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Professional Wetland Scientists Certified Since 1994

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Certification Committees

2018/2019 Executive Board

President	Ben Lapage, PWS
Secretary General	Robbyn Myers, PWS
Treasurer	Yvonne M. Vallette, PWS
Immediate Past President	James Perry, Phd, PWS

Standing Committees

Certification Standards Committee

John Lowenthal Committee Chair
Robert D. Shannon, Ph.D., PWS, 2018-2021
Patrick M. Frost, PWS, 2018-2021
Kurt R. Philipp, Ph.D., PWS, 2018-2021
R. Harold Jones, 2016-2019

Certification Review Panel

Rob Shannon, PWS, Panel Chair, 2018-2021
Gregg Antemann, PWS, 2016-2019
Stephen W. Chu, PWS, 2016–2019
Leandra Cleveland, PWS, 2018-2021
David Davis, PWS, 2018-2021
Karla Gallina, PWS, 2017-2020
Jim Haney, PWS, 2017-2020
Ingeborg Hegemann, PWS, 2016-2019
James A. Thomas, PWS, 2018-2021

Certification Appeals Board

John Lowenthal Committee Chair 2018-2021
Rhodes Robinson, PWS 2018-2021

Certification Renewal Committee

Patrick M. Frost, PWS, Committee Chair 2018-2021
Vikki Jackson, PWS, 2017-2020
Robert J. Jontos, PWS, 2017-2020
William Kirchner, PWS, 2017-2020
Paul Anderson, PWS, 2017-2020
David G. Purkerson, PWS, 2018-2021
Amy W. Rollins, PWS, 2018-2021
D. J. Silverberg, PWS, 2018-2021

Outreach Committee

Robbyn Myers, Committee Chair 2018-2019
Yvonne Vallette, PWS 2018-2021
Scott W. Jecker, CWB, PWS, 2018-2021

Ethics Committee

Matthew Schweisberg, Committee Chair 2018-2021
Leandra Cleveland, 2018-2021
Amy W. Rollins, PWS, 2018-2021

Nomination Committee

John Lowenthal Committee Chair 2018-2021
Leandra Cleveland, PWS, 2018-2021
Charles Newling, PWS, 2018-2021

Awards Committee

Robbyn Myers, Committee Chair, 2018-2021
Stephen Chu, 2018-2021
Paul Julian, 2018-2021
Pam Tennison-Rindt, 2018-2021

Archivist

Elizabeth P. Binney, Ph.D., PWS, 2018-2021

SWS SWSPCP Representative

Scott Jecker, PWS

CESB Representative

Kurt R. Philipp, Ph.D., PWS, 2018-2021

Public Member

Jon Kusler, Esq., Ph.D., 2012-2017

Professional Short Course Review Panel

R. Harold Jones, PWS, Emeritus, Committee Chair, 2016 - 2019
James Wakeley, Ph.D., PWS, 2016 - 2019
Janet Morlan, PWS, 2016 - 2019
Scott W. Jecker, CWB, PWS, 2016 - 2019
Steve Walls, PWS, 2016 - 2019
Charlie Newling, PWS, 2016 - 2019
Alice Allen Grimes, PWS, 2016 - 2019

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