Water Leaders Alumni
Below is a list of all Water Leaders Alumni and their current employers.
2021
| Karlyn Armstrong | Colorado Parks and Wildlife |
| Cole Bedford | CWCB |
| Stephanie Cecil | Northern Water |
| Hattie Johnson | American Whitewater |
| Katy Kaproth-Gerecht | LRE Water |
| Ronda Lobato | Costilla County Assessor |
| Gregor MacGregor | Colorado Supreme Court |
| Maura McGovern | CDPHE Water Quality Control Division |
| Emily Meek | AWWA |
| Taylor Murphy | City of Fountain |
| Ian Philips | Colorado River District |
| Stephanie Phippen | Tetra Tech |
| Warren Rider | Rider Resources International, LLC |
| Lindsay Rogers | Western Resource Advocates |
| Steve Snyder | Denver Water |
| Scott Steinbrecher | Colorado Department of Law |
2020
| Noah Greenberg | SWCA Environmental Consultants |
| Scott Griebling | St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District |
| Fay Hartman | American Rivers |
| Katie Helm | City of Fountain |
| Bethany Howell | Colorado Department of Agriculture |
| Marina Kopytkovskiy | Parker Water and Sanitation District |
| Jojo La | Colorado Water Conservation Board |
| Morgan Lynch | Mile High Flood District |
| Daniel Omasta | Colorado Trout Unlimited |
| Carrie Padgett | Harris Water Engineering, Inc. |
| Jordan Parman | Metro Wastewater Reclamation District |
| Kate Ryan | Colorado Water Trust |
| Jeff Stahla | Northern Water |
| Neil Stewart | Stantec |
| Andrew Straub-Heidke | SGM |
| Sarah Wheeler | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment |
2019
| Matt Becker | Colorado Legislative Council |
| Ann Bunting | Town of Crestone |
| Audrey Butler | Boulder County Parks & Open Space |
| Sonja Chavez | Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District |
| Cary Denison | Trout Unlimited |
| Joe Donnelly | Northern Water |
| Alicia DuPree | City of Aurora |
| Jonathan Hernandez | Northern Water |
| Michelle Johnson | Martin and Wood Water Consultants |
| Holly Loff | Eagle River Watershed Council |
| Jason Marks | Denver Water |
| Catherine Moravec | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| John Ott | James Ranch |
| Jen Petrzelka | City of Greeley |
| Julie Tinetti | Centennial Water and Sanitation District |
| Mike Willcox | EOG Resources |
2018
| Frank Alfone | Mt. Werner Water and Sanitation District |
| Corey Beaugh | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Blake Beyea | Water Quality Control Division—CDPHE |
| Hunter Causey | Colorado River Water Conservation District |
| Allegra da Silva | Brown and Caldwell |
| Kimberly Gortz | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Kate Greenberg | Colorado Department of Agriculture |
| Brendon Langenhuizen | Colorado River Water Conservation District |
| Mark Mitisek | Leonard Rice Engineers |
| Nathan Elder | Denver Water |
| Katherine Morris | Grand County |
| Jill Ozarski | Walton Family Foundation |
| Kent Pflager | Morgan County Quality Water District |
| Rachel Theler | National Association of Conservation Districts |
| Rob Viehl | Colorado Water Conservation Board |
| Esther Vincent | Northern Water |
2017
| Josh Baile | Dominion Water & Sanitation District |
| Jackie Brown | Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association |
| Devon Buckels | The Water Connection |
| Logan Burba | Element Water Consulting |
| Michelle DeLaria | Water Quality Control Division |
| Sarah Dominick | Hazen and Sawyer |
| Alexander Funk | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership |
| Heather Justus | Town of Castle Rock |
| Christopher Kurtz | Jacobs |
| Josh Nims | City of Westminster |
| Leann Noga | Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District |
| Jessica Olson | Left Hand Watershed Center |
| Emma Reesor | Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project |
| Scott Schreiber | Wright Water Engineers |
| Troy Wineland | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
2016
| Ryan Christianson | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Shannon Hatch | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Korey Kadrmas | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Andrew Kirsch | Eagle River Water and Sanitation District |
| April Long | City of Aspen |
| Bill McCormick | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Julie McKay | formerly of Boulder County |
| Katy Neusteter | American Rivers |
| Trisha Oeth | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment |
| Jessica Pault-Atiase | City of Boulder Attorney’s Office |
| Jayla Poppleton | Water Education Colorado |
| Kelly Romero-Heaney | Colorado Department of Natural Resources |
| Kevin Terry | Trout Unlimited |
| Edward Tolen | La Plata Archuleta Water District |
| Meg White | The Nature Conservancy |
| Scott Winter | Colorado Springs Utilities |
2015
| Tammy Allen | CDPHE Water Quality Control Division |
| Erik Anglund | Anadarko Petroleum |
| Laura Belanger | Western Resource Advocates |
