Conference Speakers
David Alderete
California State University Sacramento, Office of Water Programs
Contact: 916.278.8104 / david.alderete@owp.csus.edu
David Alderete has been involved with the Office of Water Programs, California State University Sacramento performing research on storm water treatment technologies for the California Department of Transportation since 2000. He has over 12 years of engineering experience with water quality and water resources projects.
Dr. Anthony Andrady
Research Triangle Institute
Shelly Backlar
Friends of the Los Angeles River
Contact: 323.223.0585 / sbacklar@folar.org
Shelly Backlar is the Executive Director for Friends of the Los Angeles River. Shelly spoke at several press conferences in support of Los Angeles’ Proposition O, the clean water initiative that passed in November, 2004, and is a member of the City’s Plastics Industry Task Force.
Dr. Holly Bamford
NOAA, Marine Debris Program
Contact: 301.713.2989 / Holly.Bamford@noaa.gov
Dr. Holly Bamford is the Program Manager for NOAA’s Marine Debris Program. Dr. Bamford coordinates with all part of NOAA to develop a comprehensive program that addresses the range of issues associated with marine debris. She also works with NOAA’s partners to seek increased range and effectiveness of the program through collaboration and leverage of funds.
Stephanie Barger
Earth Resource Foundation
Contact: 714.381.6400 / stephanie.barger@earthresource.org
Stephanie Barger is the Founder and Executive Director of Earth Resource Foundation (ERF). Over the last couple of years the ERF’s high school clubs, working with science classes, have implemented smokefree beaches and anti-styrofoam ordinances in their cities and schools. Barger co-developed the Campaign Against the Plastic Plague (CAPP) a project of ERF.
Meilinda Becker
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Jonathan Bishop
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Christi Black
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
916.418.1500 / christi.black@ogilvypr.com
Christi Black is the managing director of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide / Sacramento. She has been conducting social marketing and public affairs programs in California for the past 20 years. Christi was the lead public education advisor to Caltrans on the "Don't Trash Fresno" Research Study and is serving the same role on the statewide "Don't Trash California" program.
Russell Boudreau
Moffatt & Nichol
562.426.9551 / rboudreau@moffattnichol.com
Russ Boudreau has 25 years of experience in coastal science and engineering, including 20 years with Moffatt & Nichol in Long Beach, California. His responsibilities have included planning, engineering and management for a broad range of projects involving coastal processes, beach nourishment, wetland restoration, and water quality improvement. His involvement in professional organizations includes serving on the board of directors of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association.
Katherine Bruce
Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: 619.553.1544 / bruce.katherine@epa.gov
Katherine Bruce is the Marine Debris Program Lead for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Oceans and Coastal Protection Division. Bruce is responsible for maintaining and strengthening current activities within the Marine Debris Program. Bruce’s current focus is maintaining and supporting two EPA grants with the Ocean Conservancy, which include support for the International Coastal Clean-Up and the National Marine Debris Monitoring Program.
Meg Caldwell
Stanford Law School, Environmental and
Natural Resources Law and Policy Program
Contact: 650.723.4057 / megc@stanford.edu
Meg Caldwell directs the Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Program at Stanford Law School. Appointed to the California Coastal Commission by Governor Schwarzenegger in May 2004, she now serves as its chairperson. Caldwell is also a member of the California Coastal Conservancy Board and the California Marine Life Protection Act Blue Ribbon Task Force.
Dr. Monica Ferreira da Costa
Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-Brazil, Oceanography Department
Contact: 55.81.2126.7218 / mfc@ufpe.br
Monica Coasta has a BSc in Oceanography at the Rio de Janeiro State University. MPhil in Marine Chemistry at the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. PhD in Environmental Sciences at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Senior Lecturer at the Oceanography Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife-Brazil. Lecturing Marine Pollution, Biogeochemistry and Coastal Management.
Philippe Cousteau
EarthEcho International
Contact: 202.772.4272 / philippe@earthecho.org
Philippe Cousteau is the 25 year old son of Jan and Philippe Cousteau Sr. and the grandson of Jacques-Yves Cousteau. As president and co-founder of EarthEcho International, a non-profit organization, Cousteau is continuing in the spirit of his father and grandfather by educating the public about environmental and conservation issues.
Bill DePoto
Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
Contact: 626.458.4313 / bdepoto@ladpw.org
Bill DePoto is a registered Civil Engineer and Watershed Manager at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, where he is involved in implementing the Municipal Stormwater Permit. He also oversees Public Works’ involvement in the Special and Regional Stormwater Monitoring Programs required by the Permit, which includes a study of BMP effectiveness.
