Executive Committee
Ross Nelson, President, JMT/Tidewater Environmental Services, ross@tidewaterenvironmental.com
Jack Smith, Vice President , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, jack.smith@nelsonmullins.com
Ryam Smith PWS, Secretary ,HDR | ICA, Ryan.V.Smith@hdrinc.com
Tara Allden, Kimley Horn & Associates, Tara.allden@kimley-horn.com
Allen Conger, PWS, AMEC, allen.conger@amecfw.com
Adam McIntyre, Committee Member, adam@waterlandsolutions.com
Daniel Johnson , PE PH, Wildlands Engineering, djohnson@wildlandseng.com
Tommy Cousins ,RES | EBX , tcousins@res.us
Blair Wade, Membership Chair, HDR,Blair.Wade@hdrinc.com
Technical Committee
Ryam Smith PWS, Secretary, HDR | ICA, Ryan.V.Smith@hdrinc.com
Daniel Johnson PE PH, Wildlands Engineering, djohnson@wildlandseng.com
Mission Statement: To support an active and efficient mitigation marketplace by providing an exchange of sound scientific and engineering expertise between the SCMA and the Regulatory community in an effort to formulate and apply practical and consistent methods for regulating sustainable compensatory mitigation.
Description: This Committee will identify issues which prevent the practical and consistent application of the USACE compensatory mitigation guidelines, and will examine widely accepted methods and resources that promote sustainable mitigation. We will provide suggestions for viable clarifications or alternatives, where applicable, to regulations within the USACE guidelines. Additionally, the Committee will identify an avenue for knowledge transfer (e.g., point of contact, schedule, venue, discussion items, etc.) between the SCMA and the regulatory community.
Partership Committee
Allen Conger PWS, AMEC, allen.conger@amecfw.com
Tommy Cousins,RES | EBX ,tcousins@res.us
Mission Statement: To collaborate with the NGOs and state agencies to align and garner support for Association initiatives
Description: This Committee will work collaboratively with the NGOs and commenting agencies to improve understanding of organization initiatives and priorities. The goal is to recommend changes to the USACE compensatory mitigation guidelines that are endorsed by the participating entities, with the ultimate objective being consistent application of the mitigation guidelines across all applicants.
Regulatory Committee
Tara Allden, Kimley Horn & Associates, Tara.allden@kimley-horn.com
Lee Caffrey, Wildlands Engineering, lcaffery@wildlandseng.com
Mission Statement: To collaborate with the regulatory agencies, resource agencies, mitigation banking industry, and the regulated community to identify opportunities for efficiencies and agreements on policy, definitions, and procedures for the development and implementation of mitigation banks and permittee-responsible mitigation projects.
