Speakers

Alexander is an engineer in Seattle with Parametrix.

Ashley Cantlon is a water resources engineer with the City of Gresham. She has over 20 years of experience in stormwater engineering (19 years in consulting, and almost 3 in the public sector) working on projects ranging from urban stormwater treatment and detention to wetland mitigation and channel enhancements. She has a passion for projects that support the environment, and has gained an appreciation of the complexity of incorporating stormwater mitigation into highly urbanized areas over the course of her career. In her free time, Ashley enjoys keeping active, running, playing soccer, and playing her violin with a local community orchestra.

Pablo Martos has been the Senior MS4 Permit Writer and Municipal Stormwater Program Coordinator for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality since 2018. Prior to that he served at the Oregon Department of State Lands as the agency’s Portland Harbor Superfund Specialist for 6 years, and spent the earlier part of his career in the private sector at environmental engineering consulting firms. He holds a BS in Applied Ecology from UC Irvine and a Graduate Certificate in Fisheries Management from Oregon State University.

Neil Schulman Executive Director Neil Schulman has led the North Clackamas Watersheds Council since 2018. He leads the efforts to remove Kellogg Dam and restore a free-flowing Kellogg Creek, as well as the Council’s strategy, stakeholder relations, partnership development, fundraising, and organizational development, and government relations. He also serves on the Steering Committee for the Oregon 6PPD-Q Working Group and the Clackamas Water Environment Services Advisory Committee and Budget Committee. Mr. Schulman has three decades of expertise in conservation leadership, collaborative watershed initiatives, and community engagement on natural resources with a focus on work in urban and suburban areas, multi-stakeholder projects, and natural resources leadership development. Prior to his role with the Council, he was the was the Co-founder and President of the Confluence Environmental Center, managed leadership development for the Northwest Service Academy, a four-state conservation leadership agency, statewide capacity building for SOLVE, and ran natural resources engagement programs for Metro, ran leadership development and capacity building strategy with Venture Portland, and facilitated rural leadership development for the Ford Institute for Community Building and Rural Development Initiatives. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Reed College and postgraduate coursework in Nonprofit Management from Portland State University. When he’s not at the computer, you can often find him around the region’s streams, with chest waders on his feet or a paddle in his hand.

Ariel Oliver is an Environmental Protection Manager with experience in regulatory compliance frameworks, including stormwater, wastewater, solid waste, land and water use, and SPCC. Her education includes a B.A. in Recreation Administration from California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt and a PSM in Environmental Science (Biogeochemistry) from Oregon State University.

Mr. Hultquist has 9 years of experience within the environmental field as an environmental scientist on a variety of projects including EPA superfund sites, hazardous waste facilities, active & closed landfills, military bases, petroleum impacted sites, fuel storage aggregate facilities, and chemical manufacturing plants. His project experience includes multi-media (groundwater, leachate, stormwater, LFG, and soil) sampling using a variety of methods, procedures, and equipment. Since 2024, he has managed environmental compliance projects with SCS Engineers out of the Portland, Oregon office focusing primarily on industrial and construction stormwater compliance.

Chris Sommer is a Senior Project Engineer-in-Training with experience in stormwater and wastewater permitting and regulatory compliance in Washington and Oregon. He received a B.Sc. in chemical engineering from Penn State University in 2019 and has worked for Landau Associates, Inc. since. In his role at Landau, Chris supports a variety of Washington- and Oregon-based stormwater projects ranging from compliance sampling to treatment design and development. His work emphasizes practical, defensible compliance strategies that balance regulatory obligations with project delivery goals. Due to his education in chemical engineering, Chris brings a deep understanding of water quality chemistry to help solve a multitude of stormwater-related challenges that his clients are navigating. If you see Chris around the conference, be sure to say hello!

Kent Patton is Director of Technical Services for Apex Laboratories LLC and has spent more than 30 years making sure environmental data is accurate, defensible, and a lot more useful than “well, it looked fine to me.” He has led remote and mobile laboratory efforts across the U.S. and Asia—from Alaska to Mexico—supporting emergency response, investigations, remediation, and restoration projects. Kent is especially known for helping people understand sampling theory, reduce error, and get results that are actually representative, which is harder than it sounds and far more important than most of us realized before today. Please welcome Kent Patton.

Justin is the President of Justin B. Green Consulting. Justin provides solutions-oriented consulting on water, air, and energy matters. Justin started Justin B. Green Consulting in January 2022 after working over ten years in the public sector on air, energy, water, and climate issues. Justin has advised clients on the regulatory and political landscape in Oregon and Florida as it relates to environmental and energy matters. This has included working with clients to develop permitting pathways, productively interact with the EPA, states, and state agencies, and secure funding opportunities for large environmental projects. Justin served as the Administrator for the Oregon DEQ Water Quality Program from 2018 to 2021. Prior to coming to Oregon, he was the Water Division Director and Air Division Director at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Justin has a Law degree from Florida State University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin.

