4 LOCATION
Marine Resources Council
3275 Dixie Hwy NE
Palm Bay, FL 32905
DATE & TIME
Friday, March 28, 2025
11:45 am: Registration/Lunch
12:30 pm - 4:45 pm: Program
5:00 pm: Networking Reception
AWRA FLORIDA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Friday, March 28, 2025
9:30 - 11:30 am
Location: Marine Resources Council
All are welcome!
Thank you to our March 2025 Technical Meeting Sponsors!
CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS (CEHs)
4 CEHs will be provided to Professional Engineers & Professional Geologists
4.0 General Continuing Legal Education Credits will be provided for CLE.
MEETING AGENDA
9:30 - 11:30 am AWRA Florida Board Meeting - All are welcome!
11:45 am Registration/Lunch Served (Included with Registration)
12:30 - 1:00 pm Welcome & Opening Remarks
Luna Phillips, President, AWRA Florida Board of Directors
Dr. Laura Wilson, Executive Director, Marine Resources Council
1:00 - 1:30 pm Keynote Address – Recent activities and partnerships to improve water quality and habitats in the Indian River Lagoon
Kathy Hill, Deputy Director, Indian River Lagoon Council
1:30 - 2:00 pm Brevard County’s Save Our Indian River Lagoon Program
Virginia Barker, Director, Brevard County Natural Resources Management Department
2:00 - 3:25 pm St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) - Indian River Lagoon North Program Update
Melissa Diolosa, SJRWMD
Stacy Cecil, SJRWMD
Lauren Hall, Environmental Scientist IV, SJRWMD
Ron Brockmeyer, Environmental Scientist V, SJRWMD
Marc Van Heden, Supervising Professional Engineer, SJRWMD
3:25 - 3:45 pm Break
3:45 - 4:15 pm Engineering with Nature: Harnessing Seagrass and aquatic vegetation (SAV) for water quality, shoreline protection, and sediment control
Nick Muzia P.E., Principal Engineering & Design Build Manager, Sea and Shoreline, LLC
4:15 - 4:45 pm South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) - Indian River Lagoon South Program Update
Lucine Dadrian, Division Director, Engineering, Construction and Modeling, SFWMD
5:00 pm Networking Reception at HellnBlazes, Melbourne