John Fairbank
Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin & Associates
310.828.1183 / john@fmma.com
John Fairbank has been involved as the principal voter opinion researcher and strategic advisor to successful political candidates and worked extensively on ballot propositions - particularly on issues of conservation, transportation, education, public safety and financing government services throughout the country. Fairbank graduated from UCLA and serves as a Senior Fellow at the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research.
Patricia (Pat) Farrell Franklin
Container Recycling Institute
Contact: 703.276.9800 / pfranklin@container-recycling.org
Pat Franklin is Founder and Executive Director of the 14-year old Container Recycling Institute located in Arlington, Virginia. A former teacher and political activist, she has served on numerous boards and commissions including 2 years (1996-1998) on the Board of Directors of the National Recycling Coalition. She did graduate work at George Washington University in Environmental and Resource Policy.
Kirsten Gilardi
U.C. Davis Wildlife Health Center
SeaDoc Society
Contact: 530.752.4996 / kvgilardi@ucdavis.edu
Kirsten Gilardi is the Assistant Director of the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, and Executive Director of the SeaDoc Society. She earned her DVM from UC Davis in 1993.
Pete Grande
Command Plastics
Stephen Groner
S. Groner Associates
Contact: 562.597.0205 / sgroner@sga-inc.net
Stephen Groner’s expertise is in the integration of his background in environmental engineering into the field of social marketing. Groner has over ten years of experience developing these programs, while also working as a registered civil engineer. Groner is the president of S. Groner Associates, which focuses on developing community outreach programs and developing programs for Stormwater and AB939 compliance.
Laurie Hansen
Lobbyist & Consultant
Contact: 916.441.4373 / lauriehansen@att.net
Laurie Hansen over twenty years of experience as a lobbyist, environmental affairs advisor, public relations consultant, campaign and political initiatives director and top legislative staff member. Ms. Hansen is an independent lobbyist and consultant representing a wide range of client interests. In addition to public advocacy, Hansen also specializes in providing consulting services to companies exploring environmental opportunities at the state and local government levels.
William Harris
Stormwater360
Contact: 800.548.4667 / wharris@stormwater360.com
Will Harris, Senior Regional Manager for Stormwater360, has over 25 years experience in both waste water and storm water treatment system design and installation. His background includes working extensively with industrial facility owners and managers with developing and utilizing innovative and practical approaches to capturing pollutants of concern. Stormwater360 is a manufacturer of filtering and screening systems with over 10,000 pollutant capturing system installations nationwide.
Clint Holland
Fresh Creek Technologies
Daniel Imhoff
Watershed Media
Contact: 707.431.2936 / info@watershedmedia.org
Dan Imhoff is the co-founder and president of Watershed Media. He is the author and publisher of numerous books including Paper or Plastic: Searching for Solutions to an Overpackaged World, Farming with the Wild: Enhancing Biodiversity on Farms and Ranches, and Building with Vision: Optimizing and Finding Alternatives to Wood.
Steven Jones
Jatco Inc.
Shahram Kharaghani
City of Los Angeles Watershed Protection
Michael D. Klubock
The Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education
Contact: 310.652.4324 / michael@klubock.com
The Founder and Executive Director of the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education, is a sailor turned environmental educator. His love for the beaches and oceans inspired the creation of a school assembly education effort to get more kids to the beach and in touch with nature. While developing and presenting the program to the schools, he personally funded and established the Malibu Foundation for Environmental Education.
Gwen Lattin
Algalita Marine Research Foundation
Contact: 562.598.4889 / lattingl@sbcglobal.net
Gwen Lattin has a Masters in Biology from California State University at Long Beach and is currently a research biologist with Algalita Marine Research Foundation.
Michael Leaon
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Katie Lichtig
Malibu City Manager
Contact: 310.456.2489 / klichtig@ci.malibu.ca.us
Katie Lichtig has been Malibu City Manager since June 2001. After being named a Presidential Management Intern, she served at the U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Education. She joined the City of Santa Monica in 1992 and was responsible for the development and administration of the City's $100 million capital budget, coordination of earthquake recovery, management of City Council agendas and implementation of the City's performance measurement program. A political science graduate of UC Davis, Lichtig earned a master of public administration degree at Syracuse University.
