Dr. Stanley B. Grant,  Professor and  Director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory (OWML)  stanleyg@vt.edu 

Dr. Stanley Grant is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech, Director of the Occoquan Watershed Monitoring Laboratory (OWML) in Northern Virginia, and the Principal Investigator of a $3.6M National Science Foundation (NSF) Growing Convergence Research project (one of NSF’s Ten Big Ideas) to evaluate bottom-up approaches for managing salinization of inland freshwaters. Dr. Grant is also an Emeritus Professor in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Chemical Engineering at the University of California, and served as Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources in the Department of Infrastructure Engineering at the University of Melbourne (Australia).

Dr. Grant’s professional interests include the measurement and modeling of pollutant fate and transport in coastal and inland waters. He has led several competitive multi-million dollar center research programs, including a $5M NSF Partnership for International Research and Education grant focused on the Millennium Drought in Australia, a $2M project funded by the UC Office of the President to evaluate capturing and reusing stormwater runoff on the five southern University of California campuses, and the NSF GCR project mentioned above. 

The undergraduate component of his NSF PIRE program—which brought nearly 50 undergraduates from UCI, UCLA and UCSD to Australia to participate in a six-week field-oriented summer program focused on urban water sustainability—was featured in a short film by the NSF (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb_YJCYrr_c ). 

Dr. Grant has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in top disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals (including the journals Science and Nature), and many of his former PhD and post-doctoral students are now themselves professors at top research universities (including Stanford University), environmental scientists and professional engineers. He was a member of US EPA’s Science Advisory Board (Drinking Water Panel, Science and Technological Achievement Awards Panel) from 2000 to 2009 and is a frequent reviewer and panelist for research journals and funding agencies.  Dr. Grant received his B.S. with distinction in Geology from Stanford University in 1985; and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Science (with a minor in Applied Biology) in 1990 and 1992, respectively, from the California Institute of Technology

https://cee.vt.edu/people/faculty/sgrant.html  

Elizabeth Ward,  

Vice Chair of the Prince William Sustainability Commission

elizabeth@wardmailbox.com 

Elizabeth was awarded an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and an MS Ch.E. from New York University Tandon School of Engineering. She worked as a chemical engineer for both the US EPA in DC, and at DuPont before working in finance on due diligence for merger and acquisitions of industrial properties and serving as a credit officer at Pittsburgh National Bank and Bank of the West.  

Elizabeth was a consultant with Washington Advisors, a firm which provides out-source environmental risk management and Brownfield loan structuring for lenders, the military, municipalities and corporate SPEs; and watershed management and well management for rural community water systems. Elizabeth authored the Brownfields chapter in “Soil Contamination,” and is the author of The Lenders Guide to Developing an Environmental Risk Program. 

She retired as President of Washington Advisors, and began her volunteer career and blog, Green Risks. Elizabeth is the Vice Chair of the Prince William Sustainability Commission, and served as a Director of the Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District for 10 years.  

Greg Prelewicz, Planning Manager at Fairfax Water  

gprelewicz@fairfaxwater.org 

Greg has over 25 years of experience in the water profession, having been with Fairfax Water for over 19 years. He has Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in civil engineering and oversees staff in source water planning and protection, water system planning, and technical Services/GIS mapping. 

He is a Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and has presented or co-authored over 2 dozen technical papers and presentations. 

Greg serves as the chair of the urban and industrial issues workgroup of the regional Potomac River Drinking Water Source Protection Partnership (DWSPP).

Lazaro Gonzalez,  Director of Global EHS and Sustainability, Micron Technology

lazarogonzal@micron.com

Lazaro Gonzalez is Micron Director of Global Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) and Sustainability and until recently Facilities Director of Micron Technology Virginia. 

Lazaro has worked in the semiconductor industry for 23 years with 20 of them directly focused on Sustainability, Environmental and Facilities Management. 

During his career, Lazaro has had the opportunity to work at several Micron Fabs throughout the United States and Asia.  He has led teams through the design, construction and operation of manufacturing with sustainability front of mind.

Lazaro serves on the Virginia Water Resource Research Center Advisory Board, Virginia Chamber of Commerce Sustainability Committee and is a 2020 graduate of Leadership Prince William