Staff

Who is on the cbec team?

cbec prides itself on the extensive level of practical and academic experience held by its staff and management.

the core of our success

Management Team

Chris Bowles PhD, PE

President / Ecoengineer

Chris is a registered civil engineer (CA P.E. C76898) specializing in hydraulics, hydrology, geomorphology, water resources, water quality and environmental restoration. He has more than twenty-five years of project management experience on._.

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Chris Campbell MS

Director / Ecohydrologist

Chris Campbell has more than nineteen years of engineering and project management experience with an emphasis in ecohydraulics and ecohydrology. He specializes in hydrodynamics, physical hydrology, sediment transport, geomorphology, water resources, and._.

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Chris Hammersmark PhD, PE

Director / Ecoengineer

Chris is a registered civil engineer (CA P.E. C66595) specializing in hydraulics, hydrology, geomorphology, water quality, ecology, and ecosystem rehabilitation/restoration. He has over nineteen years of experience on a diverse array of._.

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Hamish Moir PhD

UK Managing Director

Hamish is cbec’s UK Managing Director and has extensive training in the fields of fluvial geomorphology-instream ecology interactions and river engineering, both in research and consultancy capacities.

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operations

Alexis Wessels BA

Senior Operations Manager

Alexis is an experienced manager with over 15 years of project management and operations experience. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor’s degree in Communication. Her previous._.

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Elissa Ide BS

Staff Accountant

Elissa’s organization and attention to detail is vital as Staff Accountant, rounding out the cbec’s accounting department to ensure a seamless invoicing process. She coordinates with cbec’s bookkeeper, project managers, senior management,._.

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Emily McCommas BS

Office/Business Development Manager

As cbec’s Office/Business Development Manager, Emily assists with company operations, human resources, health and safety, marketing, and opportunity acquisition. She joined the cbec team with over eight years of expertise in the._.

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Staci Baldwin MA

Administrative Assistant

Staci performs her duties at cbec with a keen eye for detail, and a heart for environmentalism. After graduating UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science in Society and Environment with a._.

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team members

Anna Hamilton MSc

Ecohydrologist I

As an ecohydrologist at cbec, Anna performs both technical project analysis and field work in support of various hydrological and geomorphological studies. Anna’s software experience consists of ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, Delft3DFM, and._.

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April Sawyer MS

Senior Ecohydrologist I

April has over ten years of experience in fluvial geomorphology, hydraulic modeling, aquatic biology, and project management with an emphasis on habitat restoration. With a formal education in Montana and professional experience._.

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Beau Thetford BS, EIT

Technician II

Beau is an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) working out of cbec’s West Sacramento office. Beau supports cbec’s field services efforts by conducting topographic and bathymetric surveys and recording ADCP flow measurements. He also assists._.

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Ben Taber BS, PE

Ecoengineer II

Ben is a registered California PE with over nine years of experience specializing in ecohydraulics and ecohydrology. He acts as both a staff ecoengineer as well as field services manager for projects._.

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Caitlin Barnes BS

Technician II

Caitlin utilizes her background in hydrologic, hydraulic, and geospatial analyses to support cbec’s tidal wetland and salmonid habitat restoration projects. Before joining the cbec team, Caitlin bolstered her environmental skill set as._.

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Daniel Goranov

Technician I

Daniel brings a skillful eye in troubleshooting and superior repair knowledge to cbec. His duties range from data collection, fleet and office support, to field service fabrication. He is becoming skilled with._.

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Doug Shields, Jr. PhD, PE, D.WRE, F.ASCE, F.EWRI

Senior Scientific Advisor

Doug Shields has forty-two years of experience in water resources and environmental engineering, including twelve years for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and twenty-two years as a Research Hydraulic Engineer at._.

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Emmy Anzalone BS, EIT

Technician II

Emmy is an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) with experience in fisheries and restoration fieldwork, as well as many aspects of civil engineering design. Emmy graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of._.

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Evan Pesut BS, EIT

Ecohydrologist I

As an ecohydrology technician at cbec, Evan Pesut performs a combination of field work and technical analyses supporting hydrology, hydraulics, geomorphology and sediment transport studies as well as restoration design efforts. Evan._.

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Greg Kamman PG, CHG

Senior Ecohydrologist III

Greg Kamman is a professional geologist and certified hydrogeologist with over 30 years of technical and consulting experience in the fields of geology, hydrology, and hydrogeology. He specializes in directing and managing._.

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Greg Shellenbarger Eng, MS

Ecohydrologist II

Greg is cbec’s Field Services Manager. He joined cbec in 2017 with a background in marine ecology and hydrodynamic controls on water quality and sediment transports. He has over 25 years of._.

