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Upcoming Leadership Changes for the AWRA Board

December 2, 2008 | Posted by smcclung
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Jane Rowan – President, AWRA

Greetings fellow Water Resources Professionals! I would like to take this opportunity to direct your attention to the upcoming leadership changes for the AWRA board. I am grateful for the many hours of investment in to this great organization by Faye Anderson leaving the board this year after three years of service as Director. Faye is committed to seeing AWRA succeed in its mission, and we are confident that her relationship with AWRA will continue into the future. We would like to welcome both Carol Collier and Karl Williard to the board starting in 2009. Ari Michelsen moves from his three-year Director stint to serve as 2009 President-Elect. These individuals are both well known and well-established in their careers as well as committed to the mission and objectives of AWRA, seen clearly in their volunteer involvements and their promotion of AWRA to their colleagues and students in the recent past.

I want especially to introduce you (although it is probably not necessary to many) to a fellow water resources professional I served with on the board of AWRA from 2003-2005 and again this year, Mr. Gerald Sehlke, AWRA’s 2009 President. Jerry is not only a consistent supporter and promoter of AWRA, but he is an ace scientist, a great thinker, and has made a significant contribution to water resources science and management in the interior West.

Jerry has worked as a program manager and individual contributor for regulatory compliance, environmental restoration, water resources policy and planning, groundwater monitoring, and groundwater protection programs for over 22 years. His current involvement with the Idaho National Laboratory has allowed him to contribute his knowledge and expertise as a water resources professional to the development of sustainable solutions and integrated water resources management to the development of energy resources in the Western US. Among other accomplishments, Jerry is currently a Principle Investigator in the Idaho National Laboratory’s Environmental Stewardship and Water Management Department, developing NASA Solutions Networks, which develops and employs tools for integrating NASA data and technologies for the benefit of water resources managers and decision-makers; the Department of Energy’s Energy-Water Nexus and Water Supply Technology Act programs, which are developing national approaches and a technical roadmap for energy-water management in the US; and for the INL Western Energy Corridor initiative, to evaluate the environmentally sustainable development of energy resources in the interior west of the US and Canada.

Also quite notable is Jerry’s experience as a Legislative Affairs Fellow for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), as a part of the American Geophysical Union Public Affairs Fellowship Program (2006). Jerry may tell you that this was a highlight of his career.

Jerry is also a capable negotiator and a great debater. Since he has been encouraged to debate the most sensitive subjects in a kind and respectful manner since childhood, Jerry isn’t hesitant to engage in lively conversation. I can attest that no matter how different you might find your opinions, you will leave a better person with a sharper position, honed to re-engage for the next opportunity. Because, you see, Jerry is a really great guy who loves and adores his family with a kind and easy manner, and non-judgmental attitude. I can’t promote Jerry enough to you, and I hope you all will make him feel welcome, and keep the dialogue with him going throughout his presidential tenure in 2009.

Jane O. Rowan

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