Speakers
Peter Gleick, Ph.D.
President, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security
Dr. Gleick is co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute. His research and writing address the critical connections between water and human health, the hydrologic impacts of climate change, sustainable water use, privatization and globalization, and international conflicts over water resources. Dr. Gleick was elected an Academician of the International Water Academy in 1999. In 2003 he was named a MacArthur Fellow, and in 2006 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Gleick received a B.S. from Yale University and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He serves on the boards of numerous journals and organizations, and is the author of many scientific papers and six books, including the biennial water report, The World’s Water, published by Island Press.
Gary W. Clark, P.E., D.WRE
Director, Office of Water Resources, Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources
Mr. Clark began his career with the State of Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources in 1974. In 2003, Mr. Clark was appointed as the director of the Office of Water Resources. He serves as the State of Illinois representative to the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association and Ohio River Basin Commission. He also serves as the agency’s representative to the Governor’s State Water Plan Task Force and has served as president of the Illinois Groundwater Association and Illinois Section of the American Water Resources Association. Mr. Clark graduated from the University of Wisconsin, with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1972, and an M.S. in civil and environmental engineering in 1974.
Bonnie Thomson Carter
Chair, Regional Water Supply Planning Group of Northeastern Illinois
Ms. Carter is the president of the Lake County Forest Preserve District and has been a member of the Lake County Board since 1996. Carter serves as chairman of the Northeastern Illinois Regional Water Supply Planning Group. The group is charged with developing a plan for 11 counties in northeastern Illinois.
Ms. Carter currently serves on the Public Works and Transportation Committee, Stormwater Management Commission Board, Route 120 Corridor Planning Council, and is president of the Preservation Foundation of the Lake County Forest Preserve and a member of Governor's Water Resource Advisory Committee.
Brent O’Neill, P.E.
Chair, East Central Illinois Regional Water Planning Committee
Mr. O’Neill is chairman of the East Central Illinois Regional Water Planning Committee. The committee is working to consider the current and future issues of water supply and demand, and to develop plans that will be recommended to appropriate local, county and state units of government and others for implementation and action within 15 counties of East Central Illinois. Mr. O’Neill has worked as an engineer for more than 17 years for consulting, municipal and private companies and has more than 12 years experience planning and designing numerous projects in the water industry. He is currently an engineering manager for Illinois American Water, where he oversees program delivery for districts in central and southern Illinois. Mr. O’Neill graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in civil engineering and received an MBA from Eastern Illinois University. He is a registered professional engineer in Illinois and Iowa.
Mary Ann Dickinson
Executive Director, Alliance for Water Efficiency
Ms. Dickinson is the founder and executive director of the Alliance for Water Efficiency, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the efficient and sustainable use of water in the United States and Canada. Prior to joining the Alliance she was executive director of the California Urban Water Conservation Council. She also worked for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and as deputy director for Public and Governmental Affairs at the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority. She is a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in environmental planning. She is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Water Efficiency Magazine, a fellow at the Water Resources Center at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and a trustee and past chair of the American Water Works Association National Water Conservation Division.
Otto Doering, Ph.D.,
Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
Prof. Doering is a public policy specialist and has served in several advisory capacities for the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA). He was the principal advisor to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for implementing the 1996 Farm Bill. He has been director of the American Agricultural Economics Association and chairman of the National Public Policy Education Committee. He served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee for Water Implications of Biofuels Production in the United States. His recent publications include a book on the effects of climate change and variability on agricultural systems, while others focus on linkages deriving the response to nitrogen over-enrichment, the rationale for U.S. agricultural policy, and integrating biomass energy into existing energy systems.
Kent Lokkesmoe, P.E.
Director, Division of Waters, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources
Mr. Lokkesmoe has worked for the Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Waters since 1974. As director of DNR Waters, he manages all division programs including serving on Senior Management of the DNR, Council of Great Lakes Governors work group, IJC Reference Studies, and managing the budget and policy issues of the division. Before becoming director, he served as regional hydrologist for the Metropolitan Region, and subsequently as assistant director where he was responsible for policy, fiscal and legislative issues, appropriation of waters, climatology, surface water and groundwater technical studies, dam safety and flood hazard mitigation. He received a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology and is a registered professional engineer.
Samuel W. Speck, Ph.D.
Commissioner, International Joint Commission
Mr. Speck was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate in April 2008 as one of the three United States Commissioners on the International Joint Commission which addresses boundary water issues between the United States and Canada. Among other matters, the commission is currently studying whether and how water levels on the Great Lakes might be more effectively managed. Mr. Speck had previously served for eight years as Ohio's director of natural resources. While serving in this role, was also a member and chair of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission and the Great Lakes Commission. He also served as chair of the Council of Great Lakes Governors and Premiers Water Management Working Group, which developed the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact and Agreement. In July 2004, he was one of three state officials in the U.S. to receive the National Governors Association's annual award for Distinguished Service in State Government. Prior to that, Mr. Speck had been president of Muskingum College for over a decade. He also served as an associate director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and was a member of the Ohio House and Senate for 13 years, while a member of the Muskingum College faculty. Reared on a farm in northeastern Ohio, he is a graduate of Muskingum College and earned master's and doctoral degrees in government from Harvard University.
Jack Wittman, Ph.D.
President, Wittman Hydro Planning Associates, Inc.
Dr. Wittman is a nationally recognized watershed hydrologist and groundwater scientist whose research has focused on using hydrologic models to protect community drinking water supplies from contamination or drought. Dr. Wittman has published many research reports, technical guidance documents and journal articles. He has advised federal, state, tribal and local governments, as well as the largest water utilities in the world. Dr. Wittman is a regular consultant to the Electric Power Research Institute. Dr. Wittman is registered as a Certified Ground Water Professional by the National Groundwater Association and has been appointed by the Indiana governor to the State Water Shortage Task Force. He is a member of the American Water Works Association’s Water Utility Council.
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