Nathan Elder | Denver Water |
| Katherine Morris | Grand County |
| Jill Ozarski | Walton Family Foundation |
| Kent Pflager | Morgan County Quality Water District |
| Rachel Theler | Colorado Department of Agriculture |
| Rob Viehl | Colorado Water Conservation Board |
| Esther Vincent | Northern Water |
