Joe Barsugli
University of Colorado
web site

From his website: I am a Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. I was mercifully diverted from a career in theoretical particle physics because of a course I took as an undergraduate at Harvard with Prof. Richard Lindzen. I went on to receive a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Washington in Seattle working with Dennis Hartmann and David Battisti on the theory of atmosphere-ocean interactions.

My specialty is "Climate Dynamics", which is the study of the changing climates of the past, present and future with an emphasis on the role of atmospheric and oceanic fluid motions -- winds and currents -- often using numerical models. I also study the application of stochastic (random) methods to climate dynamics, as well as statistical analysis of climate model output. Some recent topics of interest are: the global effects of El Niño, ocean overturning circulations in the last Ice Age, statistical methods for reconstructing the climate of the past 2000 years, and a new theory of "climate Green's Functions". I have recently become interested in the role of anthropogenic climate change on the water resources in the West.

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Kenneth Seasholes
Central Arizona Project
Related websites: The Central Arizona Project; CAP

Kenneth Seasholes is the Tucson Area Director for the Arizona Department of Water Resources. His responsibilities include administration of groundwater rights, permits and rules; policy development; and staff oversight within the Tucson Active Management Area (AMA). The Tucson AMA covers 10,000 km2 and is one of five areas in Arizona where groundwater use is intensively regulated. Mr. Seasholes has contributed to a number of planning and policy efforts in Arizona, and has worked on agricultural conservation, water budgeting, groundwater recharge and recovery and long-range forecasting. Prior to working for the Department of Water Resources, Mr. Seasholes was a Senior Research Specialist for the Water Resources Research Center at the University of Arizona. Mr. Seasholes has a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado.

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Brian H. Hurd
New Mexico State University
Hurd's site

Brian H. Hurd is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business at New Mexico State University. Dr. Hurd earned his PhD and MS degrees in Agricultural Economics from the University of California, Davis, and holds a BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Hurd is the author of numerous articles, book chapters and conference presentations on natural and environmental resource economics, water resource economics, and climate change vulnerability and adaptation. He is a delegate to the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), and is a member of the American Agricultural Economics Association, the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, the American Water Resources Association, and the Western Agricultural Economics Association.

Hurd, B.H. and J. Coonrod. 2007. Climate Change and Its Implications for New Mexico’s Water Resources and Economic Opportunities. Prepared for the National Commission on Energy Policy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM. 46 p.

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David Sundin
University of California, Berkeley
Professor, Department of Agricultural &
Resource Economics and Co-Director of the Berkeley Water Center
Sundin's site

David L. Sunding is a professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Berkeley. He is also a senior consultant in Charles River Associates' litigation and energy/environment practices. He specializes in environmental and natural resource economics, land use regulation, water resources and law ad economics.

Prior to his current position, Prof. Sunding served as a senior economist at President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers where he had responsibility for natural resource, agricultural and environmental policy. He currently sits on the Science Advisory Board of the National Center for Housing and the Environment and on a panel of the U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board. He is a frequent advisor to private industry, trade associations and government agencies on regulatory impacts and policy, and is a sought-after commentator for television, radio and print media and for pubic speaking engagements.

Professor Sunding is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters, reports and monographs in the areas of environmental and resource economics and policy. He has received several professional awards for his research. Recently, Dr. Sunding's research has focused on the measurement of regulatory compliance costs; the impact of environmental regulation on processes of urban growth and development; market structure and competition in agricultural and natural resource industries; the economics of water use and allocation; and statistical estimation of technology diffusion.