Sam Petrie manages the design, fabrication, installation, and O&M of Clear Creek’s stormwater treatment systems for industrial clients across the country. Prior to working with Clear Creek Systems, Sam was a project manager with an environmental construction firm, where he worked with consultants, engineers, and clients to remediate contaminated sites in the Pacific Northwest. Sam graduated from Oregon State University with a major in Construction Engineering Management and a minor in Business Administration.

Ame LeCocq is the Regional Environmental Compliance Manager for Recology’s Pacific Northwest Region, overseeing all permitting and compliance needs for 29 facilities throughout Oregon and Washington, including transfer stations, material recovery facilities, compost sites and waste hauling operations. She has worked in the environmental and safety field for more than 25 years, and specializes in stormwater, wastewater, hazardous waste, and solid waste compliance. Before joining Recology, she started her career in the used oil industry and continued as an independent EH&S consultant for waste handling and manufacturing operations. Ame is also actively engaged in policy and regulation development, serving as a subject matter expert for statue rule making and advisory committees. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Refuse & Recycling Association.

Holly Keane is a Senior Engineer at Landau Associates with over ten years of experience in environmental consulting. Her work focuses on environmental compliance and permitting across the United States and Canada. Holly’s expertise spans a range of sectors, including industrial stormwater, wastewater, hazardous waste management, transactional due diligence, and multi-facility compliance. She also has experience in spill prevention and response, serving in an acting Professional Engineer (P.E.) capacity.

Martha Cruse is the Eastern Region Stormwater Specialist and has been with DEQ since August 2022. She has over 12 years experience working in regulatory stormwater at the municipal and state level.

Stacy is the Manager of the Industrial Stormwater Program at City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services (BES). BES manages Portland’s wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to protect public health and the environment, leading the City in preserving and restoring the health of Portland’s watersheds. The Industrial Stormwater Program identifies, prevents, and minimizes sources of pollution in stormwater discharges and controls non-stormwater discharges from industrial and commercial businesses via compliance oversight of the state NPDES 1200-Z and 1200-A Industrial Stormwater Permits and Portland City Code. Stacy holds a BS in Environmental Chemistry from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from George Fox University.

Holly Keane is a Senior Engineer at Landau Associates with over ten years of experience in environmental consulting. Her work focuses on environmental compliance and permitting across the United States and Canada. Holly’s expertise spans a range of sectors, including industrial stormwater, wastewater, hazardous waste management, transactional due diligence, and multi-facility compliance. She also has experience in spill prevention and response, serving in an acting Professional Engineer (P.E.) capacity.

Angelica Greene is an Environmental Specialist in the City of Portland’s Industrial Stormwater Program. After graduating from the University of Arizona and working as a social worker with at risk families, Angelica moved to Washington where she earned a master’s degree in Marine and Environmental Affairs. Angelica then moved to Portland to work at the Department of Environmental Quality before joining the Bureau of Environmental Services. After starting in the FOG program, Angelica moved into stormwater where she worked as a 1200-Z permit manager before entering her current position working with the unregulated community in Portland’s Columbia Slough watershed.

Ara Vickers is an Environmental Services Specialist at Clean Water Services. She is a case manager for the 1200-Z Permit and conducts Environmental Services’ regulatory work of mitigating pollutants, such as PFAS and mercury, in the Tualatin watershed. Her presentation will provide insights into the 1200-Z permit inspection process, highlighting how permitted facilities can best prepare for 1200-Z inspections.

Lisa Reinhart is the Water Quality Reclamation Specialist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Mineral Land Regulation and Reclamation Program. She helps implement Oregon’s stormwater program, where DOGAMI administers the 1200-A NPDES General Permit as agent for the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Lisa works closely with mining and aggregate operators, consultants, and partner agencies to support practical and effective stormwater compliance. She is a Certified Erosion, Sediment, and Stormwater Inspector (CESSWI) and brings a strong field-based understanding of erosion control and stormwater regulations, with a focus on stormwater management at aggregate mining operations.

A graduate of Western Washington University with a B.S. in Environmental Science, Selene Convy has 11 years of experience in the environmental field. Prior to joining Pacific Stormwater, she performed ecological restoration projects throughout Washington State and worked in a certified environmental analytical laboratory. She has now been with Pacific Stormwater for five years and provides field management and permit compliance services to industrial facilities and construction sites in Washington and Oregon. When she’s not sampling dirty water, Selene likes to hike the wilderness, practice archery, and roller skate like it’s the 1970’s.

