The Science Advisory Committee will help ensure that future data collection, analysis, interpretation, and reporting is sound, rigorous, and meets the necessary standards for acceptance by DEQ.
Committee Members:
Dan Frisbee — Dan Frisbee is a Water Resources Specialist for the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, where he has worked in the City’s Environmental Sustainability Division for fourteen years. He coordinates the City’s stormwater management program, most notably their Phase II MS4 Permit, and participates in stormwater retrofitting, urban stream restoration, local waterway and Chesapeake Bay TMDL related efforts, riparian stream buffer and urban forest management, urban watershed planning, and public education, outreach, and engagement. Dan graduated from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia in 1998 with a B.S. degree in Geography, and enjoys spending quality time with his wife and two sons, mountain biking, hiking, playing golf, and partaking of good food and good drink with good friends.
John Murphy – John received a B.A. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia in 2001, graduating Magna cum laude. He founded StreamWatch in 2002 and served as the Executive Director until 2011. He served as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors for several years. He is currently the Science Advisor for StreamWatch, providing technical guidance, data and project analyses, and working with staff on all projects.
Brian Richter –Brian Richter has been a global leader in water science and conservation for more than 25 years. He is the Chief Scientist for the Global Water Program of The Nature Conservancy, an international conservation organization, where he promotes sustainable water use and management with governments, corporations, and local communities. He is also the President of Sustainable Waters, a global water education organization. Brian has consulted on more than 120 water projects worldwide. He serves as a water advisor to some of the world’s largest corporations, investment banks, and the United Nations and has testified before the U.S. Congress on multiple occasions. He also teaches a course on Water Sustainability at the University of Virginia.
Todd M. Scanlon – Todd Scanlon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia. His areas of research interest include watershed hydrology, land-atmosphere interaction, and vegetation dynamics. He is currently the director of the Shenandoah Watershed Study and Virginia Trout Stream Sensitivity Study, long-running research and stream monitoring programs in Shenandoah National Park and the surrounding national forests. Todd received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and and M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
Jeff Sitler – For the past thirty years, Mr. Sitler has been employed as an environmental scientist at the University of Virginia. He is the President and founder of Jeffrey A. Sitler Environmental Services, Inc. (JAS), a Virginia Corporation he started in 1995 and continues to manage today. JAS provides independent environmental consultations and services to a wide range of clients including manufacturing industry, banks, petroleum industry, municipal governments, law firms and individuals. With JAS, Mr. Sitler has provided environmental expertise on projects including numerous investigations of releases from petroleum storage tanks, numerous Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, environmental permitting, water quality sampling, water supply development, SPCC Plan development, and environmental training.