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2006 Board of Directors

Don Ayres

Alice Champagne

Johnny Gaskins

Jim Lanier

Woody Snell

Don Ayres: Bio coming soon.

Alice Champagne: Alice holds a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and is a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC). In 2000, she was elected as a Cobb County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor for Georgia. She was appointed by Governor Perdue in 2004 to serve on the Stakeholder Advisory Board which provides oversight for Georgia’s mandatory education and certification for erosion and sediment control. She has served on the Georgia Adopt-A-Stream Advisory Board and is an active member of the International Erosion Control Association and the Soil and Water Conservation Society. Alice has been employed with the Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper since its inception in 1994, and currently serves as the Director of Technical Programs. She manages the HOTLINE Response Program (over 300 calls/emails per year), the stream buffer protection program and the erosion and sediment control program. In addition, she conducts field investigations, provides technical assistance to communities and sub-watershed groups and coordinates the “Get the Dirt Out” campaign, training others to monitor construction sites from polluted stormwater runoff.

Johnny Gaskins: John holds a degree in Civil Engineering Technology from Southern Polytechnic State University. He is currently CEO of Gaskins Surveying and Engineering Company, a multidisciplined Civil Engineering, Land Surveying, Land Planning, and Environmental firm, employing 60 persons. Having been involved in the land development industry since 1971, John is also President/Partner of Total Development, Inc., a General Contracting Construction firm focusing on all phases of development. He has held local and statewide positions in the Surveying and Mapping Society of Georgia. Currently, he is a member of the Southern Polytechnic State University Foundation, previously serving on the executive committee, and is actively involved on the Development Regulations and Zoning Ordinance Citizens Advisory Committee in Cobb County, GA. John was appointed to the Cobb County Soil and Water Conservation District as a board member in 2000. He also attends and is a member of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, GA, and is an avid outdoorsman, who enjoys hunting, golfing and biking in his spare time.

Jim Lanier: Jim holds a Bachelor of Agriculture in Plant Sciences from the University of Georgia. He has been involved in the land development industry in several capacities since 1976 and is currently President/Owner of Aquascape Environmental, an environmental consulting and contracting company. A Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC), Jim is often called on to speak to professional and educational groups on topics relating to erosion control, stream restoration, and other aquatic resource issues. In 2003, he was appointed to the Board of the Cobb County Soil and Water Conservation District. Jim has served on the boards of several other organizations, including the Georgia Lakes Society, the Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, and the Georgia Vegetation Management Association. He also volunteers his time and resources to a variety of natural resource protection and preservation groups. When not working he enjoys hiking, rock climbing, water sports, and other activities involving the outdoors.

Woody Snell: Woody received a M.S. in Management from Georgia Tech and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Clemson University and is a registered Professional Engineer in Georgia. In 1999, Woody was elected as a Cobb County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor and in 2001 he was elected as Chairman of the Cobb Soil and Water Conservation District. Woody also serves on the Soil and Water Commission Technical Advisory Committee and the Cobb County Development Standards Committee. He has previously served on the State of Georgia NPDES Advisory Committee, the Fulton County Watershed Initiative Committee and the Fulton County Development Advisory Committee. Woody has twenty years of experience in construction, engineering, management and marketing with specific expertise in land development and construction management. As a partner with The Pacific Group he is actively involved in the development of a number of residential and mixed-use communities within the Atlanta area. He is also responsible for pre-acquisition due diligence evaluations and feasibility studies. Previously, Woody gained experience as the project manager for a 450-acre master planned community in San Juan, Puerto Rico and as a principle geotechnical engineer with Law Engineering.