The StormCon conference in Anaheim ended last Thursday. We at Forester thank all of the people who contributed to the show: the speakers, the exhibitors, and especially the attendees. I’d also like to single out a special group of people who generously volunteered their time and effort to act as moderators for the various 60-minute and 90-minute sessions: introducing the speakers, keeping track of the time, overseeing the Q&A sessions, and generally keeping things running—and, I hope, enjoying the presentations they heard while they were doing it. Some were new to the job this year, and others have volunteered their time again and again. With more than 45 sessions over the three days of the conference, we couldn’t do it with them.
Many of the moderators were exhibitors at StormCon; a few were speakers. And a dedicated few did double (or triple or quintuple) duty in moderating more than one session: Beth Chesson, Steve Esmond, Anna Griggs, Frank Kim, Mike Kimberlain, Mark Munley, and Alisa Peterson.
Here is the complete list of this year’s session moderators:
Jamie Aderhold, J2A Environmental
Daniel Apt, RBF Consulting
Lori Armstrong, ESRI
Mike Ashby, Forester Media
Dustin Bambic, AMEC Earth and Environmental
Gail Brice, GEM (General Environmental Management)
Tom Carpenter, ScourStop
Beth Chesson, CEC Inc.
Bob Domkowski, ITT Water & Wastewater
Barbara Eljenholm, RBF Consulting
Steve Esmond, Coanda
Jerry Fifield, HydroDynamics
Rich Franzetti, Malcolm Pirnie
Adam Fulton, Thirsty Duck
Anna Griggs, DeAngelo Brothers
Carol Happel, Suntree Technologies
Masoud Kayhanian, University of California, Davis
Frank Kim, AAWRE
Mike Kimberlain, Kristar Enterprises
Fred Kraekel, Hydro International
Nick Lagos, Fresh Creek Technology
Bob Maestro, StormChamber
Becky Metivier, CONTECH
Mark Munley, Firestone Specialty Products
Alisa Peterson, CBI Systems Ltd.
Wing Tam, City of Los Angeles
Scott Taylor, RBF Consulting
John Trotti, Forester Media
Catherine Tyrrell, Malcolm Pirnie
Wayne Villaluna, Pacific Coast Building Products