WPU Speakers Bureau
How to Request a Speaker
To request a speaker for your group, the WPU Speakers Bureau must receive a request, preferably 6-8 weeks before the event. Because the Speakers Bureau is a volunteer program, we cannot guarantee that all requests will be filled. Please check the Projects page and the Meet Our Staff page to find more about what we can provide to you, or click the name of the staff person below to find out his/her expertise.
Kenneth H. Klipstein, Director
Expertise: Watershed Management, Watershed Plan, Farmland Operation and Preservation, Rain Gardens
Kathleen P. Hale, Principal Watershed Protection Specialist
Expertise: River Friendly, Riparian Health, Farmland Preservation,
Robert A. O'Neil, Principal Watershed Protection Specialist
Expertise: Comprehensive Master Planning, Environmental Impact Statements, Wetlands Delineation, Transportation Systems, Zoning and Land Use, Site Design, Parks and Recreation, Housing, Economic Development, Neighborhood Revitalization, Historic Preservation.
Todd Kratzer, Senior Watershed Protection Specialist
Expertise: Development of scientifically valid watershed management plans, including water quality monitoring and modeling programs for providing assessments and reduction strategies for anthropogenic loadings of solids, nutrients, and bacteria to protect the Authoritys source-water supplies.
Jen Zhang, Watershed Protection Specialist
Expertise: Characterization and assessment of watershed using spatial and statistical information, GIS application in watershed and water quality protection, Land Use Planning
Rick Anthes , Assistant Watershed Protection Specialist
Expertise: River friendly resident, River friendly golf course, Macroinvetebrate sampling, Stream visual assessment, Environmental education
Heather Barrett, Assistant Watershed Protection Specialist
Expertise: River friendly business, Rain gardens, rain barrels, Macroinvetebrate sampling, Stream visual assessment, Environmental education
Watershed Ambassador
Expertise: EnviroScape, Non point source pollution, Environmental education, Stream visual and biological assessment, Macroinvetebrate training, Project WET
