Jan 18; Anthracite Heritage Museum, Public Program: The Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration—The Importance and Bright Future of Mining: An Overview and Exhibit

30 years of experience in abandoned mine land reclamation and abandoned mine drainage (AMD) cleanup in both the Delaware and Susquehanna River Watersheds serving 16 counties in the Northcentral Bituminous and Northeastern Anthracite Coal Regions advocating for programs, funding, economic development, and policies that support watershed restoration of legacy impacted coalfield communities ; Grant Writer, Grant Administrator; Coalition builder; Environmental Educator; Appointed member of the PA Department of Environmental Protection's Environmental Justice Advisory Board, Mining Reclamation Advisory Board, and the Chesapeake Bay Stakeholder's Citizen Advisory Committee; Co-author of Grassroots to Global: Broader Impacts of Civic Ecology and the AMD Avengers vs The Pollution Posse EPCAMR Activity Book