Dan Joseph has more than 15 years of experience in environmental engineering, mechanical system design, pollutant source identification and control, hydrologic modeling, pilot stormwater treatment studies, stormwater and wastewater permitting, and full-scale treatment system implementation. He has extensive experience assisting with permit compliance at many different industrial facility types, including manufacturers, food, and waste sectors, for both stormwater and wastewater projects in Oregon and Washington. Prior to working in consulting, Dan was the Research and Development (R&D) Manager and Operations Manager during his tenure at a stormwater treatment system manufacturer, StormwateRx. At Landau, Dan provides project management and leverages his engineering experience to lead projects including stormwater treatment design, wastewater disposal, facility permitting, system optimization, and supporting facilities with ongoing permit compliance. Dan is based out of Portland, Oregon.

Brian Tino is a senior engineer at Maul Foster & Alongi with 11 years of experience. He began his career primarily focused on soil and groundwater remediation at oil and gas bulk storage terminals in New Jersey, but since moving to Portland has focused on stormwater management, largely at industrial facilities. His background in remediation and interest in sustainable design provide a balanced approach to industrial stormwater management and supporting clients in meeting all requirements of permit compliance.

Dr. Shane Latimer is an environmental planner, ecologist, and toxicologist with over 35 years of experience in environmental assessment, planning, permitting, and implementation. He serves as SCS’s National Expert of Environmental Planning. His specialty is developing projects that challenge the interface between the built and natural environment, such as solid waste facilities, mines, oil and gas infrastructure, sewage treatment facilities, and similar developments.

Jaida Leap is an Environmental Engineer-in-Training based out of Eugene, Oregon. She received a B.S. in Ecological Engineering from Oregon State University and has worked with Apex Companies for the last two years. Jaida supports industrial facilities across the western region in maintaining compliance with the NPDES 1200-Z Industrial Stormwater Permit, including sampling, reporting, BMP evaluation, and the design of stormwater treatment systems.

Lindsay Hoyt is the Enterprise Projects Team Manager at the Department of Environmental Quality. The Enterprise Projects Team implements and supports Your DEQ Online.

Mitch supports the agency as a Business Systems Analyst and Operations Team Lead for Your DEQ Online. He started with DEQ in the spring of 2018, and by the following year began to support and implement YDO. Prior to joining the YDO team, he served in the Cleanup Program out of headquarters. Mitch earned a degree from Portland State University in Community Development in 2009, exploring different environmental roles in the public and non-profit sectors ever since.

Casey is a Principal at Beveridge & Diamond P.C.

Allyn is the Managing Principal of Beveridge & Diamond’s Seattle office. Her experience as former Regional Counsel at EPA Region 10 informs her deep policy, regulatory, and enforcement knowledge. In Region 10, Allyn supervised and developed strategy to defend Clean Water Act litigation challenging water quality standards, TMDLs, and NPDES permits. She helps clients comply with an array of environmental requirements under water, waste, and air regulations. Allyn also helps clients work effectively with regulators, drawing on her 30 years of agency experience.

Joey is a Principal Scientist with Geosyntec Consultants with nearly 30 years of experience providing environmental consulting and environmental regulatory services to private industry, municipalities and government agencies. Joey serves as a subject matter expert within the firm for is work has includes the development and implementation of stormwater pollution control plans (SWPCPs), best management practices (BMPs) development, corrective action designs and onsite stormwater inspections. Joey is based out of Geosyntec’s Portland office and in his spare time he likes to do most anything outdoor related.

Parker is an environmental compliance specialist focusing on industrial, commercial, municipal, and agricultural operations. He works closely with clients to help them understand environmental requirements, manage risk efficiently, and correct potential noncompliance. Based in Portland, Parker has built a career assisting clients with a wide range of environmental services in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California. His portfolio includes multimedia compliance for programs related to stormwater, wastewater, air emissions, hazardous materials, and oil storage.

Derek is an environmental Swiss Army knife for folks in heavy industry. He has over a decade of experience working and managing projects associated with permit compliance, design and operation of water treatment systems, due diligence, auditing, completion of remedial actions, and overall environmental program management. Outside of work, Derek tries to do as little as possible.

