Conference Presentations
Morning of November 5, 2024
Keynote Panel: Building New Mexico's Water Workforce Bench
John Romero,
NM Office of the State Engineer
Sarita Nair,
NM Department of Workforce Solutions
Dylan Lange,
NM State Personnel Office
Concurrent Session 1, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Young Water Professionals
Anjali Bean,
Western Resource Advocates
Environmental Justice
Shaleene Chavarria,
U.S. Geological Survey
Nicole Herman-Mercer,
USGS Social Research Scientist
Heather Himmelberger,
Southwest Environmental Finance Center
Water Administration
Jerri Pohl,
NM Office of the State Engineer
Katie Zemlick,
NM Office of the State Engineer
Hon. Manuel Arrieta,
NM Third Judicial District
Infrastructure
Rebecca Roose,
NM Office of the Govenor
Andres Delgado,
NMED Construction Programs Bureau
Emily Worthen,
NMED Drinking Water Bureau
Angelina Grey,
NW NM Council of Governments
Sushil Chaundhary,
NM OSE Dam Safety Bureau
Watershed Restoration and Land Management
Dean Bruce,
New Mexico Department of Agriculture Healthy Soil Program
Genevieve Allen,
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Alan Hook,
City of Santa Fe Water Division
Afternoon of November 5, 2023
Concurrent Session 2, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Youth Engagement
Amon Haruta,
¡Explora!
Sarah Cerra,
Alamogordo High School
Alexandra Griffitts,
New Mexico Acequia Association
Water Quality
John Rhoderick,
NM Environmental Department
Conner Murray,
Hazen and Sawyer
Justin Nichols,
U.S. Geological Survey
Erin Gray,
U.S. Geological Survey
Kim Beisner,
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Workforce
John Romero (moderator)
NM Office Of the State Engineer
Nathan Friedman,
NM Dept of Workforce Solutions
Susan Pelletier,
New Mexico Rural Water Association Water/Wastewater Registered Apprenticeship Program
Emerging Clean Water Act Issues
Colleen Cunningham,
NM Office of The State Engineer
Shelly Lemon,
NM Environment Department
Daniel Landeros,
U.S. EPA
Watershed Restoration and Land Management
Jay Lazarus,
Glorieta Geoscience, Inc.
Kate Zeigler,
Zeigler Geologic Consulting, LLC
Martha Cooper,
The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico
Morning of November 6, 2023
Update from the Office of The State Engineer
Elizabeth Anderson,
NM Office of the State Engineer
Texas v. New Mexico Update
Nat Chackeres,
NM Office of the State Engineer
NM ISC Regional Water Planning Process
Sara Fox,
NM Interstate Stream Commission
NM WRRI Program and Projects
Sam Fernald & Connie Maxwell,
NM WRRI