The Freshwater Summit List of Participants

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The Freshwater Summit List of Participants

Frank H. Akers, Jr.
External Chair
Science Advisory Council
Mars, Incorporated
McLean, VA

Deanna Archuleta*
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Water and Science
United States Department of Interior
Washington, DC

Ann Bartuska*
Acting Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC

Chuck Clarke
Board Member
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
Chief Executive Officer
Cascade Water Alliance
Bellevue, WA

Edward A. Clerico
Chief Executive Officer
Alliance Environmental, LLC
Hillsborough, NJ

Elaine Dorward-King
Global Head of Health, Safety and Environment
Rio Tinto
South Jordan, UT

Roger C. Dower
President
The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Racine, WI

John R. Ehrmann
Senior Partner
Meridian Institute
Dillon, CO

Cecilia V. Estolano
Chief Strategist for State and Local Initiatives
Green for All
Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Fellows
Mayor
City of College Park, MD

Richard D. Fox
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer

CDM
Cambridge, MA

Paul Freedman
Chairman of the Board
Water Environment Federation
Ann Arbor, MI

Ray Gaesser
Past President
Iowa Soybean Association
Corning, IA

Robert García
Executive Director and Counsel
The City Project
Los Angels, CA

Peter Gleick
President and Co-Founder
Pacific Institute
Oakland, CA

Charles R. Gordon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Siemens Water Technologies
Warrendale, PA

S. Curtis Johnson
Chairman
Diversey, Inc.
Sturtevant, WI

Helen P. Johnson-Leipold
Chairman of the Board
The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Racine, WI

Kevin Knobloch
President
The Union of Concerned Scientists
Cambridge, MA

David Kohler
President and Chief Operating Officer
Kohler Co.
Kohler, WI

J. Michael McGinnis
Senior Scholar
Institute of Medicine
The National Academies
Washington, DC

Patrick O'Toole
Board Member
Family Farm Alliance
President
Ladder Livestock
Savery, WY

Carter S. Roberts
President and Chief Executive Officer
World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC

William D. Ruckelshaus
Chair
Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council
Former Administrator
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Seattle, WA

Jeffry Sterba
Chairman of the Board
PNM Resources
Albuquerque, NM

Nancy Stoner*
Deputy Assistant Administrator
Office of Water, United States Environmental Protection Agency
Washington, DC

Nancy Sutley*
Chair
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Washington, DC

Rebecca Wodder
President
American Rivers
Washington, DC

Kate Wolford
President
McKnight Foundation
Minneapolis, MN

Observers

David Beckman
Director, Water Program
Senior Attorney
Natural Resources Defense Council
Santa Monica, CA

Gordon Binder
Senior Fellow
World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC

Michael J. Boots
Associate Director, Land and Water Ecosystems
White House Council on Environmental Quality
Washington, DC

Victoria Carver
Senior Program and Resource Advisor
Iowa Soybean Association
Ankeny, IA

Patricia Dandonoli
President, Corporate Development
Natural Systems Utilities, LLC
Englewood, NJ

Allen Dearry
Director, Office of Environmental Public Health
Associate Director

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Research Triangle Park, NC

Andrew Fahlund
Senior Vice President for Conservation
American Rivers
Washington, DC

Davor Grgic
Senior Vice President Technical Services
Kohler Co.
Kohler, WI

Dan Keppen
Executive Director
Family Farm Alliance
Klamath Falls, OR

Richard M. Klemme
Dean and Director
University of Wisconsin-Extension
Madison, WI

Chris Librie
Director, Global Sustainability
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Racine, WI

John Matthews
Director, Office of the President
Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs
Diversey, Inc.
Sturtevant, WI

Sharon O'Toole
Rancher and Writer
Ladder Livestock
Savery, WY

Dan Rodrigo
Vice President
CDM
Cambridge, MA

Marcelle Shoop
Principal Advisor
Sustainable Development and Product Stewardship - Americas
Rio Tinto
South Jordan, UT

Chris Williams
Director, Freshwater Conservation
World Wildlife Fund
Washington, DC

Tim Williams
Senior Managing Director, Public Policy
Water Environment Federation
Alexandria, VA

The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Board of Directors

Michael P. Dombeck
UW System Fellow and Professor of Global Conservation
College of Natural Resources
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI

James D. Ericson
Former Chairman
Northwestern Mutual
Milwaukee, WI

Howard L. Fuller
Distinguished Professor of Education
Director, Institute for the Transformation of Learning

Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Gwen Ifill
Moderator and Managing Editor, Washington Week, WETA-TV
Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Arlington, VA

Imogene P. Johnson
Founding Director and Chairman
The Prairie School
Racine, WI

Winifred J. Marquart
President
The Johnson Family Foundation
Racine, WI

Paul R. Portney
Dean, Eller College of Management
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

Frank H.T. Rhodes
President Emeritus
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Paula Wolff
Senior Executive
Chicago Metropolis 2020
Chicago, IL

Planning Team

Lynn E. Broaddus
Director, Environment Programs
The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Racine, WI

Wendy S. Butler
Special Initiatives Coordinator
The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Racine, WI

Cynthia A. Georgeson
Communications Consultant
The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Racine, WI

Molly Mayo
Senior Mediator
Meridian Institute
Dillon, CO

Bradford R. Spangler
Mediator
Meridian Institute
Dillon, CO

William C. Strong
Executive Vice President and Managing Director
Jasculca/Terman and Associates, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Jessica Thunberg
Director of Creative and Strategic Development
Jasculca/Terman and Associates, Inc.
Chicago, IL

Sarah Wright
Environmental Policy Fellow
The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread
Racine, WI

*The federal agency participants in the Freshwater Forum series and Freshwater Summit took part to help inform the deliberations. The findings and recommendations in the Call to Action are being delivered by the non-federal participants for the consideration of federal leadership and other senior decision makers.