**About the Editors**

**Tamim Younos** is the Founder & President of the Green Water-Infrastructure Academy, a nonprofit organization, and a former Research Professor of Water Resources at Virginia Tech. Dr. Younos is a water scientist with research and educational interests in urban environmental sustainability topics and watershed assessment. He has authored/co-authored more than 150 research/technical publications and edited seven books on water science topics. Dr. Younos has offered numerous seminars/lectures and organized regional, national/international symposia & workshops. His professional recognitions include American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Icko Iben Award, AWRA Fellow Award, Fulbright Scholar Award, and Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Award.

**Tammy E. Parece** is the Assistant Professor of Geography in the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Colorado Mesa University. She manages Colorado Mesa University's Geography Education and Outreach Program (GEO PRO). In 2016, she received her PhD from Virginia Tech in Geospatial and Environmental Analysis. Her dissertation evaluated the physical and social aspects of urban agriculture, including urban agriculture's ability to address food insecurity and rainwater harvesting for irrigation. She has published several book chapters, journal articles, technical manuals and GIS laboratory manuals. She has also edited numerous books and special journal editions.

**Junseok Lee** is Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Manhattan College, N.Y. Dr. Lee has about 70+ technical publications, including articles in highly respected journals and conference proceedings. In addition, he has delivered numerous presentations and invited talks at national and international conferences on water, environment, and infrastructure engineering. In 2018 & 2020, he won the Best Paper Awards from the *American Water Works Association* (AWWA)'s Distribution & Plant Operations Division. Dr. Lee, who has a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech, is a registered Professional Engineer of Civil Engineering in California and a board-certified Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE) from the American Academy of Water Resources Engineer. He is the recipient of the 2021 *Environmental Water Resources Institute's* (*EWRI*) Service to the Profession Award.

**Jason Giovannettone** is a multidisciplinary civil and environmental engineering professional/ atmospheric scientist specializing in climate change and environmental sustainability. He has worked on an array of projects within the governmen<sup>t</sup> and private sectors related to climate variability, climate change adaptation, flood susceptibility mapping, and green water-infrastructure. As the Director, Climate and Sustainability at the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, he provides leadership in helping them attain their goal of becoming carbon neutral prior to the year 2040. With this goal in mind, Dr. Giovannettone is leading the planning and implementation of a large solar array to be installed at an initial pilot location. He is also leading efforts to reduce emissions due to travel, facility and campus operations, and plastic consumption, through software tools that allow the organization to optimize meeting locations based on attendee travel distances and to maintain a comprehensive record of all direct and indirect sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

**Alaina J. Armel** is a multidisciplinary civil and environmental engineering professional specializing in water resources management. She has worked on an array of corrective action, watershed management, and stormwater permitting and planning projects for military, government, and private sector clients. As task manager and lead client liason for water and environmental services projects, she provides leadership in the areas of TMDLs, water resources, and water quality design. Ms. Armel applies expertise in federal and state regulations to ensure compliance with the Chesapeake Bay TMDL and Virginia Small MS4 General Permit through the recommendation of structural and non-structural best managemen<sup>t</sup> practice technologies that primarily result in reductions in nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment loads.

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