Tom Mays
California Water Board
Contact: 916.341.5263 / tmays@waterboards.ca.gov
Tom Mays is manager of the California Water Board's education and outreach program. He currently manages the Board's "Erase the Waste" storm water education campaign in Los Angeles. This multi-media campaign has reached more than 20 million people with its messaging and includes a grade school water monitoring tool, a neighborhood action kit, outreach training for municipal storm water programs and permanent watershed exhibit at Cabrillo Museum in San Pedro.
Ziad Mazboudi
City of San Juan Capistrano
Contact: 949.234.4413 / zmazboudi@sanjuancapistrano.org
Ziad Mazboudi is a Senior Civil Engineer with the City of San Juan Capistrano, managing the City’s environmental division, including stormwater, sewer, solid waste and recycling. Ziad chairs the County’s NPDES general permittee committee and the Public education committee, and is a member of the County trash and debris committee. As a scuba diver, Ziad saw first hand the impact of plastic debris on marine life and the environment.
William McDonough
William McDonough + Partners
Contact: 434.979.1111 / msanders@mcdonough.com
William McDonough is a world-renowned architect and designer, and winner of three U.S. presidential awards: the Presidential Award for Sustainable Development, the National Design Award, and the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. He is founder and principal of William McDonough + Partners, Architect and Community Design, and MBDC.
Shelly Moore
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Contact: 714.372.9207 / shellym@sccwrp.org
Currently a Marine Biologist with Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Moore have published five papers in Marine Pollution Bulletin on beach debris in Orange County, benthic debris in the Southern California Bight, and neustonic plastic in North Pacific central gyre and southern California coastal waters.
Steve Moore
San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board
Contact: 510.622.2439 / smoore@waterboards.ca.gov
Steve Moore leads Basin Planning at the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board. He is responsible for water quality standards and water quality monitoring and assessment programs. He helped initiate the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) in the San Francisco Bay Region, and piloted the only trash measurement protocol in this statewide program. He has a B.S. in biology and an M.S. in civil engineering, both from Stanford University.
H. David Nahai
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Hannah Nevins
Beach COMBERS
Contact: 831.771.4422 / hnevins@mlml.calstate.edu
Hannah Nevins is the coordinator of Beach COMBERS, a citizen-science project that monitors seabird mortality in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. She holds a M.S. Marine Science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. Hannah has studied a variety of nesting seabirds on remote islands of Hawaii, Alaska, Antarctica, and New Zealand.
Laura Patrick
Michigan State University, Biobased Materials Research Center
Contact: fisherL6@egr.msu.edu
Laura Patrick is a research engineer at the Biobased Materials Research Center at Michigan State University and founder of Biopolymer Innovations, a Michigan life-science company. She works with processing biodegradable plastics, as well as testing their degradation through a lab-scale composting analyzer. Her experience includes working with polymers in packaging, medical and adhesive applications.
Mark Pumford
City of Oxnard
Contact: 805.271.2220 / mark.pumford@ci.oxnard.ca.us
Mark Pumford has been employed by the City of Oxnard for the past three years as Technical Services Manager. In this capacity, he oversees the implementation of the pretreatment and stormwater programs for the City. This is a change from the previous 15 years working for the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board as Chief of the NPDES permitting section. He is a graduate U.C. Davis in soil science and hydrology.
Nicole Saunders
Californians Against Waste
Eben Schwartz
California Coastal Commission
Contact: 415.904.5210 / eschwartz@coastal.ca.gov
Eben Schwartz, Outreach Manager for the California Coastal Commission, is responsible for the Coastal Cleanup Day and Adopt-A-Beach programs. Since 2000, Eben has expanded these programs to encompass 47 countries and over 700 sites. Originally from New York, Eben graduated Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor Degree in English Literature.
Gerald Secundy
Audubon California
California Environmental Dialogue
Contact: 916.341.5607 / dheryford@waterboards.ca.gov
After earning a law degree at Columbia Law School, Jerry Secundy joined the United States Peace Corps and later the United States Department of Justice. Mr. Secundy joined Atlantic Richfield Company in 1970. In 1990, he became President of Four Corners Pipe Line Company. He retired from ARCO in 1998. He has been the Executive Director of Audubon California and Executive Consultant to the California Environmental Dialogue. He is currently a member of the State Water Resources Control Board.
