Leadership
2025-2026 NWC OFFICERS
Chair
Julie Minerva
Partner
Carpi & Clay
Vice Chair
Chris Collins
Director, Waterways,
Office of Multimodal Commerce,
Louisiana Department of
Transportation & Development
First Vice President
Timothy D. Feather, Ph.D.
Vice President, CDM Federal Programs
CDM Smith
Second Vice President
Mitch Mays
Secretary and Administrator
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterways Development Authority
Secretary & Counsel
Steven A. Burns
Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP
Representing Alabama Power Company
Treasurer
Sarah Kirkle
Texas Water Association
2026 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Geoff Bowman, Vice President, Van Scoyoc Associates (c)
- Tom Chapman, HDR (c)
- Rich Hancock, Black and Veatch (c)
- Sean Duffy, Executive Director, Big River Coalition (a)
- Nicole Elko, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (a)
- Brad Pickel, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association (a)
- Billy George, North Texas Municipal Water District (p)
- Cam Spencer, Director of Government Relations, Port Houston (p)
- Robert Sinkler, Northern Grain Belt Ports (p)
2025-2026 NWC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES
- John Coalter Baker, Executive Director, Gulf Coast Protection District
- Ryan Bowley, Vice President of Government Affairs, The Fertilizer Institute
- Charles Camillo, Executive Director, Midwest Flood Control Association
- Sean Duffy, Executive Director, Big River Coalition
- Nicole Elko, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
- Will Fediw, Vice President of Industry and Government Affairs, Virginia Maritime Association
- Wynne Fuller, Warrior-Tombigbee Waterways Association
- Sarah Kirkle, Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, Texas Water Conservation Association
- Rodney Knittel, Assistant Director of Transportation and Infrastructure, Illinois Farm Bureau
- Ian Latham, Iowa Corn
- Ian Lyle, Director of Federal Relations, Association of California Water Agencies
- David Mitamura, Executive Director, National Water Supply Alliance
- Neil Maunu, Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Waterways Association
- Emily Mott, Executive Director, Waterways LA
- Brad Pickel, Executive Director, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterways Association
CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES
- Geoff Bowman, Van Scoyoc Associates
- Grady Bryant, President, Gahagan & Bryant Associates
- Tom Chapman, Senior Project Manager, HDR
- Lowry Crook, Partner, Best Best and Krieger
- Richard Hancock, Managing Director, Black & Veatch
- Bill Hanson, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock
- Jace Houston, General Counsel and Risk Compliance Director, Freese and Nichols, Inc.
- Molly Lawrence, Partner, Van Ness Feldman
- Johnny Martin, Coastal/Hydraulic Engineer, Moffatt and Nichol
- Kristin Miera, American Cruise Lines
- Eric Nagy, Principal, Larsen Wurzel
- Tom Ray, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc
- Ridge Robinson, Vice President, Tetra Tech, Inc.
- Jim Sartucci, Government Affairs Counselor, K&L Gates
- Jennifer Thomason, Tract
PUBLIC REPRESENTATIVES
- Thaddaeus Babb, Assistant Division Manager, Multimodal Division, Office of Freight Mobility, OK Department of Transportation
- Colin Brown, Executive Director, Red River Waterway Commission
- Scott Elmer, Harris County Flood Control District
- Billy George, Deputy Director for Water and Wastewater, North Texas Municipal Water District
- Maggie Oliver, Vice President of Communications and Federal Affairs, Alabama State Port Authorities
- Kimbra Scott, Port Director, Port of Muskogee
- Bill Sheppard, Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board
- Robert Sinkler, Riverside Global, representing Northern Grain Belt Port
- Cam Spencer, Director of Government Relations, Port Houston Authority
- Sarah Standifer, Interim Director, Dallas Water Utilities, City of Dallas
- Darren Suez, Executive Director, San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency
- Stephen Tatum, General Counsel and Government Affairs Director, Tarrant Regional Water District
- Kirby Wagner, FS/Growmark, representing Corn Belt Ports
- David Yarbrough, Port Director, Tulsa Port of Catoosa