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Speaker Name, Title, Organization     
Paul Aasen, Commissioner, MN Pollution Control Agency  
Eric Altena, Area Fisheries Manager, MN Department of Natural Resources
Paul Austin, Executive Director, Conservation Minnesota
Angie Becker-Kudelka, Statewide Training Program Coordinator, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources  
Marian Bender, Executive Director, Minnesota Waters
  
Greg Berg, Shoreland Specialist,Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District  
John Bilotta, Regional Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Extension
  
Mary Blickenderfer, Extension Educator - Shoreland Education, University of Minnesota Extension
Joe Breckner, Lake Frances Association  
Eleanor Burkett, Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Extension
  
Pat Conzemius, Program Manager, Wildlife Forever    
Diadra Decker, Board Member, WaterLegacy
Bob Deutschman, Past President, Otter Tail COLA
Chuck Diessner, Political Action Committee Chairman, Hubbard County COLA
Carolyn Dindorf, Vice President, Fortin Consulting, Inc.  
Peter Doyscher, Lake Benton Lake Improvement District     
Judy Erickson, President, Conservation Strategies, Inc.
Dave Fischer, Whitefish Area Property Owners Association  
Warren Formo, Executive Director, MN Agricultural Water Resources Coalition
Ken Grob, Potato Lake Assn and Hubbard COLA
Dale Gustafson, Board Member, Star Lakes & Rivers Program
Barb Halbakken Fischburg, Lake Detroiters Association and Becker COLA  
Laura Herman, Citizen Lake Monitoring Network Education Specialist, University of Wisconsin Extension-Lakes
Steve Heiskary, MN Pollution Control Agency   
Don Hickman, Senior Program Manager, Initiative Foundation
  
John Hiebert, Shoreland Habitat Coordinator, MN Department of Natural Resources  
Darrin Hoverson, Invasive Species Specialist, MN Department of Natural Resources
  
Jeff Hrubes, Clean Water Specialist-North, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources  
Philip Hunsicker, Lakes Region Program Director,1000 Friends of Minnesota 
  
Doug Jensen, Aquatic Invasive Species Program Coordinator, MN Sea Grant   
Dan Kittilson, President,Hubbard County COLA  
Peggy Knapp, Director of Programs, Freshwater Society
Courtney Kowalczak, Program Director, Minnesota Waters
  
Tom Landwehr, Commissioner, MN Department of Natural Resources  
Eric Larson, Owner, Septic Check, Inc.
Dave Legvold
Matt Lindon, Lake and Stream Monitoring Specialist, MN Pollution Control Agency  
Carrie Maurer-Ackerman, Program Coordinator, Minnesota Waters  
Paula Maccabee, Independent Lawyer and Advocate, Just Change Law
Steve McComas, Owner, Blue Water Science
Larkin McPhee, Producer/Writer/Director, Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story  
Mike McKay, Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance
Peter Miller, Senior Social Scientist, Wenck Associates, Inc.
Ray Newman, Professor - Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota    
Robert Olsen, Lake Benton Lake Improvement District  
Dick Osgood, Owner, Osgood Consulting
Kenzie Phelps, Board Chair, Minnesota Waters   
Paul Radomski, Research Scientist, MN Department of Natural Resources
  
Pat Rivers, Project Manager, MN Department of Natural Resources - Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership  
Ed Rudberg, Natural Resources Science and Management Graduate Program, University of Minnesota  
Moriya Rufer, Director of Client Services, RMB Environmental Laboratories, Inc.  
Nancy Schuldt, Water Quality Coordinator, Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians
Luke Skinner, Invasive Species Program Supervisor, MN Department of Natural Resources 
Peter Sorensen, Professor - Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota  
Tom Springmeyer, Lake Frances Association  
Dick Sternberg*
John Sumption, Owner, Sumption Environmental  
Leslie Tannahill, Conservation Programs Grants Coordinator, MN Department of Natural Resources  
Karen Terry, Extension Educator, University of Minnesota Extension
  
Cindy Tomcko, Fisheries Research Biologist, MN Department of Natural Resources  
Darril Wegscheid, Former MN State Senator, District 37 - Dakota County
Julie Westerlund, Clean Water Coordinator, MN Department of Natural Resources  
Chip Welling, Aquatic Invasive Species Management Coordinator, MN Department of Natural Resources
Heidi Wolf, Watercraft Inspection Program Coordinator, MN Department of Natural Resources  
Molly Zins, Program Director, Minnesota Waters
  
   
   
   
*Speaker paid for by: Green Lake Property Owners Association and Association of Medicine Lake Area Citizens