International Erosion Control Association Announces Region One Board of Directors

The International Erosion Control Association’s membership voted to re-elect Charles R. Riling Jr. and Brock Peters, CISEC to the Region One 2013 Board of Directors. Joining Riling and Peters to the 2013 Board of Directors is new board member Craig S. Benson.

Benson will begin his term on the Board of Directors in February alongside fellow members Beth Chesson, CPESC, CPSWQ, Julie Etra, MS, CPESC, Philip Handley, REM, CPESC, CESSWI, Ron Faucher, CPESC, Brock Peters, CISEC, Charles Riling Jr., Tom Williams, MA, CPESC, and Gustavo Salerno, PE, CPESC.

Benson, MS, has 25 years of professional experience in a wide variety of watershed management, ecological restoration, agro-ecological planning, erosion control and forest improvement projects in the U.S., West Africa and South America. Over the last 12 years, an increasing portion of Benson’s work has included multiple aspects of storm water management and NPDES permit compliance, particularly the development of watershed-scale Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) compliance plans, reach-scale non-point source pollution plans, county and municipal storm water management plans (SWMPs) and site-scale storm water pollution prevention plans (SWPPPs). Benson is currently the watershed coordinator for the Humboldt Bay/Mad River in Northern California and is working with multiple stakeholders to reduce sediment delivery to salmonid-bearing streams.

Brock Peters, CISEC, is an erosion and sediment control contractor and consultant with over thirty-five years of progressive accomplishments in the construction industry. As a current board member of IECA, Brock is administrative vice president and serves on the Professional Development Committee, and is currently serving a second term on the Board of the IECA Great Rivers Chapter. As president of Point Source Environmental, and as a founding member of the Storm Water Awareness Network (SWAN), Brock creates curriculum for providing educational training for NPDES compliance to developers, builders and trade contractors for the commercial and residential building industry as well as training related to linear construction projects.

Charles R. Riling Jr. is a graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology (WVIT) in Montgomery, W.Va. Rilling has authored numerous general statewide specifications and project specifications and has re-written/modified the DOH’s Erosion and Sediment Control Manual on three occasions and is in the process of revising it for the fourth time. For the past 14 years, Riling has worked in the Office of the State Highway Engineer as the special projects/environmental monitor.

The IECA Region One Board of Directors is made up of nine members, each serving a three-year term. Board positions will be decided at the board meeting to be held at Environmental Connection 2013, IECA’s annual conference and expo, Feb. 10 to 13, 2013, in San Diego, Calif.

Source: International Erosion Control Association (IECA)