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Kittitas County Flood Control Zone District Advisory Board Questionnaire 6. We will need to prioritize flood projects in each commissioner district. Have you worked in a team environment in the past? If so, please elaborate. I regularly represent my employer on various work groups, committees, etc. to balance multiple priorities and interests. These efforts typically involve a combination of technical, regulatory, political, and funding issues and nearly always involve compromises by multiple parties. A substantial part of this work recently is comprised of my involvement in the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan (YBIP), where I serve on the Water Use, Habitat, and Lower River subcommittees and serve as an alternate on the Workgroup and Executive committee. Earlier in my career, I led a team of six environmental professionals within Snohomish County Public works, regularly working with leads of other groups (e.g. Engineering, Construction, Right -of -Way, Surface Water Management) to ensure that we were effectively working across disciplines to serve the interests of the county. 7. Can you be fair and unbiased when it comes to selecting projects? Yes. An important precursor to demonstrating fairness will be establishing clear and transparent criteria for selecting projects and vetting those criteria appropriately. In that way, we will be able to ensure that we are selecting projects that fit the FCZD's priorities and we can be held accountable when projects are selected. As an example, in 2012, I worked as part of a four person team to rewrite the scoring criteria for the YBFWRB Technical Advisory Group to review and evaluate funding proposals. The effort was necessary in light of concerns regarding inconsistent and biased project reviews. Through our work, we were able to increase scoring consistency, increase transparency and reduce the perception of hidden biases that some project advocates held. Page 3 of 5