Susan is a professor in the Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. She received her PhD in Soil Science from Washington State University in 1980 and shortly after joined the Cornell faculty as the Charles L. Pack Research Professor of Forest Soils. Her research interests are in soil-plant-atmosphere relations and in dynamic simulation modeling of the impact of the environment on plants. She works on both environmental and plant production problems on the state, national and international levels. She has served as co-chair of the Dept. of Earth and Atmospherics Sciences and the Director for Sponsored Research for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Through a partnership with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Hudson River Estuary Program, Scott developed and implements a watershed conservation program for the Hudson River Estuary watershed. Focusing on community-based watershed planning and implementation, Scott provides scientific and financial assistance to municipalities, county agencies, watershed groups, advocacy groups, and academic partners to study and understand local water resource issues and develop strategies to protect and restore those resources. A focus of Scott's work is engaging land use decision makers in watershed issues through intermunicipal collaborations. Scott's work is driven by the Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda, which provides measurable objectives for Hudson River tributaries and their watersheds. Prior to serving as the Watershed Program Coordinator for the Hudson River Estuary Program, Scott worked on restoring streams in Western Pennsylvania degraded by stresses such as acid mine drainage and urban/suburban nonpoint source pollution. Scott has served numerous roles in local conservation initiatives through his town and regional watershed partnerships. In his spare time, you might find Scott kayaking down a mountain river or stream with one of this three sons or wife.

Kevin is the Riparian Buffer Coordinator of the Hudson River Estuary Program, having joined Cornell University and the New York Water Resources Institute in February of 2007. Kevin's primary focus is furthering the goals and objectives of the Hudson River Action Agenda's section on "Streams and Tributaries of the Hudson River Estuary Watershed". He is currently working on a new initiative called "Trees for Tribs", focusing on replanting riparian buffers in the Hudson Valley, as well as, a riparian buffer mapping/characterization project with additional Cornell University faculty.

Kristin works for Cornell's Water Resources Institute in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) Hudson River Estuary Program, a unique regional partnership designed to restore and conserve the Hudson River. The Estuary Program works closely with state, federal, and local partners to carry out the Hudson River Estuary Action Agenda, a blueprint for the cleanup of the Hudson. Kristin's primary role in the Program is to work with the New York State Climate Change Policy Office and key stakeholders in the Hudson Valley to coordinate an effort to address the causes and impacts of climate change at the regional level. Kristin has a Master's degree in Urban and Environmental Policy from Tufts University and a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Clark University. Prior to getting her Master's degree she spent four years doing field research for the USFWS, USGS, and Massachusetts Audubon.