1:00 pm: ASBPA-CSO Partnership and Joint Policy on Beach and Inlet Management
Read the full Joint Policy: https://asbpa.org/get-involved/policy/joint-policy-cso/
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Tony Pratt is the retired Administrator of the Shoreline and Waterway Management Section within the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control where he oversaw programs related to beach nourishment, beach construction regulation, coastal hazards mitigation, waterway management, and flood mitigation.
Derek Brockbank is Executive Director of Coastal States Organization (CSO), which represents the nation’s Coastal States, Territories, and Commonwealths on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes issues. With two decades of experience in Washington DC on coastal adaptation policy and organizational development, Derek is connecting state coastal management programs with federal agencies and resources in order to address the greatest coastal challenges facing society.
Rachel Keylon is CSO’s Federal Affairs Director. In this role she drives CSO’s legislative strategy and also leads CSO’s communications efforts.
1:30 pm: Facilitated Discussion Sessions: Networking, learning, and helping define ASBPA Priorities (listed alphabetically)
Thanks for participating! These discussions are now closed. Join us for a Happy Hour at 5pm ET!
Federal Funding for Coastal Research
Federal needs for Sea Level Rise
GOMESA
Inclusion and Diversity in Coastal Professions
State regulation of sediment placement
Thin Layer Placement (TLP) of Dredge Material
Pacific Coast Planning
Federal Funding for Coastal Research
Join moderator Tiffany Roberts-Briggs, Florida Atlantic University, to discuss: What funding is available? What pots of funding are not explicit to coastal, but could be better utilized for coastal?
Federal needs for Sea Level Rise
Join moderator Scott Douglass, South Coast Engineers, to discuss: What is your community doing to prepare for rising seas? What support do you need from the federal government or federal agencies?
GOMESA
Inclusion and Diversity in Coastal Professions
Join moderator Lynette Cardoch, Moffat & Nichol, to discuss: what can each of us be doing to make the coastal community more inclusive and diverse? What should ASBPA be doing?
State regulation of sediment placement
Join Moderator Ken Willson, Coastal Protection Engineering, to discuss: what are the local impediments to beneficially using sediment? Regulations? Policies? Stakeholder opposition?
Thin Layer Placement (TLP) of Dredge Material
Join the moderator to discuss: what can federal agencies be doing to help promote TLP? What Congressional response is needed?
Pacific Coast Planning
Join moderator Kim Garvey, Moffat & Nichol, to discuss: what should be included and how we can help USACE set this up?
2:15 pm: Coastal Pictionary led by ASBPA’s Students and New Professionals Chapter
Get ready to put your drawing skills to the test in this coastal themed Pictionary competition.
Sponsored by Moffat & Nichol
2:45 pm: Facilitated Discussion Report Outs
3:05 pm: State Sediment Regulations Analysis, an ASBPA-CSO joint project
Nicole Elko, Ph.D. has 20 years of experience managing/assisting with more than 20 beach preservation projects along the U.S. Southeast and Gulf coasts. Dr. Elko received her Ph.D. (Geology) from the University of South Florida after working with the USGS Coastal Marine Geology Program, St. Petersburg, and while serving as the coastal coordinator for Pinellas County, FL.
Mike Molnar is CSO’s Deputy Director. Mike serves as the expert resource on state coastal management programs by supporting CSO work with states and territories, NOAA and other partners.
Marriah Abellera is the Coastal Program Manager and coastal leader for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Institute for Water Resources leading innovative change in coastal resilience. Marriah is currently managing several of the national coastal climate adaptation and coastal resilience initiatives, to include leading the National Shoreline Management Study (NSMS), Systems Approach to Geomorphic Engineering (SAGE), and Coordination with Other Water Resource Agencies programs.
3:35 pm: State-led Regional Sediment Management Initiatives
Kevin Frenzel is a Texas registered professional geologist and is currently the CEPRA Program Manager in Coastal Resources at the Texas General Land Office. In this position, he provides technical review and oversight of erosion response projects along the Texas coast.
William Dixon is the Director of the Division of Coastal Engineering within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Engineering and Construction. Bill has been with the Department for 34 years.
Jesse Hayden is an Engineer Program Manager in the Delaware Department of Natural Resourced and Environmental Control’s Shoreline and Waterway Management Section.
4:15 pm: Congressional Staff Award Winners
4:20 pm: Hill Briefing with Hill Staff, led by Derek Brockbank
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Ryan Seiger is the Staff Director for the Water Resources and Environment sub-committee of the House Transportation & Infrastructure committee. Ryan started on Capitol Hill working for former Representative Robert A. Borski (D-PA), where he served as Senior Legislative Assistant.
Jon Pawlow is Republican Senior Counsel for the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He is responsible for matters within the Subcommittee’s jurisdiction relating to water quality, water pollution control, wetlands, watersheds, hazardous waste cleanup and brownfields, water resources management, and water infrastructure.
House Natural Resources Committee
Lora Snyder is the staff director for the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife in the House Natural Resources Committee. Prior to joining the committee, Snyder was a campaign director at Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
John Kane
5:00 pm: Drinks and Coastal Conversations with Friends and Partners
Red Wine and Rising Seas
White Wine and WRDA
Bubbles and Blue Flag
IPAs and RSM
Mocktails and Management
Whiskey and Water Quality
Red Wine and Rising Seas
Join Tom Herrington of Monmouth University to discuss adaption planning!
White Wine and WRDA
Join Derek Brockbank, Executive Director of Coastal States Organization, to discuss WRDA and other Congressional policy issues!
Bubbles and Blue Flag
Join Annie Mercer, ASBPA Program Coordinator, to talk about the who, what, where and how of the Blue Flag Program.
IPAs and RSM
Join Katie Brutsche, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to talk about Regional Sediment Management!
Mocktails and Management
Join Gary Jones, Los Angeles County, to talk about Coastal Management!
Whiskey and Water Quality
Join Nicole Elko, ASBPA Science Director, to discuss coastal water quality and the upcoming water quality white paper!