Meet Our Board

President of the UCWET Board since 2019, Andy Miller offers a wealth of in-depth knowledge on local water issues from a lifetime of involvement in the Grand County community.  Andy's areas of expertise include construction project management and implementation, water augmentation structures, and stream restoration projects, stemming from his roles as sole proprietor of M3 Property Service and founder and Project Manager of local nonprofit the Grand Huts Association. Andy is currently Vice Chair of the Fraser Planning Commission and a columnist for the Winter Park Times, and a former Grand County elementary school teacher and childcare center director.

Treasurer Dave Troutman brings decades of environmental and water resources expertise to the UCWET Board. A licensed Professional Geologist with a BA in Chemistry from Emory University and an MS in Forest Hydrology from the University of Georgia, Dave spent 10 years as a Senior Hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Resources Division in Albany, New York, researching the impacts of acid rainfall on lakes and watersheds. He went on to own and manage an environmental engineering and remediation firm in Tampa, FL, providing environmental services to federal, state, and private clients across the southeastern US. He is author or co-author of more than 10 technical papers on water quality.

Dave and his wife, Emily, retired to Grand Lake in 2017 and have served as interpretive volunteers at Rocky Mountain National Park since 2015. He recently relocated to Fort Collins, where he serves as UCWET's voice on the Front Range. 

Mike Holmes joined UCWET in 2018, following over 30 years of experience in watershed restoration and stakeholder collaboration. He holds a BS in Agriculture Business from Colorado State University and served 2 ½ years in the Peace Corps, working on agriculture and community development in the Philippines. 

Mike brings extensive experience as a project manager reclaiming abandoned mining sites throughout Colorado, addressing how mine drainage degrades downstream water quality, aquatic life, and overall watershed health. Mike believes that effective collaboration is central to successful restoration and has participated in multiple water groups over his career — experience that's shown him how watershed associations help balance the needs of diverse stakeholder groups in decision-making. 

Mike and his wife, Patty, moved to Grand County in 2016 after raising three children in Denver. He is President of the Grand County Irrigated Land Company, a 50-shareholder mutual ditch company irrigating agricultural lands on the Granby Mesa, and remains committed to protecting the headwaters of the Colorado River. 

A Grand County resident since 1970, Ingrid Karlstrom is inspired by a passion for preserving the beauty and quality of life in the decreasingly pristine Upper Colorado River watershed. She holds a BA in Zoology from Pomona College and has served on the Grand County Planning and Zoning Commission for over 30 years, where she participated in establishing Grand County’s Master Plan. Additional commission memberships include Victims Assistance and Law Enforcement, The Moffat Tunnel, and a statewide transportation study. 

Ingrid currently lives outside of Fraser with her three cats. 

Emeritus Scientist with the USGS Science and Decisions Center and current Affiliated Scholar with Arizona State University, Pierre Glynn (PhD, MSc, BA in Earth Sciences) has owned a second home in Grand Lake since 2006. His expertise spans stakeholder engagement, participatory science, adaptive management and governance, and natural capital accounting. 

An Associate Editor for the Environmental Economics and Management section of open-access research journal Frontiers in Environmental Science, Pierre remains active in research focused on improving the science, policy, and management of socio-ecological systems. 

With an earlier career in hydrology and the natural sciences, Pierre enjoys sharing his enthusiasm for the natural world through presentations at the Kawuneeche Visitors Center in Rocky Mountain National Park, engaging visitors in discussions about local ecosystem connections and processes through talks like "The Upper Colorado River: Heart of Many Waters, Water of Many Hearts" and "A Hundred Years in Nature: The Dynamics of Rocky Mountain National Park."

A native of Colorado, Dean holds a BS in Mathematics Engineering and an MS in Geophysical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, maintaining a residence in Grand County with his wife Lindsay since 2000. Dean is actively investigating county water issues and has published a book on the hydrogeology of the Troublesome Aquifer, a key groundwater source in Fraser Valley. 

His professional background spans over 40 years in the petroleum industry, in roles ranging from exploration and appraisal to development on both US domestic and international projects, where he oversaw geoscience quality on large-scale offshore projects and coordinated across geoscience and engineering teams.

Since his retirement in 2015, Dean and his wife have supported Colorado School of Mines students through academic and athletic programs. He is also an avid reader and enjoys the area's outdoor activities. 

Dr. Dawn Kaback brings more than 40 years of experience in research, technology development, and restoration of environmental problems in mining-impacted watersheds and at government and industrial sites, with a focus on contaminated groundwater, surface water, and soils. She pioneered stakeholder involvement in restoring mining-impacted watersheds as director of the Colorado Center for Environmental Management (CCEM), working with various stakeholder groups across the western US.

Her extensive career includes serving as Director of the Ground Water Remediation Technologies Analysis Center (GWRTAC) and over two decades working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to build stakeholder support for innovative environmental technologies.

Dr. Kaback holds 3 patents for groundwater remediation technologies and has served on more than 40 expert panels and advisory boards, authored and edited numerous academic articles, presented at national conferences, and taught workshops. She holds a PhD in Geology/Geochemistry and an MS from the University of Colorado, and a BS in Earth and Space Science from Stony Brook University. Now retired, she volunteers on advisory boards for CU's Department of Geological Sciences and Rocky Mountain National Park.

Dr. Phillip (Phil) Guertin comes to UCWET following a 37-year career as a Professor of Watershed Hydrology and Management in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona, where he served as a Watershed Specialist with the Arizona Cooperative Extension. His expertise spans watershed hydrology and geographic information science, where he has developed research and education programs throughout his career. 

Recent work includes the Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment tool (AGWA) used by federal agencies to assess wildfire and grazing land impacts, contributions to the USDA Rangeland Hydrology and Erosion Model, green infrastructure research for arid environments, and Arizona's Non-Point Source Pollution program.

He received his BS from Utah State University, MS from Colorado State University, and PhD from the University of Minnesota, and was a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in Hydrology with the US Geological Survey. He splits his time between Grand Lake and Tucson, Arizona, following retirement in 2024, and volunteers at Rocky Mountain National Park.