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Wetlands Committee
of the
New England Water Environment Association
Committee Roster
February 2001
<BIG><BIG><BIG>Chair
</BIG></BIG><!-- -->Mary White, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, mwhite@mwra.state.ma.us
</BIG>Mary works in the Waterworks, Planning Department. Contact Mary for more information about the committee or to become a member.
<BIG><BIG><BIG>Vice-chair
</BIG></BIG>Vacant
Secretary
Vacant
Treasurer
Bethany Card, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, bcard@neiwpcc.org
Bethany is am environmental analyst and is currently attending Law School part-time.
Web Site Manager
Vacant
<BIG><BIG><BIG>Committee Members:
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Michael Demko, Metcalf & Eddy, michael_demko@metcalfeddy.com
Michael is an environmental EIT with Metcalf and Eddy; he has been with the firm for a year and a half. He has been a member of NEWEA since January 2000 and the wetlands committee since March of 2000. Michael received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida in Environmental Engineering in May 1997. He worked at a structural engineering firm for a year and a half prior to moving to Metcalf and Eddy’s Wakefield office.
Jason Gillespie, Metcalf & Eddy, gillesj@mwrawalnut.com
Jason is currently working at the MWRA’s Walnut Hill Project.
Richard Masters, rmasters@normandea.com
Sharon Raymond, Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Inc., sraymond@fstinc.com
Elizabeth Sabounjian, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, elizabeth.sabounjian@state.ma.us
Elizabeth has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology and a Master of Science degree in biology. She is a Certified Professional Wetland Scientist working as an environmental analyst for the Wetlands and Waterways Program. Elizabeth has been a member of NEWEA and the wetlands committee since 1991.
Richard “Chad” Sumner, Great Meadow Farm, GMFCorp@aol.com
M.A. in Conservation Biology, University of Pennsylvania 1996
B.A. in Biology and Geology, University of Pennsylvania 1996
Chad has been a NEWEA and Wetlands Committee Member since 1999.
Chad joined Great Meadow Farm as a principal in 1999, assuming responsibility for business and technology development, sales and marketing, and project management. In addition to daily operating activities, Chad has continued his informal apprenticeship with Daniel McHugh, the company’s founder and foremost expert on New England salt marsh restoration and replication techniques. With over 125 successful salt marsh projects, Great Meadow Farm is widely recognized as New England’s premiere salt marsh contracting firm. Building on Mr. McHugh’s reputation in salt marshes and dune systems, Chad has spearheaded Great Meadow Farm’s expansion into freshwater wetlands contracting with resounding success on 5 projects in the past year alone.
Prior to joining Great Meadow Farm, Chad spent two years with PhytoWorks, Inc., a plant biotechnology company investigating the capacity for native and genetically-engineered plants to sequester and/or degrade environmental contaminants. He has also worked with The Nature Conservancy in their Philadelphia field office and Lincoln Applied Geology, a regional environmental consulting firm located in Lincoln, Vermont.
<!-- --><BIG>Jane Wheeler, Camp Dresser and McKee, wheelerjw@cdm.com
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