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Section 2. Personnel Experience Page 6 Anna Buising is an environmental planner with extensive experience in geological sciences. She specializes in preparation of technical sections related to geology/seismicity/soils, hydrology/water quality, and various other topics. She is also active in geohazards abatement planning work. She also developed a rave -reviewed workshop in writing for geoscience professionals. She and her students were among the first researchers to use the Neogene stratigraphic record to test quantitative reconstructions of past movement on the San Andreas fault system. Anna earned a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.S. in Geology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Tom has over 15 years of professional and academic experience in project management, hydrology, analytic chemistry, water resource issues, riparian water quality sampling, laboratory analysis, and hydrologic flow measurement. He is expert in hydrologic and water quality modeling, fluvial geomorphology; evaluating watersheds, total maximum daily loads, and best management practices for pollution prevention plans; flow analyses; water use/demand calculations; and impact/mitigation analyses. He is proficient at hydrologic and water quality modeling. Tom conducts interdisciplinary analyses of water quality at a variety of scales, ranging from microscopic to meso-scale catchments. He earned an M.S. in Hydrology and Aquatic Chemistry from Yale University, and a B.A. in Geography (Fluvial Geomorphology with a minor in Environmental Studies) from the University of Southern California. Megan is a hydrologist and water quality specialist with over 5 years of experience. She has authored numerous water resources sections for environmental documents, as well as water supply assessments and technical baseline water quality studies. She has described the hydrologic, water quality, water supply, and wastewater impacts for a variety of residential and commercial development projects throughout California. Megan has assisted with and performed hydrologic and water quality modeling and a variety of fieldwork tasks, including longitudinal surveys, river and lake water quality sampling, algae collection, and groundwater quality sampling. She holds an M.S. in Hydrology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a B.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of California, Riverside. Shelah Riggs is an accomplished project manager with over 6 years of experience preparing CEQA/NEPA documents and regulatory permitting under the Federal Clean Water Act, State Porter -Cologne Act, State Fish and Game Code, and federal and state endangered species acts. Her technical work includes preparing Section 401, 404, 1602, Waste Discharge Requirement, and Section 7 Permit applications; 404(b)(1) Alternatives Analyses; and Conceptual Mitigation Plans. Shelah has conducted numerous wetlands and streambed delineations in accordance with the USACE 1987 wetland delineation manual methodology throughout southern California. She maintains an excellent rapport with resource agency staff and has successfully negotiated and assisted in implementing City of Santa Ana I p 21, 2007 SOOfar E"'mnmenlalCmcrdtint; Srmrar a/� �Sf� Jones&Stokes 111274.07