HAS Advisory Board

Purpose  |  Activities  |  Subcommittees  |  Responsibilities & Guidelines

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Photo: HAS Advisory Board Members

2021-2022 Current Members & Professional Affiliations

Hale Barter - Montgomery & Associates
Jeremy Dowling - Piteau Associates
Charlie Ester, III - Salt River Project
Phil Fitzwater - Phillip Fitzwater, Inc.
Karl Gast - Raytheon
Peter Mock - Peter Mock Groundwater Consulting, Inc.
Peter Quinlan - Board Chair - Vice President, Dudek, Inc.
Marty Ralph - Scripps Institution of Oceanography UCSD
Suzanne Shields - Pima County Regional Flood Control District
Amber Sullins - Board Vice-Chair - ABC 15 News Phoenix
David F. Young - NASA Langley Research Center

  HAS Advisory Board Past Members

Our Purpose top

The Advisory Board's primary purpose is to provide advice and counsel to the Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences (HAS) that encourages excellence and success in its programs of teaching, research, and service.

Advisory Board Bylaws approved April 4, 2016

Activities top

Recent activities included the crowdfunding campaign for the UA Innovative Spaces for Learning and Engagement (ISLE) "matching funds" grant program AKA Harshbarger 110 Renovation!  Read about More Current Activities here.

    • August 23, 2019 -- The crowdfunding campaign has ended. We did it! You've helped us raise $102,895 for the Harshbarger 110 Classroom Renovation!
    • August 22, 2019 -- The crowdfunding goal has been met--and surpassed! With your help, we have raised over $100,000 one day early!
    • July 10, 2019 -- Let the crowdfunding begin! Email letter from Eric Betterton announcing crowdfunding campaign to alumni and friends
    • July 10, 2019 -- Let the crowdfunding begin! Facebook post: "We need a modern classroom..." announcing launch of the crowdfunding campaign
    • January 8, 2019 -- Success! The HAS ISLE matching funds grant proposal ($50,870) submitted to the UA Academic Affairs office has been awarded for renovation of the JW Harshbarger computer laboratory (room 110). Let the fundraising begin!
    • December 2018 -- First appeal (pre-award) by email letter to alumni
    • November 30, 2018 -- HAS ISLE proposal submitted to UA Office of Academic Affairs by PI Martha P.L. Whitaker, HAS Associate Professor of Practice
    • October-November 2018 -- Draft of renovation estimation budget with Facilities Management (including ADA requirements) for the HAS ISLE proposal, grant writing/feedback/revision, and faculty discussion and commitment to achieve 100% certification in collaborative learning pedagogy

Subcommittees top

Development | Fundraising | Alum Contact
Peter Quinlan, Chair, with members Peter Mock, and Marty Ralph
Contact: Peter Quinlan at pquinlan@dudek.com

Professional and Workforce Development
Charlie Ester, III Interim Chair, with members, Karl Gast, and John McCartney
Contact: Charlie Ester, III at charlie.esterIII@srpnet.com

Implementation
Charles Ester, III Chair, with members Xubin Zeng, Hoshin Gupta
Contact: Charlie Ester, III at charlie.esterIII@srpnet.com 

Board Responsibilities and Guidelines top

The Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences recognizes the value and importance of involving external stakeholders from appropriate fields in the development, delivery, and promotion of its programs through an external advisory board. Members participate in meetings, conference calls, task teams and other activities to the fullest extent possible.  They identify, articulate and prioritize the issues, topics and challenges facing HAS; they share experiences, expertise and contacts; and they serve as a HAS ambassadors.  HAS external advisory board members wear the HAS hat.

Board Responsiblities and Guidelines Document

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