Leadership Council
The Leadership Council supports the convening partners in making decisions about how to move the partnership forward while upholding its mission.

Mahtaab Bagherzadeh
At-Large
National Wildlife Federation

Eric Brinkman
Fish and Wildlife
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

Jonathan Burgess
Ohio River Basin
Ohio River Basin Alliance

Cassandra Caldwell
Inland Navigation

Jack Cornell
At-Large
United Soybean Board

Nfamara Dampha
Floods and Droughts
NatCap TEEMs, Applied Economics, University of Minnesota

Jamelle Ellis
Recreation
Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership

Haley Gentry
At-Large
Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy

Raynie Harlan
Lower Mississippi River Basin
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Jason Knouft
Floods and Droughts
Saint Louis University and National Great Rivers Research and Education Center

Brian McCoy
Inland Navigation
Illinois Department of Transportation

Kelly McGinnis
Convenings and Coordination
One Mississippi

Brent Newman
Fish and Wildlife
Audubon

Rachel Orf
At-Large
America’s Watershed Initiative Board of Directors

Vanessa Perry
Upper Mississippi River Basin
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Jennifer Sheehan
Arkansas Red/White River Basin
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission

Kay Stefanik, PhD
Water Quality
Iowa Nutrient Research Center, Iowa State University

David Swanson
At-Large
University of South Dakota, Department of Biology and Missouri River Institute

Matt Unruh
Missouri River Basin

Matt Vitello
Policy Education and Advocacy