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AEHS Foundation Achievement Awards


In 2010, the Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air presented the first AEHS Foundation Achievement Awards. This award is presented to individuals or organizations that have shown significant contributions to the field as well as outstanding environmental stewardship. We are proud to announce the recipients of this award below.

2012 Recipients

Gary Foote is a Principal Geologist with AMEC Earth & Infrastructure in Oakland, California.  He has an M.S. degree in Geology from the University of Illinois and he has more than 25 years of professional experience. His practice spans many aspects of site characterization and remediation, with specialized expertise in petroleum hydrocarbons. He has authored and presented many technical papers and workshops, and he has served on the Editorial Review Board for Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation published by the National Ground Water Association. He was President of the San Francisco Bay Chapter of the California Groundwater Resources Association in 2002 and 2003 and has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the AEHS West Coast Conference since 1997.





James Dragun, Ph.D. is a soil chemist with extensive experience dealing with soil investigations and remediation.  He has addressed the extent, danger, and/or cleanup of chemicals at sites of national and international concern such as the oil lakes caused by the 1991 Persian Gulf War (Kuwait), VX chemical warfare agent for the U.N. Weapons Inspection Program (Iraq), malfunction of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant USA), and dioxin in Missouri (USA).  Twenty-four nations including Japan, China, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Spain, Scandinavia, and the Netherlands have utilized his expertise.  He founded and built an environmental engineering-science consulting company.   For over 20 years, he has led a team of specialists in chemical engineering, civil engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, plant engineering, environmental science, geology, hydrogeology, chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, and biology.  Dr. Dragun and his associates have solved environmental issues for major companies and governments in six continents (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America). Dr. Dragun has been a full Professor at the University of Massachusetts and at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.  He has authored two college textbooks and co-authored/edited eight technical books.  Also, Dr. Dragun has been the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination for over 17 years.  His accomplishments are listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering (world compilation), and Who's Who in America.  Dr. Dragun has received several honors and awards for his professional achievements and contributions to the community.


The American Petroleum Institute (API) is the only national trade association that represents all aspects of America’s oil and natural gas industry. It’s more than 400 corporate members, from the largest major oil company to the smallest of independents, come from all segments of the industry. They are producers, refiners, suppliers, pipeline operators, and marine transporters, as well as service and supply companies that support all segments of the industry. The API oil/Groundwater Technical Group has sponsored more than two hundred projects over the last 30 years, and its work is frequently presented at AEHS conferences and in peer-reviewed journals. It has been a leading contributor on such key topics as monitored natural attenuation, risk-based corrective action, soil vapor transport, and residual NAPL management. www.api.org/ehs/groundwater

2011 Recipients
Stephen Eikenberry has been an environmental professional for nearly 40 years with work ranging from evaluating acid mine drainage to advocating research and development programs. He was the head of the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center Environmental Department where he was responsible for oversight of the Navy’s environmental research and development efforts such as the Department of Defense’s National Test Site, pollution prevention, and site cleanup programs. He also developed the Navy’s site remediation and the chemical quality assurance programs.  Steve has been active with AEHS since 1993 and serves on Science Advisory Board for the San Diego Conference. He is a Registered Geologist in California and a Licensed Professional Geologist in Indiana. Steve lives in Ventura, California, with his wife and two daughters.


 
 
Susan Henry enjoys a 30-year career in the environmental field that has included teaching, research, and consulting.  Her early focus was environmental microbiology and bioremediation of xenobiotics, particularly chlorinated solvents, which expanded to include natural attenuation.  The focus of more recent efforts has been assessment and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination, and she teaches an RI/FS remediation class through UCI Extension.  Susan obtained a B.A. in Biology from Earlham College, an M.S. in Environmental Science from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Stanford University.  She has published and presented extensively, edited books, organized and chaired symposia, and is author of the famed “Bioreclamation Rap” which topped the charts in 1991.
 
 
 
2011
Dr. Yue Rong (a.k.a. “Y.R.”) is currently the Environmental Program Manager for the Underground Storage Tank Program at the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Office.  He has more than 20 years’ experience with the Agency in dealing with groundwater contamination problems in the Los Angeles area of California, U.S.A.  He is an Associate Editor for the peer-reviewed journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Environmental Forensics.  Dr. Rong was elected in 2006 and re-elected in 2008 as the president on the board of directors for the Southern California Chinese American Environmental Protection Association (SCCAEPA), serving the local minority community.  He is also the Editor-in-Chief for the peer-reviewed SCCAEPA Online Journal.  Dr. Rong is the author or co-author for about 30 peer-reviewed publications, and the editor of the book entitled “Practical Environmental Statistics and Data Analysis.”  He was the recipient of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board Outstanding Achievement Award and Supervisory Performance Award.  Dr. Yue Rong has his Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Wisconsin. 


2010 Recipients

John Hills is the Director of Water Quality and Regulatory Compliance for the Irvine Ranch Water District. At IRWD, he is responsible for monitoring the quality of the District’s waste water, potable water, recycled water and urban runoff systems and ensuring that the District operates in full compliance with all regulatory requirements. Prior to joining IRWD, John was the Environmental Services Manager for the City of Anaheim. At Anaheim, he was responsible for ensuring the City’s facilities and water and electric utility operations complied with all environmental regulatory requirements. John obtained his Bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the California State University at Long Beach and an MBA from Chapman University in Orange.
 
Anna Willett is the Director of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC).  ITRC is a public-private coalition working to eliminate barriers to the use of innovative environmental technologies and approaches, so that compliance costs are reduced and clean up efficacy is maximized.  ITRC produces documents and training that broaden and deepen technical knowledge and expedite quality regulatory decision-making, while protecting human health and the environment.  With private and public sector members from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, ITRC truly provides a national perspective.  Anna has been involved with ITRC since 2003 in a variety of roles, including serving on the ITRC Board of Advisors from 2005-2007 and on the Bioremediation of DNAPLs and In Situ Bioremediation ITRC Teams from 2003-2005.  Anna came to ITRC from Comprehensive Environmental Utility Services, LLC (CEUS), where she was a Senior Vice President and Partner.  Prior to CEUS, she was a Senior Engineer, concentrating in remediation engineering and project management, with Haley & Aldrich, Inc., a national environmental engineering firm.  Earlier in her career, Anna was responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of pilot- and full-scale in-situ remediation projects as a Research and Development Manager for Regenesis, a specialty chemical company that serves the remediation industry.  Over the course of her career, Anna has evaluated a wide-range of contaminated sites to determine technical and cost effective remedial strategies for specific site conditions. She has contributed to over 60 presentations and publications on remediation, has presented at a wide range of national and international conferences She holds an M.S. in chemical engineering from Northwestern University and a B.S. in biological engineering from Cornell University.
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