Meetings
Committees
Standing Committees
| Finance Committee | Pamela Marchand Jesse Rodrigues |
| Technical Committee | Pamela Marchand Janet Coit (designee Ernie Panciera) Nicole Alexander-Scott (designee Angela Harvey) Susan Licardi |
| Legislative & Policy Committee | Nicole Alexander-Scott (designee Angela Harvey) Eugenia Marks Dan O'Rourke Stefan Pryor (designee Michael Walker) |
| Water Allocation Committee | Janet Coit (designee Ernie Panciera) Meredith Brady Dan O'Rourke Marc Petrowicz |
Ad Hoc RI Drought Steering Committee
The RI Drought Steering Committee consists of representatives from agencies that have responsibility for functions related to water resources management and/or interests likely to be affected by drought. The Committee includes agencies that manage data necessary for assessing the severity of drought.
Voting Members:
- Governor's designee
- Division of Statewide Planning
- RI Division of Public Utilities and Carriers
- RI EMA Director
- Providence Water Supply Board
- Newport Water Division
- RI DEM Director
- RI DEM Division of Agriculture
- RI League of Cities and Towns
- USDA NRCS
- RI Audubon Society
- RI National Guard
- USDA RI Farm Service Agency
- Water Resources Board Chair (currently serves as DSC Chair)
- Water Resources Board Public Member
- RIDOH Director
- RI Commerce Corporation
- RIWWA President
- Groundwater Representative
- RI Rivers Council
- RI Farm Bureau (Executive Director or President)
Advisory (non-voting) Members:
- US Geological Survey
- National Weather Service
Additional Experts/Public CC's:
- Senate President
- Speaker of the House
- National Weather Service
- Brown University
- USGS Regional Director
- EPA Region 1 designee
- RI DOA Div. Statewide Planning
- Connecticut Interagency Drought Task Force
- Massachusetts Drought Management Task Force
- USDA
- RI DEM Forest Fire Program
- State Meteorologist, RIDEM
- RI DOA Public Information Officer
- Remaining Water Resources Board members
- Senator Whitehouse
- Narragansett Water
- South Kingstown Water
- USDA
- Save the Bay
- Regional Drought Information Coordinator (Northeast DEWS)
- Meteorologist, National Weather Service (Norton)
- Senior Hydrometeorologist, Northeast River Forecast Center