Mieke Vrijmoet is an Industrial Stormwater Permit Manager with the City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, administering 1200-Z Permits for industrial operations in Portland, Oregon. Mieke has been a Permit Manager since 2021, and has a background in ecology, geology, and environmental science, and holds a BA from Bennington College in Vermont. As a permit manager, Mieke aims to make the law legible and actionable by providing education and technical assistance to facilities. Their favorite part of their job is learning about Oregon’s diverse industrial operations, and seeing the novel and creative solutions that permit holders devise to achieve regulatory compliance and control pollution at their facilities. Outside of work, Mieke likes to play music, take photos, and travel to see water infrastructure.

Jennifer Casler is a Registered Geologist with more than 34 years of experience assisting local government, uilities, and developers address stormwater, environmental compliance, and natural resource challenges. Her work includes stormwater permitting and compliance, erosion and sediment control, watershed protection, environmental site assessment, brownfields redevelopment, and regulatory coordination. Jennifer has supported numerous public and private infrastructure projects requiring stormwater management, environmental permitting, and coordination with state and federal regulatory agencies. Her experience spans planning, design support, environmental review, permitting, compliance monitoring, and construction-phase environmental oversight. Jennifer is committed to developing practical solutions that protect water quality, reduce project risk, and help communities achieve their environmental and infrastructure goals.

Daria Gneckow serves as DEQ’s Statewide Stormwater Program Coordinator and Senior Permit Writer for construction stormwater general permits. She has worked in DEQ’s stormwater program for nine years, following prior career experience in environmental consulting, where she assisted municipalities with NPDES program development and implementation. Daria earned her B.S. in Earth and Planetary Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Brent Whittaker is a Construction Manager with AKS Engineering & Forestry, specializing in construction inspection, construction management, erosion and sediment control compliance, and public infrastructure projects. He provides leadership for inspector development, quality assurance, and process improvement initiatives while supporting clients, contractors, and regulatory agencies throughout project delivery. Brent is committed to developing high-performing teams, contributing to the advancement of industry standards, and implementing practical solutions that drive successful project outcomes.

Parker is an environmental compliance specialist focusing on industrial, commercial, municipal, and agricultural operations. He works closely with clients to help them understand environmental requirements, manage risk efficiently, and correct potential noncompliance. Based in Portland, Parker has built a career assisting clients with a wide range of environmental services in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and California. His portfolio includes multimedia compliance for programs related to stormwater, wastewater, air emissions, hazardous materials, and oil storage.

Derek Sandoz has served as the Underground Injection Program Coordinator at Oregon DEQ since 2013. Prior to this position, Derek worked in the private sector for 17 years in environmental consulting and contracting in the Portland Metro area. Derek holds a bachelor’s degree from the University for Puget Sound, and studied for one year at Murdoch University in Western Australia with a focus on Environmental Studies.

Kevin Weberling is the Senior Hydrogeologist for the statewide DEQ UIC Program. He has been in his current role since 2021 and worked in the private sector for 20 years prior to joining DEQ. Kevin is a registered geologist with the States of Oregon and Washington. He received his M.S. Degree at University of California, Santa Cruz and his B.S. Degree from Central Washington University.

With over 25 years of experience, Christine brings deep technical expertise combined with a proven ability to lead large, operationally complex, environmental infrastructure and compliance programs. Her work spans the full lifecycle of development across industrial facilities including the design, construction oversight, and O&M of water treatment systems. Christine has managed high-profile, multi-party remediation efforts at large and highly regulated RCRA sites under the jurisdiction of the U.S. EPA, state agencies, tribal governments, and local municipalities. She is experienced in coordinating diverse stakeholders, navigating complex regulatory frameworks, and driving alignment across agencies, consultants, contractors, and facility operations teams. Ms. Nancarrow has co-authored 3 technical papers regarding in-situ remediation of heavy metals in groundwater, received 3 Exceptional Performance Awards from her prior work on the Boeing Remediation Program in California.

Roy Iwai is an environmental scientist and stormwater manager with Multnomah County. He chairs the Oregon 6PPDq Working Group, a voluntary collaborative partnership of local, state and federal agencies and non-profit organizations, to reduce the impacts of toxic tire dust on native fishes.

Jennie is the Stormwater Asset Management Program Coordinator for ODOT responsible for tracking long-term functionality of post-construction stormwater control measures. She is currently involved in state and national research projects aiming to assess stormwater control measure efficacy for 6PPD-q removal. Prior to working for ODOT, she managed an MS4 program for a special district for 11 years. She is a Professional Wetland Scientist and started her career in environmental consulting working on wetland mitigation design and monitoring. She has a doctorate in Environmental Science and a Masters in Natural Resources from The Ohio State University and Bachelors in Environmental Science and Biology from Portland State University.

Katie is a Watershed Scientist with the City of Gresham where she studies urban pollutants and ways to mitigate them.