Explore how planners and water resource managers are integrating green infrastructure into their planning efforts in meaningful, performance-driven, and utility-scale ways. How can gray and green components be planned for simultaneously? How can they be integrated into a functioning system? And how can the performance of green infrastructure be measured and maintained to ensure regulatory compliance and adequate return on investment?
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Kellie C. Rotunno
Director of Engineering and Construction
Northeast Ohio Reg Sewer Dist.
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Bio: Director of Engineering & Construction for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District since 2008. Responsible for the implementation of all capital projects, including the $3B Combined Sewer Overflow long-term control plan. More than 21 years of private-sector environmental consulting experience prior to joining the District.
Education: B.S. Geological Engineering, 1987, Michigan Technological University
Key Publications: "Efficiencies with Staying Power: Business Process Automation Speeds Project Delivery", Texas WET, May/June 2012.
Aaron F. Koch
Deputy Commissioner for Sustainability
City of Chicago
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Bio: Aaron Koch is the Deputy Commissioner for sustainability in the City of Chicago’s Department of Water Management. In this role, he is responsible for implementing the water sustainability initiatives in Sustainable Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s roadmap for environmental stewardship and economic development. Aaron previously served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability. He was an author of the water chapters of PlaNYC, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s sustainability plan, as well as the New York City Wetlands Strategy and the Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan. As part of this work, he was a creator of New York City’s strategy to improve stormwater management through a $1.5 billion investment in green infrastructure. Aaron also coordinated the City’s waterfront policy initiatives including the implementation of Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan and the New York City Waterfront Action Agenda. Aaron previously worked as the Director of the Mayors' Institute on City Design; as a Fellow in the Office of Mayor Richard M. Daley; and as the National Vice President of the American Institute of Architecture Students. He is currently a faculty member at Columbia University in the Earth Institute’s Master of Sustainability Management program.
Education: Aaron holds a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Minnesota.
Cameron Ross
City Planner
City of Cincinnati
Josh Ellis
Program Director
Metropolitan Planning Council
Karen L. Sands, AICP
Manager of Sustainability
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
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Bio: Karen Sands is the Manager of Sustainability for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. She has been in this position for three years managing a program to encourage widespread implementation of green infrastructure throughout the MMSD region; she also works on energy (conservation and the use of renewables) and climate change mitigation/adaptation programs for MMSD. She has over 20 years of professional planning experience altogether in consulting and government, and is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Education: Master's of Regional Planning and Bachelor's of Geography, both from the State University of New York at Albany.
Key Publications: Available upon request.
Past Assignments: Available upon request.
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