Stormwater Community

The Stormwater Community provides leadership and a voice for effective stormwater management by developing high-quality technical products and programming to support stormwater professionals.

Mission Statement

The WEF Stormwater Community's mission is to provide leadership and advocate for effective stormwater management by developing high-quality technical products and programming to support stormwater professionals, promote innovation in the field, support policies that recognize the importance of implementing sound management principles, encourage communication and outreach with the public and decision-makers, and collaborate with organizations and groups to advance the field.

Leadership  Focus Groups


Leadership 

Chair
James (Jamie) Houle, 2025 - 2027
james.houle@unh.edu

Vice Chair
Alexander (Alex) Miller, 2025 - 2027
alexander.miller@hdrinc.coim

Second Vice Chair
Colette Easter, 2025 - 2027
eolette.easter@louisvillemsd.org

Immediate Past Chair
Elizabeth Krousel, 2025 - 2027
ekrousel@mbakerintl.com

WEF Community Manager
Lisa Deason
ldeason@wef.org 


Stormwater Community Focus Groups

Funding and Finance
Robert (Bob) Page, Chair
rtpage@hntb.com

Prabha Kumar, Vice Chair
rtpagekumarpn@bv.com

Green Stormwater Infrastructure
John Phillips, Chair
jmphillips@parametrix.com

Rich Lucera, Vice Chair
richard.lucera@mbakerintl.com

Innovation and Technology
Mark Van Auken, Interim Chair
mark.vanauken@arcadis.com

Latha Chandrasekaran, Vice Chair
latha.aq@gmail.com

Policy and Governance
Patrick Bradley, Chair
patrick.bradley@mbakerintl.com

Fernando Pasquel, Vice Chair
fernando.pasquel@deq.virginia.gov

Resilience
Nitin Katiyar, Chair
nitin.katiyar@hdrinc.com

Joel Kaatz, Vice Chair
joel.kaatz@arcadis.com

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