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Megan Elwell

Chair

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Lance Hill

Vice Chair

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Casey Merkle

Secretary

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Emily Morse

Treasurer

Board of Directors 2023-2024

Megan Elwell is an Environmental Scientist at GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. This is her first term as the RIFMA Board Chair.

Lance Hill, P.E. is a Managing Engineer at Pare Corporation. This is his second term as Vice Chair for the RIFMA Board.

Casey Merkle is the Coordinator for the Wood-Pawcatuck Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship Council. This is her first term as Secretary for the RIFMA Board.

Emily Morse is the GIS Coordinator for Pawtucket, RI. This is her second term as Treasurer for the RIFMA Board.

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Rebecca Lamond

Member- at-Large

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Ken Filarski

Member-at-Large

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Chuck Lowe

Member-at-Large

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Greg Avenia

Member-at-Large

Rebecca is the Supervising Planner for North Kingstown. This is her second term on the RIFMA Board.

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Igor Runge

Member-at-Large

Igor is a Senior Consultant at GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. He has served on the RIFMA Board for many terms.

Ken Filarski, CFM, AICP, owns Filarski/ Architecture + Planning + Research. This is his fourth term on the RIFMA Board.

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Art Gold

Member-at-Large

Art Gold is a watershed hydrologist with a research focus on the effects of land use and natural features on water quality and river flow regimes.

Chuck is a manager with the Builders Insurance Group. This is his fifth term on the RIFMA Board.

Greg Avenia, PE, CFM is a Project Manager and Senior Engineer at Kleinfelder. This is his first term on the RIFMA Board.

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Camerin Bennett

Member-at-Large

Camerin is a project manager who currently works on development projects at RIDEM and has a background in planning, resiliency, remediation, and general environmental consulting. This is her first term on the RIFMA Board.

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