One World One Water Center (OWOW)
One World One Water Center Advisory Council
The Advisory Council was formed during the planning stages of the One World One Water Center to help guide the Center to a successful beginning and so forth. The Council consists of water community members located across the state of Colorado and from different backgrounds to allow for the most comprehensive brainstorming sessions. The Council duties include:
- Working to create relevance, vision, and connection within the water community
- Serving as ambassadors for the OWOW Center in the community and around the state
- Providing recommendations for current and future projects, programs, and services to encourage the success of the water studies program
- Actively participate in Advisory Council activities
- Reviewing and assessing specific programs
- Evaluating the organizations as a whole, and providing constructive recommendations for improvement
- Gathering input from or serving as a liaison with key constituencies
- Providing technical expertise
- Providing an independent, unbiased sounding board for brainstorming, creating new ventures, or identifying institutional strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities
- Assisting with future fundraising efforts as member time permits
- Providing short- and long-range budget and program planning recommendations
Current Advisory Council Members:
Jamie Akens
Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
Barbara Biggs
Roxborough Water & Sanitation District
Lisa Darling
South Metro Water Supply Authority
John Echohawk
Native American Rights Fund
Jorge Figueroa
El Laboratorio
Frani Halperin
H2O Radio
Gregory Hobbs Jr.
Colorado Supreme Court (Retired)
Melinda Kassen
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
Frank Kinder
Northern Water
James Kircher
U.S. Geological Society (Retired)
Clay Kraus
Flume Water
Paul Lander
University of Colorado - Boulder
Dan Luecke
Hydrologist and Environmental Scientist
Trina McGuire-Collier
HDR INC
David Miller
Keystone Science School
Francisco Pena
Water Resources and Documentation Centre
Jennifer Pitt
National Audubon Society
Jayla Poppleton
Water Education Colorado
Adams Price
Rotary Club of Denver
Tom Romero
University of Denver Law School
Kara Sobieski
Wilson Water Group
Ben Wade
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Reagan Waskom
Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University
Kenneth Wright
Wright Water Engineers, Inc.