Our Staff
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Steve hosts many RRWC’s meetings, works with partner organizations to further RRWC’s outreach and goals, coordinates with Farmer-Led Coordination, grants and education.
Stephen May
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Meija leads nature programming in-field, and in-classroom for all ages, coordinates with partner organizations to present to communities, and is always promoting the health of local streams and rivers of private and public land throughout the watershed.
Meija also enjoys fencing! She fences in both modern and historical styles at the Ann Arbor Sword Club, and even teaches private lessons. She also volunteers to participate in controlled ecological burns and loves to bike in the warmer seasons of the year.
Meija Knafl
Outreach Coordinator
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Lydia works on everything from representing RRWC at conferences and meetings, to creating information content, and helping our Outreach Coordinator host events.
Outside of RRWC, Lydia is a small business co-owner of a local zero-waste store, as well as a senior, majoring in Environmental Science, at Siena Heights University. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and her partner on his family farm.
Lydia Lopez
Water Stewardship Coordinator
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Benny works on meeting minutes, inviting communities and members to events, updating RRWC’s website, adding new contacts, and attending and representing RRWC in meetings.
Benny is new to the watershed as she just moved here in August of 2021 all the way from Seattle, Washington. She has self published a poetry book and has many hobbies including photography, graphic design, video games, writing, and making jewelry.
Benny Woith
Administrative Coordinator
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Isabelle primarily manages our social media pages and attends outreach events. She first joined RRWC as an Outreach Intern in the summer, and fell in love with the organization and its goals.
Isabelle is currently studying Environmental Science as a junior at Siena Heights University and is very passionate about the preservation and conservation of the watershed. She enjoys running, reading mysteries, spending time with her nieces and nephews, and going to the beaches of West Michigan (where she grew up).
Isabelle Uganski
Administrative Assistant
Andrew, a recent LISD middle college graduate, is one of the River Raisin Watershed Council's 2023 summer interns.
Outside of the RRWC, Andrew spends time as a member of the Blissfield Parks and Rec Advisory Board and takes an interest in activities such as fishing, hiking and basketball. He is currently preparing to attend college at Lake Superior State University in the fall to study Fisheries and Wildlife Management. Future ambitions for Andrew include working in a fish hatchery and national parks.
Andrew Mullins
Summer Intern
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Alyiah, a recent high school graduate, is one of the River Raisin Watershed Council's 2023 summer interns.
Alyiah is an incoming freshman at Lake Superior State, looking to study Environmental Science. In their free time Alyiah enjoys spending time with their dogs and friends, as well as reading books and playing video games. Alyiah's future ambitions include holding a variety of professional positions within the natural field and someday working for a national park.
Alyiah Fife
Summer Intern
Benny works on meeting minutes, inviting communities and members to events, updating RRWC’s website, adding new contacts, and attending and representing RRWC in meetings.
Benny is new to the watershed as she just moved here in August of 2021 all the way from Seattle, Washington. She has self published a poetry book and has many hobbies including photography, graphic design, video games, writing, and making jewelry.
Executive Committee
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Harry works to develop and manage grants, he’s also the timekeeper and chief "cat herder of the Executive Committee!”
Harry says he joined RRWC because of the organization’s high performing ability, geared toward conservation and outreach as well as its potential to grow in capacity to influence and protect the River Raisin.
Outside of RRWC, Harry enjoys hiking, soccer tourism, and canoeing (whilst avoiding mosquitos)! Harry also joined the Peace Corps in Nepal from 1990-1992.
Harry Sheehan
Chair
Chief Deputy Water Resources Commissioner Representative
Washtenaw County
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John C. Calhoun is RRWC’s Vice Chair! John assists in grant approvals, outreach meeting coordinations, and public relations. Having grown up on the River Raisin, and now living on Clark Lake, John cares deeply about the watershed and its health.
John loves to fish on local lakes and the western Lake Erie basin, hunt, and is the President of the Brooklyn Sportsman's Club, the “best sporting clay course in Southern Michigan!” John is also lay minister and an elected township official.
John Calhoun
Vice Chair
Columbia Township Treasurer
& Jackson County Representative
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KZ Bolton
Treasurer
County Commissioner & Lenawee County Representative
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Sybil is a diligent meeting minute manager and aims to ensure RRWC is transparent in meeting minutes and other communications.
She has lived in the watershed for 46 years and has been involved with RRWC since the 1990’s. Sybil retired from Michigan Dept of Environmental Quality, which is now known as EGLE (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy) in 2016.
She has always held a special interest in connecting people, especially kids, to nature.
Sybil Kolon
Secretary
Manchester Township Representative
Washtenaw County
Members
David Hoffman
County Commissioner & Monroe County Representative
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Phil Kittridge
Cambridge Township Representative,
Lenawee County
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Trudi Cooper
Sharon Township Representative
Washtenaw County