Resumes

Gregg Jones, P.G., Vice President
Mr. Jones has 22 years of professional experience in geology, hydrogeology, geochemistry/water quality, protection of Florida's major springs, multi year hydrogeologic assessments, and minimum flows and levels establishment. He also has extensive expertise in water supply planning including the implementation of innovative water supply projects and water conservation programs for local governments, utilities, water supply authorities, and agricultural and industrial operations. For nearly the last decade, Gregg has served within the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) as Director of the Resource Conservation and Development Department. In this role, he was responsible for planning, developing, and implementing water supply and water conservation initiatives for local governments, water supply authorities, and agricultural and industrial operations. Additional responsibilities included oversight of the program to determine safe yield for major aquifers, lakes, and rivers, and the development and implementation of strategies to restore water bodies impacted by excessive ground-water withdrawals.

Don Lee, P.G. Senior Hydrologist
Mr. Lee has over 27 years of professional experience in geology, hydrogeology, coastal sedimentology, stratigraphy, and water/environmental resource permitting. Throughout his career, Mr. Lee has worked on a variety of projects including: water resource investigations, water use permitting, borehole stratigraphy, dredge and fill permitting, environmental site assessments, petroleum contamination assessment/remediation, hazardous waste contamination characterization/remediation, regional stratigraphic evaluations of the Gulf of Mexico basin and expert witness as a geologist/hydrogeologist. Areas of expertise include: aquifer performance testing & evaluation, borehole lithologic logging, intepretation of wire line borehole geophyisical logs, design & construction management of water supply & monitor wells. His clients have included: water & waste water utilities, land developers, attorneys, marine contractors, agricultural managers, aggregate miners, engineering firms, petroleum distributors, manufacturing firms, banks, real estate property managers, federal government, municipalities, water management districts, inland navigation districts, and private individuals.

Joe Haber, M.S. Senior Hydrologist
Mr. Haber has educational and practical experience in hydrogeology, hydrology, ground-water flow modeling and geochemical analysis. Mr. Haber worked at the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD) as a Staff Hydrologist in the Water Quality Monitoring Program (WQMP) and Brooksville Regulation Department for over 6 years. With the WQMP he managed all of SWFWMD’s ground- water quality monitoring programs including the Coastal Ground-Water Quality Monitoring Network (CGWQMN) and the Water Use Permit Network (WUPNET) that consists of over 375 monitor wells District-wide. These programs continue to yield important data used to monitor salt-water intrusion and mineral- upwelling along the SWFWMD coastline and in the interior parts of the SWFWMD due to ground-water withdrawal. Joe also managed the SWFWMD portion of the cooperatively funded Lake Wales Ridge Water Quality Monitoring Network (LWRWMN) that consisted of 31 surficial aquifer wells in the Lake Wales Ridge area. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) use the water quality data obtained through this program to track and monitor nutrient, pesticide and herbicide ground-water contamination in this citrus-dense area of southwest Florida. Mr Haber’s experience in the Brooksville Regulation Department of the SWFWMD consisted of water use permit (WUP) application evaluation, water supply assessments, permit compliance resolution, preparation and development of ground-water flow models and technical assistance for applicants. Mr. Haber was also a member of the SWFWMD’s Agriculture Team and has worked with several members of the agricultural community in the areas of irrigation efficiency, Agricultural Ground and Surface Water Management (AGSWM) and cost-share projects such as Facilitated Agricultural Resource Management Systems (FARMS).

Joshua Yates, Water Resource Analyst
Mr. Yates is a graduate of the University of Connecticut where he studiedNatural Resources Management and Engineering. A major part of his education and experience involved the hydrologic sciences. Some of his course load included: groundwater hydrology, natural resources modeling, watershed hydrology, stream ecology and limnology. In addition to his hydrologic education, Mr. Yates also studied GIS, natural resource planning and management, and wetlands biology and conservation. He began his professional career with the United States Geologic Survey office in Orlando, FL. In his role as a hydrologic technician for USGS, Mr. Yates used his skills of collection and processing of water quality samples; data entry into national databases; monthly measurements of groundwater levels; calibration and operation of in-situ field meters as well as making stream water discharge measurements including ADCP and Flowtracker technologies.

Michelle Leonard, Hydrologist
Ms. Leonard has practical knowledge of many aspects of geology in the region. Her experience includes work in Florida geology, hydrology, water quality sample collection, data analysis, groundwater flow modeling, and Water Management District rules and procedures. Recent coursework in geology at the University of South Florida includes Advanced Hydrogeology, in which Michelle gained experience with Aquifer Performance Testing (APT), MODFLOW groundwater flow modeling (as Groundwater Vistas), and ArcMap GIS software. She is also proficient in the Southwest Florida Water Management District online databases.