Organizing Committee and Advisory Board


Organizing Committee

Ted Castro-Santos, USGS
John Catena, NOAA
Kevin Moody, FHWA, USDOT
Susan Wells, National Fish Passage Program
Brett Towler, USFWS
David Ahlfeld, UMass CEE
Austin Polebitski, UMass CEE

Coordination Team

David Ahlfeld Dr. David Ahlfeld
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: (413) 545-2681
ahlfeld@ecs.umass.edu
Brett Towler Dr. Brett Towler
Regional Fish Passage Engineer, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: (413) 253-8727
towler@ecs.umass.edu
Austin Polebitski Dr. Austin Polebitski
Research Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Phone: (413) 577-1275
polebitski@ecs.umass.edu

Advisory Board

Margaret Lang, Chair (Humboldt State University)
Bryan Arroyo, USFWS
Alison Bowden, The Nature Conservancy
Scott Jackson, UMass Amherst
Paul Jacobson, EPRI
Paul Kemp, University of Southampton, UK
Dan Kuzmeskus, USFWS retired
Colin Lawson, Trout Unlimited
Stephanie Lindloff, American Rivers
Mike McGowan, HDR
Brian Stetson, Brookfield Renewable Power
Hans Tritico, Youngstown State Univ
Amy Unthank, US Forest Service
Laura Wildman, Princeton Hydro