Steering Committee
Tirusew Asefa Ph.D., P.E., BC.WRE, F.ASCE
(Committee Chair)
Tampa Bay Water
System Decision Support Manager
tasefa@tampabaywater.org
Tom Frick
St. Johns River Water Management District
Chief Resilience Officer
tfrick@sjrwmd.com
Tracy Irani, Ph.D.
University of Florida
Department Chair, Family, Youth & Community Sciences
irani@ufl.edu
Ana Carolina Coelho Maran, Ph.D., P.E.
South Florida Water Management District
Chief of District Resiliency
cmaran@sfwmd.gov
Vasu Misra, Ph.D.
Florida State University
Professor, Meteorology (COAPS)
vmisra@fsu.edu
Jasmeet Judge, Ph. D.
University of Florida
Professor, Center for Remote Sensing
jasmeet@ufl.edu
Mark Rains, Ph.D.
University of South Florida
Professor, School of Geosciences
mrains@usf.edu
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Chief Science Officer
Mark.Rains@FloridaDEP.gov
Coordinator
Darlene Velez
University of Florida Water Institute
Research Coordinator
saindodd@ufl.edu
Partners
Facilitated by the UF Water Institute, FloridaWCA collaborators include public water supply utilities, water management districts in Florida, local and federal government representatives, regulatory agencies, and several academic organizations.
