Members:

Marc Boulé (term expires 7/31/2014)
Marc Boulé is a Senior Ecologist and Geologist with more than 34 years of experience working in the ecological sciences. Mr. Boulé has investigated the influence of winds, waves, and tides on shorelines, islands, and inlets. Questions have included how breakwaters might interrupt littoral drift; how shifting channels might expose or bury historic sunken vessels; and how shoreline changes might affect developability and regulation of shoreline properties.

Jim Brennan (term expires 7/31/2014)
Jim has a Master of Science Degree in Marine Science from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and 30 years of work experience. The majority of his work has focused on marine fisheries and habitats on the west coast of the U.S. (California, Oregon, Washington), but ranges from Antarctica to Alaska. Jim has worked in both the private and public sectors with responsibilities that include research, education, environmental assessment, watershed planning, restoration, regulatory, and policy programs. The last 20 years of his career have been spent working in Puget Sound on marine resource management issues with a focus on marine nearshore habitats and species. Jim has served on numerous technical assessment and advisory committees for federal, state, and local entities (e.g., Chair, King County Nearshore Technical Committee; Member, Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Partnership Science Team; DNR & WDFW HCP Review Team). Jim also served as President of the Pacific Estuarine Research Society (PERS) and on the Governing Board of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF), an international science organization. Jim is currently working for the Washington Sea Grant Program at the University of Washington, providing technical assistance, education and outreach, and other marine consulting, restoration, and technical services.

 

Mark Bryant, P.E. (term expires 3/31/2013)
Mr. Bryant is licensed professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Areas of expertise include groundwater hydrology, water and wastewater treatment, storm water control, solid and hazardous waste management, and remediation of contaminated sites. He received a BS degree from the University of Illinois and a MS degree from Colorado State University.

 

Gary Nakamura (term expires 7/31/2014)
Gary Nakamura is a retired extension forester, Univ. of Calif. Coop. Extension; licensed forester in California; member of the state Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. He has degrees from Harvey Mudd College, Chemistry and UC Davis, Soil Science. He is learning about Washington’s forests and is interested in public education about natural resource management.

 

Kathleen Peters (term expires 3/31/2013)
Kathleen Peters is a fisheries biologist with over thirty years working on salmon issues in Washington State. She has a B.S. in Fisheries Science from the U. of Washington and did graduate study in fish disease diagnostics and management. Her current job is the coordination of community based salmon and ecosystem recovery activities for the West Sound Watersheds salmon recovery group. She lives on Bainbridge with her family.

 

Deborah Rudnick (term expires 7/31/2014)
Deb Rudnick is an ecologist and a resident of Bainbridge. Deb received her PhD from UC Berkeley in 2003 in Environmental Science, where her dissertation focused on ecological impacts of invasive crustacea in estuarine and freshwater ecosystems. Her professional and academic background includes expertise in experimental design, population and community ecology, food web ecology, water quality monitoring, hydrology and geomorphology of rivers, ecological risk assessment and ecotoxicology, and invasive species ecology. Deb also chairs the Bainbridge Island Watershed Council and is a volunteer steward with the BI Land Trust. Deb has served as an ETAC member since 2005.

 

David Sale (term expires 11/30/2014)
David Sale is a marine and estuarine ecologist with over 25 years of experience in assessment, monitoring and policy development in marine and nearshore ecology, contaminated sediments, sediment transport, water quality and river basin management. He was a principal investigator and scientific project manager for the State of Alaska regarding oil spill studies and water quality monitoring, and served as the Assistant Science Coordinator for the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program. For the last ten years David has been the principal and senior ecologist for a Bainbridge Island-based resource management consulting firm, specializing in environmental assessment, adaptive resource management and the incorporation of science with public policy development.

 

Chris Waldbillig (term expires 11/30/2014)
Chris Waldbillig is the Marine Area Habitat Biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and covers all of Kitsap and Clallam County. He has held that position for the last two and a half years and has been working for WDFW for almost 11 years. Former work included 6 years of research in central Puget Sound marine and freshwater environments, and research on adult salmon in the upper Columbia River. Current duties include implementation of the Hydraulic Project Approval permitting process, provides internal and external technical assistance, and provides review and comment on various environmental documents including State Environmental Policy Act/National Environmental Policy Act documents, and is responsible for providing internal and external technical assistance within the assigned area that support organizational efforts to achieve healthy, diverse and sustainable fish and wildlife populations and their supporting habitats.