2006 Professional Activities of District Staff

Dave Lloyd, Executive Director
*Chairman, Board of Advisors, Urban Watersheds Research Institute
*Attended National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA) 2006 annual meeting in San Antonio, TX in September.
*Attended Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers (CASFM) 2006 annual meeting in Glenwood Springs in September
*Elected toGoverning Board, Colorado County Officials and Employees Retirement Association (CCOERA) for a four-year term.
*Member of Douglas County Stormwater Working Group.
*Member of American Public Works Association (APWA) and CASFM

Bill DeGroot, Manager, Floodplain Management Program
*Treasurer of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Floodplain Management Committee of the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA).
*Attended NAFSMA’s annual meeting in San Antonio, TX in September.  Chaired the Floodplain Management Committee meeting, and gave a progress report to a plenary session.
*Attended the Association of State Floodplain Managers annual conference in Albequerque, NM in June.
*Attended the annual meeting of the Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers in Glenwood Springs in September.
*Organized “A Day at the District” CTP mentoring project sponsored by NAFSMA and partially funded by FEMA.
*Gave a talk on DFIRM maintenance at FEMA’s Tri-Region Workshop in Denver in April.
*Member of Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers (CASFM).

Kevin Stewart, Manager, Information Services and Flood Warning Program
*President of the National Hydrologic Warning Council (NHWC)
*Member of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Advisory Committee on Water Information, Subcommittee on Hydrology
*Steering Committee Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Commission on the Weather and Climate Enterprise
*Co-Chair of the EMWIN-Denver Steering Committee
*Member of ASCE, APWA, ASFPM, CASFM and the Colorado Emergency Managers Association
*Attended AMS Annual Meeting and Users Conference in Atlanta, GA in January
*Invited speaker at NOAA/WMO/USAID International Flash Flood Forecasting Workshop in San José, Costa Rica in March
*Speaker at 21st ALERT Users Group Conference in Yosemite, CA in April
*Represented NHWC at meeting with The Weather Coalition in Washington, DC in June
*Speaker at Annual CASFM Conference in Glenwood Springs in September
*Speaker at 16th Southwestern Association of ALERT Systems Conference in Overland Park, KS in October
*Invited speaker at the ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development) Consultation Workshop on ‘Capacity Building for Flash Flood Management and Sustainable Development in the Himalayas’ in Kathmandu, Nepal in December

Ben Urbonas, Manager, Master Planning Program
*Gave a talk at the District’s April 28th seminar on updates to the Urban Storm Drainage Criteria Manual.
*Continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Cherry Creek Basin Water Quality Authority.
*Continues to serve on the Water Environment Research Foundation’s (WERF)Research Council.
*Continues to serve as Chairman on two of WERF’s Project Steering Committees for research projects on Quantification of Solids in Stormwater and the development of the International BMP Database.
*Continues to serve a Co-chair of WERF’s Project Steering Committee for research project on Impacts of Urbanization on Receiving Waters.
*Taught at a training workshop in February and July on EPA’s SWMM 5.0 Software and CUHP Interface  and was the lead instructor at a workshop on BMP Selection and Design in August.
*Continues to serve on the Program Advisory Committee for the Civil Engineering Department of Colorado State University.
*Attended the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA) annual meeting and participated in its Stormwater Committee meetings in San Antonio, Texas.
*Attended the EWRI’sWorld Environment and Water Congress 2006 in May where he received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
*Participated in a satellite and web broadcast put on by CTE National Broadcast Series (Center for Transportation and the Environment, Raleigh, NC) in November
Paul Hindman, Manager, Design and Construction & Maintenance Program
*Co-Chair of Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners Annual Conference
*Chair of the 2011 Denver Site Committee for the American Public Works Association (APWA) International Public Works Congress and Exposition.
*Chapter Delegate, APWA Colorado Chapter

Cindy Thrush, Senior Project Engineer, Design, Construction & Maintenance Program
*Co-authored and co-presented with CH2M Hill, on "Optimizing the Performance of Water Quality Facilities with Effective Maintenance, Innovative Design, and Efficient Construction Practices" at the July 2006 StormCon Conference in Denver.
*Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Society of Woman Engineers (SWE), and Colorado Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers (CASFM).

Bryan Kohlenberg, Senior Project Engineer, South Platte River – Design, Construction & Maintenance Program
*Instructor at Urban Watersheds Research Institute training workshop on "Stream Stability and Bridge Scour Using FHWA BRISTAR Computer Model," in Aurora, CO in June, 2006.
*Continued as NSPE’s scoring coordinator for the Jefferson Chapter and Colorado State MATHCOUNTS competitions for 7th and 8th graders.

Mark Hunter, Manager, Design, Construction & Maintenance Program
*Member of Board of Directors and on the Operations Committee of the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District.
*Member of Board of Directors of the International Erosion Control Association.
*Co-Chairman of the IECA Foundation Committee.
*Member of IECA Stream Restoration Technology Section.
*Member of IECA Awards Committee.
*Committee member for the Mountain States Chapter of IECA.

David Mallory, Senior Project Engineer, Floodplain Management Program
*Presented "Maintenance Eligibility Update" at the UDFCD April Workshop.
*Co-presented with Dave Bennetts "Sculpted Concrete Drop Structures" at the 17th Annual CASFM Conference.
*Serves on CASFM's Board of Directors as Treasurer.
*Member of CASFM and ASFPM.

David Bennetts, Senior Project Engineer, Design, Construction & Maintenance Program
*Program Chair for the 17th Annual CASFM Conference in Glenwood Springs in  September
*Co-presented with David Mallory “Sculpted Concrete Drop Structures” at the 2006 CASFM Conference in Glenwood Springs in September
*Presented a paper entitled “30 Years of UDFCD Stormwater Projects” at 2006 StormCon Conference in Denver in July
*Council Member, CU Denver Engineering Leadership Council
*Committee Member, Urban Infrastructure Committee, CU Denver
*Member of ASCE, APWA, and CASFM

Ken MacKenzie, Senior Project Engineer, Master Planning Program
*Presented "Effects of Raingage Density on Runoff Simulation Modeling", and “Massey Draw Stream *Improvement Project” at the CASFM Conference in Glenwood Springs in September. 
*Served on ASCE's Urban Water Resources Research Council.
*Served on the Metropolitan State College of Denver Engineering Technology Advisory Board.
*Served on the Board of Directors of the Urban Watershed Research Institute.
*Taught courses on flood detention design, open channel design, and street, inlet, and storm sewer design.
*Member of ASCE and CASFM.

Mike Sarmento, Senior Construction Manager, Design, Construction & Maintenance Program
*Received a certificate of completion in Construction Management from Colorado State University

Steve Materkowski, Senior Construction Manager, Design, Construction & Maintenance Program
*Completed "Introduction to Floodplain Management" CU Denver, Continuing Education Program.
*Completed Training "AutoCAD Civil 3-D 2007".
*Attended 2006 APWA Inspectors Conference, Denver, CO.