WestFAST Members
Executive Officers
Heather Hofman
WestFAST Federal Liaison Officer to WSWC
Natural Resources Specialist
National Water and Climate Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service
1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 802
Portland, OR 97232
(503) 414-3030
heather.hofman@usda.gov
Roger Gorke
WestFAST Chair
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 591-5680
gorke.roger@epa.gov
Christopher Carlson
WestFAST Vice-Chair
National Program Leader for Watershed and Aquatic Ecology Research
U.S. Forest Service
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 205-1481
christopher.carlson@usda.gov
Department of Defense
Marissa McInnis
Program Director
Water Resources and Climate Resilience
Department of Defense
Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310
(571) 372-5001
marissa.k.mcinnis.civ@mail.mil
Lauren M. Dempsey
Water and Natural Resources Regulatory Media Expert
510 Hickam Avenue
Travis AFB, CA 94535
(707) 424-8628
lauren.dempsey@us.af.mil
Ada L. Benavides
Senior Policy Advisor
Planning and Policy Division, Headquarters
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
441 G Street, NW
Washington, DC 20314
Phone: (202) 761-0415
Mobile: (202) 367-5571
ada.benavides@usace.army.mil
Department of the Interior
Paula Cutillo, PhD
Senior Water Resources Specialist
Directorate of Resources and Planning
Bureau of Land Management
2850 Youngfield Street
Lakewood, CO 80215
(303) 239-3873
pcutillo@blm.gov
Robert Boyd
Chief, Assessment and Monitoring Branch
National Operations Center
Bureau of Land Management
Denver Federal Center, Building 50
Denver, Colorado 80225-0047
(303) 236-5428
rboyd@blm.gov
Travis Yonts
Program Analyst, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner – Operations
Bureau of Reclamation
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
(916) 764-1166
tyonts@usbr.gov
Forrest “Ed” Harvey
Chief, Water Resources Division
Natural Resource Stewardship & Science Directorate National Parks Service 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 250-8 Ft. Collins, CO 80525 (970) 214-5870 (mobile) forrest_harvey@nps.gov
Michael J. Higgins
Water Resources Coordinator
National Wildlife Refuge System
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1201 Oakridge Drive, Ste. 320
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970) 266-2924
mike_j_higgins@fws.gov
Melinda “Mindi” Dalton
Program Coordinator
Water Mission Area
Water Availability and Use Science Program
U.S. Geological Survey
1770 Corporate Drive, Suite 500
Norcross, GA 30093
(770) 283-9728
msdalton@usgs.gov
Timothy McHale
Senior Science Advisor
U.S. Geological Survey
WATER Denver Federal Center, Bldg 67
Denver, CO
(303) 236-1225
tmchale@usgs.gov
Rachel Esralew
Regional Hydrologist
3020 State University Drive East Sacramento, CA 95670
916-790-0645 (mobile)
916-278-9420
rachel_esralew@fws.gov
Department of Agriculture
Michael Eberle
National Water Uses and Rights Program Leader
Washington Office
Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air and Rare Plants Staff
U.S. Forest Service
201 14th Street, SW Washington, DC 20250
(202) 205-1093
michael.eberle2@usda.gov
Heather Hofman
WestFAST Federal Liaison Officer to WSWC
Natural Resources Specialist National Water and Climate Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service
1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 802
Portland, OR 97232
(503) 414-3030
Heather.hofman@usda.gov
Christopher Carlson
WestFAST Vice-Chair and National Program Leader for Watershed and Aquatic Ecology Research
U.S. Forest Service
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 205-1481
christopher.carlson@usda.gov
Michael Strobel
National Hydrologist (on detail)
Ecological Sciences Division Science and Technology, Natural Resources Conservation Service (971) 255-9801 michael.strobel@usda.gov
Department of Commerce
Edward Clark
Director, National Water Center and Deputy Director Office of Water Prediction Office of Hydrologic Development
National Weather Service
205 Hackberry Lane
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
(205) 347-1360
edward.clark@noaa.gov
Veva Deheza
Executive Director, National Integrated Drought Information System
325 Broadway R/PSD, DSRC/GD104
Boulder, CO 80305-3337
(303) 497-3431
veva.deheza@noaa.gov
Kevin Werner
Director, Science and Research
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2725 Montlake Blvd. East
Seattle, WA 98112
(206) 860-6795
kevin.werner@noaa.gov
Environmental Protection Agency
Roger Gorke
WestFAST Chair and Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Water
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 591-5680
gorke.roger@epa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bradley Doorn
Program Manager, Water Resources
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
300 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20546
(202) 358-2187
bradley.doorn@nasa.gov
Forrest Melton
Associate Program Manager, Water Resources
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Ames Research Center
MS: 232-21 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
(650) 604-2787
forrest.s.melton@nasa.gov
U.S. Department of Justice – Affiliate Member
Stephen G. Bartell
Assistant Chief, Natural Resources Section
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 305-0234
stephen.bartell@usdoj.gov
About Western States Water Council
Since its creation, through adoption of a resolution at the Western Governors’ Conference in 1965, the Council has striven to fulfill its chartered purposes.