IECA Announces Board Candidates

Steamboat Springs, CO. The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) announces three candidates for positions on its 2006 Board of Directors. The successful candidates will take office in February 2006.

IECA’s Board of Directors is the governing body of the association. It consists of nine members serving three-year terms with three directors being elected each year. It is the policy of IECA to maintain a balanced distribution of professional affiliations on the Board. However, the actual composition is determined by the membership through the nomination and voting processes.

Candidates

Ron Faucher, CPESC, has worked in watershed protection for 40 years in various capacities and today is the Source Protection Coordinator at Portland (Maine, USA) Water District. He served on IECA’s Awards Committee and is currently on the Membership Advisory, Student Resources, Chapter Advisory and FAST committees. He has been a member of IECA since 1988, when he attended his first conference, and is a proud member of the Decade Club. He serves as secretary for the Northeast Chapter and is currently Administrative Vice President of the IECA Board of Directors.

Becky Gauthier is the Western Regional Manager for Mat, Inc., and has worked in the erosion control industry since 1990. She is currently the president of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of IECA and has served on the Chapter Board of Directors since 1999. Becky has also served as the Secretary of the IECA Board of Directors, and chaired both the Chapter Advisory Committee and the Student Resources Committee.

Lee Johnson, CPESC, has been with the Geo-Fabrics/Erosion Control Division of the Buckley Powder Co., Englewood, Colorado, USA for the past 17 years and has been involved in all facets of the erosion control industry for 20 years. He has held CPESC certification since 1993. Lee is an active member of numerous organizations that are involved in erosion, sediment control and revegetation programs, including: IECA; Mountain States Chapter, IECA; American Society for Testing and Materials; Golf Course Builders Association of America; Colorado Contractors Association; in addition to other local and regional associations.

About IECA

The International Erosion Control Association (IECA) is the world’s oldest and largest association devoted entirely to helping members solve the problems caused by erosion and its byproduct – sediment. Founded in 1972, IECA is a non-profit organization that serves as the premier global resource for the prevention and control of erosion. For more information about state-of-the-art educational events and materials, please visit our web site at www.ieca.org.