Key Officials and Organizational Structure

By Water Resources Mission Area

Listing of key officials and organizational information about the Water Resources Mission Area and its five primary organizational offices.

Organizational Structure

The WMA is organized into five primary offices: Office of the Associate Director, Office of Quality Assurance, Office of Budget, Office of Planning and Programming, and the Office of the Chief Operating Officer.

The organization aligns WMA units around the core science functions needed to achieve the vision for water science described in the Water Science Strategy, while at the same time sustaining our core functions in variable budget climates. By focusing on the end-to-end process represented in the structure – building from observations and analysis, to cyberinfrastructure, to research and development and deploying new tools, applications, and information capabilities, WMA is equipped to nimbly address the diverse array of water challenges that are impacting society right now and in the future.

Water Resources Mission Area Key Officials

Office of the Associate Director

Title	Name
Associate Director for Water Resources	Bill Werkheiser
Deputy Associate Director for Water Resources	Joshua Joseph, PhD
Science Advisor	Meredith Martin, PhD
Senior Science Advisor	Tim McHale
Delaware River Master	Joseph Nielsen

Office of Quality Assurance

Title	Name
Office of Quality Assurance Director	Wes Stone (Acting)

Water Business Office

Title	Name
Chief of Water Business Office	Gene Summerhill
Financial Administrator	Nathan Wenger

Office of Planning and Programming

Title	Name
Office of Planning and Programming Director	Dianna Crilley
Office of Planning and Programming Deputy Director	Joel Galloway (Acting)
Water Availability and Use Science Program Coordinator	Brian Clark (Acting)
Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program Coordinator	Chad Wagner
National Water Quality Program Coordinator	Joel Galloway (Acting)
Water Resources Research Act Program Coordinator	Christian Schmidt

Office of the Chief Operating Officer

Title	Name
Chief Operating Officer	Nate Booth (Acting)
Deputy Chief Operating Officer	Andrea Ostroff
Chief Technology Officer	Morgan Schneider (Acting)
Chief Projects Officer	Glenn Henz
Observing Systems Division Director	Joseph Nielsen (Acting)
Earth System Processes Division Director	David Saad (Acting)
Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division Director	David Lesmes, PhD
Integrated Information Dissemination Division Director	Emily Read, PhD
Hydrologic Instrumentation Research and Operations Chief	Derek Bussan, PhD