AMWG/TWG Representative Nominations - Fall 2010

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Ted Kowalski 945 McKinley Avenue Louisville, CO 80027 (303) 666 -1946 EDUCATION Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science /Government awarded in May 1990. University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado; Juris Doctor degree & Certificate in Natural Resources and Environmental Policy awarded in May 1995. WORK EXPERIENCE Colorado Water Conservation Board, Interstate and Federal Section, Denver, Colorado Section Chief May 2010 - present • Manage the Interstate and Federal Section staff of four employees. Review and assign staffing priorities, develop and manage budgets, conduct staff evaluations. • Provide technical and legal assistance to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) regarding negotiations and strategies related to the law of the Colorado River, Endangered Species Act Recovery Program issues, and other program areas of the Interstate and Federal Section staff. • Represent the Director and the CWCB at public hearings, meetings, conferences, intrastate negotiations, and interstate negotiations regarding water supply management issues, endangered species issues, and other water policy issues. • Testify in water court hearings, in U.S. Congressional hearings, and in Colorado General Assembly hearings regarding water litigation, water legislation, and other water resource policy issues. Develop State positions, resolutions, and letters related to interstate and intrastate water laws and policies in conjunction with the CWCB and its staff. • Work closely with state and federal agencies, in the United States and Mexico, as well as other sections within the CWCB, to develop positions regarding water law and water policy in a manner that allows Colorado to use fully compact entitlements. • Represent Colorado in the U.S.- Mexico bi- national water negotiations. • Represent the Director and the CWCB at Colorado Groundwater Commission meetings, Western States Water Council meetings, Colorado Water Congress meetings, and Colorado River Water Users Association meetings. Colorado Water Conservation Board, Interstate and Federal Section, Denver, Colorado Program Mana er August 2004 -May 2010 • Provided technical and legal assistance to the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) regarding negotiations and litigation strategies related to the law of the Colorado River, Endangered Species Act Recovery Program issues, Wild and Scenic federal issues, and Recreational In- Channel Diversion (RICD) issues. • Oversaw and managed budgets for the Platte River Endangered Species Act Recovery Implementation Program, RICD Program, and Wild and Scenic Rivers Alternatives Program. Develop Requests for Proposals, hire and supervise contractors (engineers, biologists, facilitators and other professional consultants) for these programs. • Managed the Defense of the Colorado River Water Unit (within the Office of the Colorado Attorney General). Oversaw, supervised, and evaluated work regarding the Defense of the Colorado River.