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Appendix B
Biographical Sketches of
Committee Members and Staff
Glen T. Daigger (National Academy of Engineering), Chair, is senior vice
president with CH2M HILL in Englewood, Colorado. He serves as Chief
Wastewater Process Engineer and is responsible for wastewater process en-
gineering on both municipal and industrial wastewater treatment projects
on a firmwide basis. Dr. Daigger is the first Technical Fellow for the firm,
an honor which recognizes the leadership he provides for CH2M HILL and
for the profession in development and implementation of new wastewater
treatment technology. He is also the Chief Technology Officer for the firm’s
Civil Infrastructure Client Group, which includes the firm’s water, transpor-
tation, and operations businesses. From 1994-1996, Dr. Daigger served as
Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Systems Engineer-
ing at Clemson University. Dr. Daigger is a registered professional engineer
in the states of Indiana and Arizona, and a board certified environmental
engineer. Dr. Daigger received his B.Sc.E. degree, his M.S.C.E. degree, and
his Ph.D. degree, all in environmental engineering, from Purdue University.
Otto C. Doering, Vice Chair, is a professor in the department of agricul-
tural economics at Purdue University. He is a public policy specialist and
has served the U.S. Department of Agriculture working on the 1977 and
1990 Farm Bills. In 1997, he was the Principal Advisor to USDA’s Natural
Resources Conservation Service for implementing the 1996 Farm Bill. In
1999, he was team leader for the economic analysis of the White House’s
National Hypoxia Assessment. Dr. Doering has overseas experience with
the Ford Foundation and the National Academy of Sciences, primarily
in Southeast Asia. He has been a Director of the American Agricultural
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Economics Association and Chairman of the National Public Policy Edu-
cation Committee. He twice has received the AAEA’s Distinguished Policy
Contribution Award, as well as its Extension Economics Teaching Award.
His recent publications have focused on economic linkages driving the re-
sponses to nitrogen over-enrichment, rationale of U. S. agricultural policy,
and integrating biomass energy into existing energy systems. He served on
the NRC Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act. Dr.
Doering received his M.S. degree in economics from the London School of
Economics and his Ph.D. degree from Cornell University.
Leonard A. Shabman, Vice Chair, joined Resources for the Future in 2002
as a resident scholar after three decades on the faculty at Virginia Tech. His
research and communications efforts are focused on programs and respon-
sibilities for flood and coastal storm risk management, design of payment
for ecosystem services programs, and development of evaluation protocols
for ecosystem restoration and management projects, with special focus on
the Everglades, Coastal Louisiana and Chesapeake Bay. Among the specific
topics related to these broader themes is applied research on permitting
under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, creating market-based incen-
tives for water quality management and provision of ecosystem services,
and design of collaborative water management institutions. He served for
eight years on the National Research Council’s Water Science and Technol-
ogy Board, has chaired or been a member of several NRC committees and
has been recognized as an Associate of the National Academy of Sciences.
Walter L. Baker is the director of the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for
the State of Utah, where he has worked for the past 26 years. He currently
serves as the Vice-President of the Association of State and Interstate Water
Pollution Control Administrators; as Chair of the Water Quality Commit-
tee of the Western States Water Council; as a member of the Utah Lake
Commission; as a member of the Utah Soil Conservation Commission; and
as the Executive Secretary of the Utah Water Quality Board. Mr. Baker is
a licensed professional engineer and a graduate of Utah State University.
Allen P. Davis is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the University of Maryland. Dr. Davis’ research interests
are in aquatic environmental chemistry. He has been working on various
issues related to urban storm water quality and the concept of low impact
development (LID). Dr. Davis received the 2010 A. James Clark School of
Engineering Faculty Outstanding Research Award, recognizing influential
research accomplishments related to urban storm water quality, its manage-
ment, and the LID concept. From 2001-2010, Dr. Davis served as the direc-
tor of the Maryland Water Resources Research Center. He also has served
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as associate editor of Chemosphere, Science for Environmental Technology
(2004-2010). Dr. Davis is a recipient of the National Science Foundation
Young Investigator Award. He teaches courses in engineering sustainabil-
ity, environmental process dynamics, and environmental engineering unit
operations. He received his B.S. degree, his M.C.E. degree, and his Ph.D.
degree from the University of Delaware.
K. William Easter is a professor of applied economics and has been on the
faculty of the University of Minnesota since 1970. One of his positions at
Minnesota was serving as Director of the Center for International Food
and Agricultural Policy (1999-2003). His research interests include resource
economics, economic development and environmental economics, with a
focus on water and land problems and resource pricing issues. Dr. Easter
received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of California-Davis
and his Ph.D. degree at Michigan State University.
Wendy D. Graham is the Carl S. Swisher Eminent Scholar in Water Re-
sources in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at
the University of Florida and director of the University of Florida Water
Institute. Her research is focused on coupled hydrologic-water quality-
ecosystem modeling; water resources evaluation and remediation; evalu-
ation of impacts of agricultural production on surface- and groundwater
quality; and development of hydrologic indicators of ecosystem status. She
has previous NRC committee experience, having served on the Committee
on Seeing Into the Earth: Non-Invasive Techniques for Characterization of
the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental Engineering Applications, and
as a member of the third Committee on Independent Scientific Review of
Everglades Restoration Progress. Dr. Graham received her B.S.E. degree in
environmental engineering from the University of Florida and her Ph.D.
degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Arturo A. Keller is professor of biogeochemistry at the Bren School at the
University of California, Santa Barbara. He holds a joint appointment in
Mechanical and Environmental Engineering at UCSB. His research and
teaching interests focus on water quality management and the fate and
transport of pollutants in the environment. Dr. Keller also was the facilita-
tor for the award-winning Nitrogen TMDL process for the Santa Clara
River. He is also well-known for his expertise in the fate and transport of
pollutants, including nanoparticles, organic liquids (NAPLs), and persistent
organic pollutants associated with clay particles. Dr. Keller received a B.A.
degree in chemistry and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell
University, an M.S. degree in civil engineering from Stanford University, and
a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering from Stanford University.