Neal Shapiro
City of Santa Monica, Environmental Programs Division of the Environmental & Public Works Management Department
Contact: 310.458.8223 / neal.shapiro@smgov.net
Neal Shapiro is the Water Resources Section Supervisor and Urban Runoff Management Coordinator for the City of Santa Monica’s Environmental Programs Division of the Environmental & Public Works Management Department. Shapiro oversees water conservation and efficiency programs, and urban runoff management programs, all geared to reduce water pollution and use our precious, limited water resources in a sustainable manner. Holding a Master’s in Marine Policy, Shapiro has also worked with the Jacques Cousteau Society and the City of Los Angeles’ Office of Water Reclamation.
Seba Sheavly
Contact: 757.496.0920 / ssheavly@oceanconservancy.org
Seba Sheavly is an expert on marine debris composition, monitoring and researchprotocols, pollution prevention programming, and policies. Working with The Ocean Conservancy, EPA, NOAA, and many corporate partners, Sheavly has marshaled efforts to increase awareness and implement changes in activities and policies related to marine debris sources and impacts.
Timothy Sobelman
Chief of the Office of Storm Water Management - Design
Contact: 916.653.5747 / timothy_sobelman@dot.ca.gov
Tim Sobelman is the Chief of the Office of Storm Water Management – Design. This office is responsible for providing Caltrans Project Engineers statewide with the appropriate guidance, procedures and strategies to effectively implement storm water management practices into the planning and design process. Tim has been working in this Office of Storm Water Management since 2002 and prior to that was the Project Manager for all Caltrans projects within the Lake Tahoe Basin.
Dr. Hideshige Takada
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Contact: 81.423.67.5825 / shige@cc.tuat.ac.jp
Hideshige Takada received a Ph.D in environmental organic geochemistry from Tokyo Metropolitan University in 1989. He is an associate professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology to study the distributions and behaviors of organic micropollutants. He has been involved in the study of organic chemicals in marine plastic resin pellets since 1998.
Terry Tamminen
Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency
Contact: 916.445.6131 / terry.tamminen@gov.ca.gov
From his youth in Australia to career experiences in Europe, Africa and all parts of the United States, Terry Tamminen has developed expertise in business, farming, education, non-profit, the environment, the arts, and government. In 1993, Terry Tamminen founded the Santa Monica BayKeeper and served as its Executive Director for six years. He co-founded Waterkeeper programs in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura, and Santa Barbara and serves on the Board of the National Waterkeeper Alliance. From 1999-2003, Terry was the Executive Director of Environment Now in Santa Monica, a foundation dedicated to the restoration and protection of California’s environment and natural resources. Terry was appointed as the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on November 12, 2003. He was appointed as Cabinet Secretary in December of 2004 and currently serves in that post.
Bridgett Luther Thompson
California Department of Conservation
Dr. Richard Thompson
University of Plymouth
Contact: 44.0.1752.232966 / rcthompson@plymouth.ac.uk
Dr Richard Thompson is a Marine Ecologist at the University of Plymouth (http: / / www.plymouth.ac.uk / mberg) he leads a group of researchers and a popular degree course. His research focuses on disturbance in shallow water habitats, including harvesting, climate change, coastline modification and pollution. Recently, he showed numerous microscopic plastic fragments are accumulating in the oceans.
Dr. Stephen Weisberg
Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Contact: 949.462.9365 / stevew@sccwrp.org
Dr. Weisberg is Executive Director of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) where he specializes in design of environmental monitoring programs. He serves on numerous State and National Advisory Committees, including the National Oceanographic Partnership Program’s Ocean Research Advisory Panel and the State of California’s Clean Beaches Task Force. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware.
Dr. Allan Williams
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Contact: 64.66.7001 / allan.williams@virgin.net
Allan Williams has undergraduate degrees in geography and geography. Ph.D. Coastal Geomorphology. Chartered Engineer & Scientist. Mr. Williams has worked extensively in the USA, Europe, Far East, and has 250 publications. He is currently the Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is also a survival skills instructor and has published two ‘thriller’ novels and several poems.
Dr. Scott Wilson
Australian Catholic University,
Centre for Environmental Restoration and Stewardship
Contact: 61.2.9739.2844 / s.wilson@mackillop.acu.edu.au
Dr Wilson is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Environmental Restoration and Stewardship at the Australian Catholic University. He is a trained ecotoxicologist and has been researching the ecological impacts of marine debris and their patterns of movement since the late 1990s.
Ann Zellers
Algalita Marine Research Foundation
Contact: 310.318.7469 / azellers@verizon.net
Ann Zellers has been working in the field of marine debris assessment, with AMRF, since 1999. Previous to that she worked with Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) in the chemistry and in the bioassay departments.
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