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Haley Tupen MS, EIT

Ecohydrologist I

Haley joined cbec following the completion of her Master’s in Civil Engineering with a focus in Fish Passage and Ecohydraulics at Montana State University. Haley’s graduate research involved assessing hydraulics and hydrology of an ecologically engineered fish bypass._.

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Jackson Ingram BS, EIT

Ecohydrologist I

With a background in civil design, drafting, and field work, Jackson assists on a variety of water resources projects at cbec. He graduated from Humboldt State University with a BS in environmental._.

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Jai Singh BS

Senior Ecohydrologist II

Jai Singh has over ten years of experience in hydrology, fluvial geomorphology, water quality and ecosystem restoration. He specializes in river restoration, geomorphology studies, interdisciplinary watershed assessments, and hydrodynamic modeling. He has._.

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Jenna Duffin PhD

Ecohydrologist I

Jenna serves as an Ecohydrologist I at cbec, currently supporting the development of hydraulic models to assess rearing habitat alternatives in the Sacramento Basin. Inspired by her interest in improving rivers cultivated._.

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Jesse Rowles MS

Ecohydrologist I

Jesse’s engineering path is unique compared to most in the water resources field. He originally obtained his BS from Lehigh University, Pennsylvania in Astrophysics, with a minor in Applied Mathematics and Earth._.

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John Stofleth MS, PE

Senior Ecoengineer III

John Stofleth has fifteen years of experience in hydraulic engineering, fluvial / estuarine geomorphology and watershed ecology. At cbec, John has worked on several projects that include the development of one-, two-._.

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Jon Parsons MS, EIT

Ecohydrologist II

Jon completed his BS in biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz before pursuing an MS in civil engineering at San Jose State University. His studies covered topics such as hydrology,._.

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Kiernan Kelty MS

Ecohydrologist I

As an ecohydrologist, Mr. Kelty performs a combination of technical project analysis and field work for cbec. He supports his findings with analytical output from ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro, AutoCAD Civil 3D, HEC-HMS,._.

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Luke Tillmann MS

Ecohydrologist II

Luke completed his BS in Environmental Sciences, with minors in GIS and Forestry, at the University of California, Berkeley, before continuing to UC Davis for an MS in Hydrology. For his Master’s._.

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Matt Weber MS, PE

Ecoengineer II

Matt joined cbec in 2016 with a diverse background in fluvial geomorphology, restoration ecology and civil engineering. He has extensive experience processing LiDAR data, analyzing spatial data in ArcGIS, QGIS, LAStools, and._.

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Megan Casey BS

Technician II

As an ecohydrology technician at cbec, Megan supports hydrological and hydraulic modeling efforts on a range of restoration projects. At Indiana’s Purdue University, Megan earned her bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering, with._.

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Michael Founds MS

Senior Ecohydrologist I

Michael has ten years of applied experience in multi-benefit ecological restoration, modeling groundwater-surface water interaction, and quantifying impacts of climate and wildfire on flow regimes. At cbec, Michael manages projects that involve._.

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Nick Southall MSc

Senior Ecohydrologist I

Mr. Southall is an experienced project manager with two decades of river restoration experience. He specializes in the assessment and design of stream, river, wetland, floodplain, and estuarine restoration projects. His work._.

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Nina Li PhD

Ecohydrologist II

Nina’s diverse expertise includes hydraulics, sediment transport, geomorphology, and watershed hydrology. She has over eight years of experience in river restoration, with a focus in reservoir sedimentation management. Nina supports cbec’s hydraulic._.

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Noelle Patterson PhD

Ecohydrologist II

Noelle has over seven years of experience in the water resources field, with a wide range of expertise in hydrologic modeling, water policy and management, and field ecohydrology. At cbec, Noelle supports._.

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Sam Diaz PE, CPESC

Senior Ecoengineer II

Sam has ​nineteen years of experience covering a wide range of civil engineering projects. With cbec he has been involved in ​several river, stream and wetland restoration and rehabilitation projects that have._.

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Scott Wright PhD

Senior Ecohydrologist III

Dr. Wright is a Civil Engineer with 25 years of experience in the private sector and government, with expertise in the areas of fluid mechanics, hydraulics, sediment transport, and geomorphology. He holds._.

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Toby Stegman MS

Ecohydrologist II

With over ten years of practice in the water resources field, Toby possesses a strong technical background in hydraulic modeling (HEC-RAS, Tuflow, FaSTMECH 2D), computer programing (Program R, Python, Matlab), and GIS._.

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Travis Beckt BS

Technician II

As a technician at cbec headquarters in West Sacramento, Travis supports a variety of river rehabilitation and salmonid habitat restoration projects. Travis’ education background centers around hydrology, hydraulics, and river and riparian._.

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