Organizing committee

Co-chairs

Sam Allen
TRI/Environmental Inc.

Bob Holtz, Ph.D, P.E.
University of Washington  

Secretary General/Event Manager

Deb Stender
Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)

Technical Committee Co-chairs

Shobha Bhatia
Syracuse University

Stan Boyle
Shannon & Wilson 

Technical Program Manager

Barbara Connett
Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI)

Exhibit/Sponsorship Chair 

Andrew Aho
Geosynthetic Materials Association (GMA) 

Short Course Chair

David Suits
North American Geosynthetics Society (NAGS)