Executive Board & Committee

President - Russell Huddleston (rhuddlel@ch2m.com)
Russell Huddleston (PWS) is a wetland ecologist in the Environmental Services Group in CH2M Hill's Sacramento office. His principle interests include vernal pools and other seasonal wetland ecosystems.

Acting Past President - Chad Roberts (rcr@robertskemp.com)
Chad Roberts is a Professional Wetland Scientist who works as an applied ecologist and wetland consultant from Davis, California

President-elect - Eric Stein (erics@sccwrp.org)
Eric Stein is an ecologist who specializes in wetland and water quality modeling and assessment. He heads up the Watershed Department at the S. Ca. Coastal Water Research Project

Secretary - Crystal Acker (acker@wra-ca.com)
Crystal Acker is an environmental specialist with the Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department. She assesses potential impacts of County public works projects on environmental resources under CEQA and NEPA, including wetlands, rare and endangered species, and their habitats.

Treasurer - Niall McCarten (nfmccarten@ucdavis.edu)
Niall McCarten is a wetland ecologist with the Hydrology Program of the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at University of California, Davis.

S. Ca. Representative - Jeremy Haas (jhaas@waterboards.ca.gov)
Jeremy Haas is an environmental scientist with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region. His primary responsibilities include the Clean Water Act Section 401 certification and NPDES storm water programs.

N. Ca. Representative - Elizabeth Brusati (edbrusati@cal-ipc.org)
Elizabeth Brusati is the Project Manager with the nonprofit California Invasive Plant Council. Her wetlands experience includes studies of birds and estuarine invertebrates in salt marshes and tidal flats.'

Nevada Representative - Jerry Qualls (jqualls@cabnr.unr.edu)
Jerry Qualls is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, teaching courses in Wetland Ecology and Management and Microbial Ecology. His research centers around biogeochemistry and plant ecophysiology.

Arizona Representative -Vacant

Hawaii Representative - Adonia Henry (adonia_henry@fws.gov)  Adonia Henry is a biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service Conservation Partnerships Program where she works with multiple agencies and private landowners to restore native habitats. Her primary interests include coastal wetland ecosystem function, moist soil management, and applied research.