Puget SoundChapter, Pacific Northwest International Section

2010 - 2011 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

 


Roylene Cunningham, Chair (2010-2011)

Roylene Cunningham has been an active member of A&WMA since 1994.  Roylene has served as PNWIS Secretary, Technical Committee Chair, Awards Committee Co-Chair, and as a Board of Director for both PNWIS and the Puget Sound Chapter. Roylene has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  She has over fifteen years of experience in the air quality field and is currently working as an environmental engineer for EPA Region 10 in the Office of Compliance and Enforcement.  Prior to joining EPA Region 10, Roylene worked for a local air quality agency in Kansas City, Kansas where she enjoyed being an active member of the Midwest Section of A&WMA, serving on the Board of Director’s, as well as Vice-Chair. In her spare time, Roylene loves sports and can often be found at a local sporting event.


 

Maggie Corbin,  Past Chair (2010-2011)

Maggie Corbin is a Senior Air Quality Consultant for Aware Consulting.   She previously managed that air quality program at the Port of Seattle’s Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and worked for over 10 years with the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency.  She has been active in the Puget Sound Chapter and PNWIS for several decades.  She is a past chair and this is her 2nd round through this position.



Steve Rybolt, Vice Chair (2010-2011)
Steve Rybolt is an Environmental Management Specialist with the Port of Seattle . His experience include project management, compliance assessments, air quality planning, strategic planning, SEPA/NEPA permitting and sustainability. Additionally, Mr. Rybolt has served as a compliance inspector for two different local air pollution authorities (Northwest Air Pollution Authority & Olympic Region Clean Air Agency). Currently, he serves as the Chair of the Student Programs Committee for PNWIS and Chair of the Student Programs and Development Committee for A&WMAs Education Council. Steve has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Economics and a Master of Science in Resource Management and Environmental Policy from Western Washington University ’s Huxley College of the Environment. In his spare time he enjoys “playing” in the mountains, cleaning and baking cookies.

 

Alan T. Butler, Treasurer (2009 - 2011)

Alan is a P.E. (Mechanical Engineering), who though theoretically retired, now finds himself working for Bellevue office of Parametrix, Inc. He was a former air pollution engineer for the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, and earlier for the Washington Department of Ecology. Prior to joining the Department of Ecology, he washed Greenburg-Smith impingers and ran an air monitoring station for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District.   Mr. Butler completed his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1976 at Heald Engineering College .   Alan says, “Protect the environment; keep it simple; make it happen” and, of course, “Ride free“. --[Here is a Picture of Alan's famous Motorcycle  ( 190 K download )] 

Jason Boyd, Secretary (2010-2012)
Jason is a recent Huxley graduate and former Captain of the two 1st place finisher teams for both the 2008 and 2009 Environmental Challenge. He was a Sustainability Intern with The Markets LLC until June of last year.  Currently he is a Green Power Outreach Associate for 3Degrees.

Greg Lipnicky, Board Position #1 (2009 – 2012) 
Greg is an Environmental Engineer and Qualified Source Testing Individual (QSTI) with TRC’s Woodinville, WA office.  Since his graduation with a bachelor of science in environmental engineering from Montana Tech in May of 2000, Greg has worked as a source emissions tester (AKA stack monkey) in the Seattle area.  Greg blames PNWIS for this happening as a PNWIS conference in Portland, OR was where he met his first employer.  Greg has had on and off involvement with PNWIS since his first senior year at Montana Tech (1998) and has helped with or presented at a handful of PNWIS conferences or spring specialty conferences in that time.  This is Greg’s first time serving in any type of board position.  Greg devotes most of his spare time to his family (mostly his daughter, and sometime PNWIS meeting attendee, Sammy) but also enjoys hiking and is an avid and devoted Seahawks fan. 

Stephanie Meyn, Board Position #2 (2009 - 2012)
The Program Manager of the Puget Sound Clean Cities Coalition, this Canadian import is a former member of the BC & Yukon Chapter board and a long time contributor to the activities of the Section.  She has over 8 years' experience in the air quality field, working as an air quality meteorologist for Levelton Engineering, the British Columbia Ministry of Environment, and Environment Canada.  Stephanie has an M.Sc. in Atmospheric Science and a B.Sc. in Natural Resources Management.  Now that she is working in Seattle, she has an unusual desire to participate in ribbon cutting ceremonies with over-sized giant scissors.   Canadians, for safety reasons, are deprived of these opportunities, so she's got some catching up to do.

Daniel Burgard, PhD, Board Position #3 (2010-2013) 
Dan is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and an affiliate member of the Environmental Policy and Decision Making minor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma , WA.  Dan has a PhD in chemistry from the University of Denver and a BA in Chemistry from Colorado College .  His research is primarily focused on measuring vehicle emissions by remote sensing although he dabbles in measuring trace levels of pharmaceuticals in wastewater.  Initially focused on on-road vehicles, his remote sensor is now pointed towards marine vessel emissions.  When not in lab or in the field, Dan can be found on the basketball court, soccer pitch, ice rink or on telemark skis. 

Thomas Rauen, Board Position #4 (2010-2013)
Tom is an Environmental Engineer with the Boeing Company in Seattle . He has 19 years experience in the environmental field and has focused on air quality for the past 10 years. His current work includes air emission and greenhouse gas inventories, regulatory reviews, and ISO 14001 certification. Thomas also has experience in managing recycling, pollution prevention and special waste programs, as well as overseeing the design, construction and implementation of chemical management facilities. He received a BA in Business Administration from Seattle University and has been a member of A&WMA since 2000. In his free time, Thomas enjoys the great outdoors with his family and friends. 

Madonna Narvaez, Board Position #5 (2008 – 2011)
Madonna Narvaez has 5 years experience in the EPA air toxics program and over 16 years as a permit writer and whole effluent toxicity expert in NPDES. Currently she is the Air Toxics Team leader and the Climate Change Sublead staff coordinator. She graduated from the University of Kansas as a chemical engineer. In her free time, she enjoys designing and making jewelry, traveling, and being at peace with the knowledge that the KU Jayhawks are actually the best men's basketball team and that Memphis may soon learn that as well.

 Jeromy Adams, Board Position #6 (2008 – 2011)
Jeromy Adams is an Environmental Engineers with Nucor Steel Seattle, Inc. His experience in the environmental field includes hazardous and non-hazardous waste reuse, recycle, and disposal management, ISO program development and certification, and project management. Trying to delay entry into the working world, Jeromy received a BS in Microbiology and Chemistry from Washington State University . When he’s not trying to reduce the environmental footprint of the steel operations he likes to spend his time playing on and under the water.