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Annalisa Peace, Executive Director, holds an MS in Urban Administration from Trinity University and has over fifteen years experience working with non-profit and governmental organizations in a variety of capacities, including as a City Council aide, grants administrator with the City of San Antonio's Office of Cultural Affairs, Executive Director of Youth Orchestras of San Antonio, and Director of Development for the Carver Community Cultural Center. She has been instrumental in organizing citizens' campaigns in her hometown of San Antonio, including Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas
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(AGUA), the Salado Nature Trail Project, and Smart Growth San Antonio, serving, as well, on the steering committee of the Bexar Land Trust, and on numerous governmental boards and ad-hoc committees, including the City of San Antonio's Open Space Advisory Board, the Water Quality Task Force that drafted San Antonio's water quality rules, and as Community Co-Chair of the Kelly AFB Restoration Advisory board. Ms. Peace currently serves on the boards of the Happy Foundation and the San Antonio League of Women Voters and is a member of the American Planners Association, the Association of Professional Fundraisers.
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Elena Serna, Special Projects Coordinator, joined GEAA in September 2008 as the Special Projects Coordinator. Prior to this position, she interned for the City of San Antonio's Department of Community Initiatives, for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for various non-profit organizations in the San Antonio, Dallas, and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas. Elena earned a degree in Urban Studies (emphases in Economics, Sociology, and Public Policy) from Trinity University and hopes to study Public Policy at the graduate level in the years to come. |
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Rachel Dealy, Fundraising & Special Events Coordinator, was born and raised in San Antonio where she cherished time spent with friends and family in the nearby Texas Hill Country. She moved to Norfolk, VA in 2002 where she became involved in community activism and environmental issues. These interests followed her back to San Antonio in 2006, and upon her return, Rachel joined the staff at GEAA as a Fundraising Coordinator to organize the First Annual Texas Hill Country Feral Hog Roast, and has been working on fundraising events, special projects coordination, and increasing community presence ever since. |
Currently, Rachel lives in Austin where she is a student in the School of Social Work at the University of Texas and a volunteer at the Austin State Hospital. When she's not in class, Rachel spends her time planning events or working on fundraising and projects like the Texans for Every Drop Business Campaign, sales and distribution of GEAA's 2008 Aquifer Maps, and of course, the Fourth Annual Texas Hill Country Feral Hog Roast! If she had free-time, it would be spent enjoying the gorgeous Texas landscape.
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Tom Hayes, Science Director, received his B.A. in biology from Rice University, Masters of Forest Science from Yale University, and Ph.D. in biogeochemistry and disturbance ecology from the University of California, Berkeley. He has authored over 100 publications and technical papers, plus numerous conference and workshop presentations. Tom has worked over 30 years as a natural resource manager, research ecologist, university educator, and conservation biologist. |
His experience encompasses ecological and environmental monitoring, habitat restoration, rare species conservation, silviculture, ecological baseline and impact analysis, reserve design and management, regulatory biology, biogeochemistry, and expert testimony. His conservation projects include a variety of plant and animal species, and a diversity of terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic habitats. Tom started his current position with GEAA in October 2008. His employment history includes: associate scientist, U. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point (2005-2008); research ecologist, U. of Wisconsin, Madison (2003-05); research faculty, Oregon State U., Corvallis (1996-2003); Ph.D. candidate (part-time), U. of California, Berkeley (1993-2002); state stewardship ecologist, The Nature Conservancy of Texas (1989-92); senior biologist, Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept, Austin (1985-89); and project manager/biologist, Espey, Huston & Associates, Austin, TX, (1978-84).
Email Tom 512-477-2320
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Carol Mendoza Fisher, Technical Director, has a BS in Resource and Environmental Studies from Texas State University at San Marcos. Carol has woorked as a Federal Contractor specializing in Hazardous Waste Management; as Technical Director for Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas (AGUA) advocating aquifer protection in the San Antonio area; and most recently for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), where she specialized in air, water, and waste rules, permitting and compliance. During her time at TCEQ, she became the Region 13 Edwards Aquifer Liaison. In this capacity she developed a great appreciation for the investigators and permit writers with whom she worked. |
The partnerships Carol established at TCEQ in conjunction with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are still active and serve her well in her current role as GEAA Technical Director. Carol joined GEAA staff in January 2009. Her primary focus is on developing and advocating better regulation to protect our water resources. Carol also plans educational workshops for local regulators, developers, and building professionals on topics pertinent to aquifer protection, and plays an active part in reviewing upcoming development plans that will impact the Edwards Aquifer.
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Terry Dudley serves as a Technical Consultant to GEAA. He holds a MS in Environmental Management from The University of Texas at San Antonio and a BS in Natural Resources from The Ohio State University. His 35-year career was spent in environmental compliance and corporate operations improvement for both the private and public sectors. His employers included The North American Coal Corporation, URS, Pape-Dawson Engineers, and the Edwards Aquifer Authority. His volunteer efforts include board and citizen advisory committee appointments tor the Texas Mining and Reclamation Association, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, Green Spaces |
Alliance, CPS Energy, United Way, and the Air and Waste Management Association. His is also a Registered Environmental Manager, a Certified Texas Master Naturalist and operates a ranch in Medina County.
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Robert (‘Bob’) Moyer, PE moved to San Antonio when his father was transferred to Kelly AFB in 1957. He attended public school in the Northside ISD and later earned three degrees from UT at San Antonio in Applied Science, Natural Resources Management and Civil Engineering. He first learned to appreciate the outdoors from his parents and then while exploring Central Texas as a Boy Scout. His experiences with federal environmental law enforcement on marine fishery and oil pollution patrols in the US Coast Guard in Alaska and Houston in the mid 1970s helped him decide upon a lifetime career as an environmental scientist. Since graduating with his BS in 1980 he has worked as a geoscientist-engineer on oil exploration crews, as a research |
chemist with Southwest Research Institute (JACADS project), and as a contractor environmental investigator, consultant and engineer on many projects within the US and abroad. He is currently on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Government Canyon State Natural Area, serves on its Education Committee, and is the Children and Nature Liaison with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He is also training to obtain his secondary science teacher certification and works at Northside ISD both as a guest teacher and volunteer. At GEAA he helps the staff with technical research and public education programs.
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Beth Tweedy is a senior Geoscience and Finance major at Trinity University. She is on the Track and Field team at Trinity and also serves as the Vice President of SPURS sorority and the Vice President and co-founder of the Geology Club. She enjoys traveling, outdoor sports and watching movies. She hopes to go to the University of Denver for Environmental Law after graduation. |
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Marita Roos RLA, LEEDAP, is a Landscape Architect and Urban Planner, specializing in ecological design, community revitalization and climate adaptation for institutions, municipalities and regional agencies. Marita has developed urban parks, restored historic sites and planned urban riverfronts, achieving triple bottom-line outcomes through a clear articulation of issues, solid best practices and community engagement. Marita has over ten years experience as a planner/landscape architect, developing and managing business for HNTB’s Washington DC urban planning practice and the ecological design firm Andropogon in Philadelphia. |
| Her work has focused on creating green infrastructure for urban communities, with projects such as the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative in Washington DC, Central Delaware Waterfront in Philadelphia and Three Rivers Park in Pittsburgh. |
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Miguel Angel Vela, Administrative Assistant / Donor Relations Manager, has a BA in Political Science from University of Texas at San Antonio. He is currently a law student at St. Mary's University, and is also pursuing his M.S. in Political Science. Miguel is a native of Laredo, Texas who moved to San Antonio in 2001. |
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