| Matt Bond | Denver Water |
| Sean Cronin | St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District |
| Jordan Dimick | SGM |
| Heather Dutton | San Luis Valley Water Conservancy District |
| Angie Fowler | SGM |
| Hillary Hamann | University of Denver |
| Ben McConahey | formerly of Hydro Venture Partners |
| Kevin Niles | Stratmoor Hills Water & Sanitation Districts |
| Susan Ryan | Holland and Hart |
| Stephanie Scott | Water Education Colorado |
| David Skuodas | Urban Drainage and Flood Control District |
| Kristina Wynne | Bishop-Brogden Associates |
2014
| Jason Carey | RiverRestoration.Org |
| Adam Cwiklin | Town of Fraser |
| Aaron Derwingson | The Nature Conservancy |
| Julia Gallucci | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| James Henderson | 711 Ranch |
| Dawn Jewell | City of Aurora |
| Laurna Kaatz | Denver Water |
| Aimee Konowal | CDPHE Water Quality Control Division |
| Steve Malers | Open Water Foundation |
| Maria Pastore | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Klint Reedy | Jacobs Engineering Group |
| Gigi Richard | Fort Lewis College |
| Jennifer Shanahan | City of Fort Collins |
| Enrique Triana | RTI International |
| James VanShaar | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
2013
| Heather Beasley | Pinery Water and Wastewater District |
| Drew Beckwith | City of Westminster |
| Jenny Bishop | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Sean Chambers | City of Greeley Water |
| Kelly Close | Leonard Rice Engineers, Inc. |
| Brian Epstein | formerly of Colorado Water Conservation Board |
| Nathan Fey | Colorado Office of Outdoor Recreation Industry |
| David Graf | US Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Katie Knoll | Denver Water |
| Brian Murphy | River Works |
| Sarah Parmar | Colorado Open Lands |
| Kim Lennberg | Alba Watershed Consulting |
| Travis Robinson | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Zachary Smith | Colorado Water Trust |
| Dana Strongin | formerly of Denver Water |
2012
| Matt Brown | Confluence Water Consulting |
| David Colvin | Leonard Rice Engineers |
| Alice Conovitz | formerly of Integral Consulting |
| Patricia DeChristopher | Non-GMO Project |
| Mat deGraaf | Pagosa Area Water & Sanitation District |
| Nicole Garrimone-Campagna | Garfield & Hecht |
| Diane Johnson | Eagle River Water & Sanitation District |
| Greg Johnson | Denver Water |
| Ken Kehmeier | Ksqrdfish Aquatics LLC |
| Scott Lorenz | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Kristin Maharg Suarez | Community Soil Foundation |
| Erin Minks | Rio Grande National Forest |
| Courtney Black | Intera |
| Seth Turner | Headwaters Corporation |
| Patrick Wells | Colorado Springs Utilities |
2010
| James Eklund | Eklund Hannon LLC |
| Eric Hecox | Shea Properties |
| Abigail Ortega | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Andrew Funchess | Colorado Springs Utilities |
| Heath Kuntz | Adaptive Resources, Inc. |
| Erin Messner | American Water Works Association |
| Andrew Todd | US EPA |
| Richard Belt | Xcel Energy |
| Mark Detsky | Dietze and Davis |
| Tim Murrell | Whitworth Water District |
| Daniel Niemela | Bishop Brogden Associates |
| Carlie Ronca | Bureau of Rec. East Colorado Area Office |
| Luke Shawcross | Northern Water |
| Sarah Smith | Northern Water |
| Jennifer Stark | FireWise Council of Southwest Colorado |
| Britta Strother | JMT |
2008
| Tara Schutter | Tessara Water, LLC |
| Laurel Stadjuhar | West Sage Water |
| Mark McClusky | CDM Smith |
| Kim Hutton | City of Boulder |
| Nicole Seltzer | The River Network |
| Rob White | Colorado State Parks, Ark Headwaters Rec Area |
| Amy Beatie | Colorado Attorney General’s Office |
| Curran Trick | Keller Law |
| Daria Giron | EnerCon |
| Steve Lundt | Metro Wastewater Reclamation District |
| Ken Neubecker | Western Rivers Institute |
| CJ McLeral | Retired from US Bureau of Reclamation |
2007
| Jeffrey Bandy | Denver Water |
| Craig Ullmann | Applegate Group Inc |
| Matthew Lindburg | Brown and Caldwell |
| Richard Marsicek | Denver Water |
| Richard Vidmar | City of Aurora |
| Scott Hummer | Colorado Division of Water Resources |
| Beorn Courtney | Element Water Consulting, Inc. |
| Kate Muldoon | Riverside Technology Inc |
| David Frommell | Sherman and Howard |
2006
| Alan Ward | Board of Water Works of Pueblo |
| Richard Raines | Tri-District Water Resources |
| Greg Dewey | Northern Water |
| Emily Hunt | City of Thornton |
| Jeff Crane | Crane Associates, LLC |
| Jacob Bornstein | Wellstone Collaborative Strategies |
| Kenny Smith | Dolores Water Conservancy District |
| Mark Shively | Douglas County Water Resource Authority |
| Mary Presecan | Leonard Rice Engineers |
| Amy Johnson | City of Fort Collins |
| John Carney | Orton Family Foundation |
| Tom Iseman | The Nature Conservancy |
| Mike Wilde | Middle Colorado Watershed Partnership |
| Sasha Charney | Art as Artifact |