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
(971) 325-5171
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
Legislative & Regulatory Engagement Division – Western Branch Air Force Civil Engineer Center
510 Hickam Avenue
Travis AFB, CA 94535
(707) 424-8628
lauren.dempsey@us.af.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
Travis Yonts
Management Analyst
Office of the Deputy Commissioner – Operations
Bureau of Reclamation
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240
(202) 513-0509
tyonts@usbr.gov
Department of the Interior
Mindi Dalton
Program Coordinator
Water Availability and Use Science Program
U.S. Geological Survey
1770 Corporate Drive, Suite 500
Norcross, GA 30093
(770) 283-9728
msdalton@usgs.gov
Forrest “Ed” Harvey, phd pg
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
Rachel Esralew
Hydrologist
USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System: Natural Resources Program
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
(971) 325-5171
heather.hofman@usda.gov
Christopher Carlson, phd
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, phd
Hydrologist
Soil Survey and Resource Assessment 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
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
325 Broadway R/PSD, DSRC/GD104
Boulder, CO 80305-3337
(303) 497-3431
veva.deheza@noaa.gov
Kevin Werner, Phd mpa
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, pHd
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.