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David J. Mulla is professor and the W. E. Larson Chair for Soil and Water
Resources in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate at the University
of Minnesota. He is also the director of the university’s Precision Agricul-
ture Center. Dr. Mulla’s research covers a wide variety of topics regarding
agriculture, soil erosion, and water quality, including (1) nonpoint source
surface water pollution and watershed management, (2) transport and mod-
eling of water, solutes, trace metals, and organic chemicals in soil, surface
and groundwater, (3) impacts of biofuel and alternative crop production
systems, (4) measurement, modeling, and management of soil erosion, (5)
phosphorus and nitrogen transport in soils, (6) agricultural best manage-
ment practices, (7) soil, landscape, and terrain modeling for precision con-
servation, and (8) field-scale variability for precision farming. In 2007 he
was appointed a Founding Fellow in the University of Minnesota’s Institute
on Environment. Dr. Mulla received his B.S. degree in Earth Sciences (with
emphasis in geophysics) from the University of California at Riverside, and
his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in agronomy (emphasis in soil chemistry and
physics) from Purdue University.
Kevin M. Sherman is the Director of Engineering at Quanics, Inc. in
Campellsburg, Kentucky. Dr. Sherman has 24 years of experience working
as a researcher, regulator, educator, and designer in the onsite wastewater
treatment industry. Dr. Sherman is a former president of the National
Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA). From 1985-1999,
he was a member of the staff at the Florida Department of Health and
Rehabilitative Services, working in several capacities in the epidemiology
and environmental health sections. He also served as a former president of
the Florida Onsite Wastewater Association. Dr. Sherman received his B.S.
degree in biology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook,
another B.S. degree (civil engineering) from Florida State University, his
M.S. degree in biology from the University of South Carolina, and his Ph.D.
degree in oceanography from Florida State University.
Kurt Stephenson is an associate professor of environmental and natural
resource economics in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Eco-
nomics at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His pro-
fessional objective is to better integrate economic perspectives and analysis
into decision-making related to water resource issues. Dr. Stephenson is par-
ticularly interested in application of economic analysis to interdisciplinary
research of policy issues. The design and implementation of market-based
policies to secure environmental objectives is a primary area of study within
this context. He is currently involved in determining effective strategies for
reducing nutrient loads in the Opequon Watershed in Virginia and West
Virginia, including evaluating the cost effectiveness and feasibility of using
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urban nonpoint source controls (including stormwater management) as an
offset to growth in point source loads. Dr. Stephenson received his B.S. de-
gree in economics from Radford University, his M.S. degree in agricultural
economics from Virginia Tech, and his Ph.D. degree in economics from the
University of Nebraska.
Michael B. Tate is the Chief of Technical Services at the Kansas Department
of Health and Environment. Mr. Tate is a licensed professional engineer
with 20+ years experience in the environmental field. His technical expertise
is in water quality and wastewater permitting, with additional experience
in drinking water, solid waste, and hazardous waste. He manages a sec-
tion responsible for establishing and enforcing water quality standards,
and wastewater permitting in Kansas. Mr. Tate received his B.S. degree in
civil engineering and his M.S. in bioenvironmental engineering, both from
Oklahoma State University.
Alan H. Vicory serves as executive director and Chief Engineer for the Ohio
River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). His previous
responsibilities were with the Commission staff as environmental engineer
and manager of technical services which included establishment of regula-
tory requirements for discharges, water quality and biological monitoring
systems, detection and response to spills, applied research, coordination
of states and federal programs and public education and involvement.
He is a Registered Professional Engineer and Board Certified in environ-
mental engineering (water and wastewater) by the American Academy of
Environmental Engineers. He is Past Chairman of the Board of the Water
Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and former Chairman of the
International Water Association’s (IWA) Watershed and River Basin Man-
agement Specialist Group. He also is a Past President of the American Acad-
emy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) and the Association of State and
Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA). Mr. Vicory
received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Military Institute.
LaJuana S. Wilcher is a Partner with the law firm English, Lucas, Priest
& Owsley, L.L.P. in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her previous positions
included work with two international law firms in Washington, D.C.—
Winston & Strawn (1993-1996) and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & Mac Rae,
L.L.P. (1996-2002). Ms. Wilcher served as the Assistant Administrator of
Water for the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1989 to
1993. While at the Office of Water (1989-1993), the agency promulgated
new regulations addressing storm water, drinking water, biosolids (sewage
sludge) and water quality standards for toxics, among other things. Ms.
Wilcher helped lead EPA’s watershed protection approach and Clean Water
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Act section 319 nonpoint source grant program. She also led EPA’s involve-
ment in the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation negotiations. She received her
B.S. degree in biology from Western Kentucky University, and her J.D. de-
gree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University.
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Laura J. Ehlers is a senior staff officer for the Water Science and Technology
Board of the National Research Council. Since joining the NRC in 1997,
she has served as the study director for 16 committees, including the Com-
mittee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy, the
Committee on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediment, the
Committee on Assessment of Water Resources Research, and the Commit-
tee on Reducing Stormwater Discharge Contributions to Water Pollution.
Ehlers has periodically consulted for EPA’s Office of Research Development
regarding their water quality research programs. She received her B.S. from
the California Institute of Technology, majoring in biology and engineering
and applied science. She earned both an M.S.E. and a Ph.D. in environmen-
tal engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.
