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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Margaret McMenamin, PE, CFM Jeremy E. Thompson, LS
Margaret McMenamin is a Professional Jeremy Thompson, LS is, and has been, a
Engineer with over ten years of experience Licensed Professional Land Surveying in New
in the environmental consulting and water York since 2007. Jeremy worked in the private
resources industry. Since joining Wetland sector for 23 years, starting in the late 1990’s
Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), a Davey with the US Forest Service in Petersburg, Alaska;
Tree Company, early in 2013, she has then for a couple of years with Atlantic Testing
been involved in stormwater management, (eventually becoming Thew Associates) in Canton,
hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, floodplain New York; and for the better part of 20 years
mapping, and stream stabilization and with LaFave, White, & McGivern, L.S., P.C., (LWM)
restoration projects. Ms. McMenamin is also a medium-sized surveying and mapping firm
the WSSI CAD Manager, assisting all the Davey based in northern Jefferson County, New York.
Tree Company’s Davey Resource Group (DRG), Following his time with LWM, Jeremy accepted
as well as working in internal development the position as Surveying Instructor at the Ranger
and mentoring. She has been teaching the School in Wanakena, New York, where he is
AutoCAD and Civil 3D courses through Civil currently in his sixth-year teaching Introduction
Training, LLC since 2019. to Land Surveying, Survey Law, Advanced
Survey Measurements and Computations, and
Scott R. Reeser, PLS Computer Aided Drafting and Design. Along
Scott R. Reeser, PLS, has over 35 years of with his teaching, Jeremy continues to provide
experience in surveying and design. Mr. Reeser consulting services and perform limited surveys
is a graduate of the Penn State University primarily during the summer months. Jeremy
Surveying Program, where he earned an has been an active member with the New York
Associate Degree in Surveying Technology. He State Association of Professional Land Surveyors
has been a licensed Professional Land Surveyor (NYSAPLS) for over twenty years and served as
in Pennsylvania since 2008 and also holds President from 2024-2025.
surveying licenses in NY (2012), WV (2013),
CO (2014), DE (2019) and MD (2022). He is an Stephen Tulowiecki, PhD
active member of the Pennsylvania Society of Stephen J. Tulowiecki is an Associate Professor
Professional Land Surveyors, where he served of Geography & Sustainability Studies at SUNY
on several committees. He previously served Geneseo. He teaches courses in geographic
the Society as President and Chairman of the information systems (GIS), statistics, mountain
Education Committee. Throughout his career he geography, and environmental issues. His
has worked for various engineering, surveying research focuses on historical forest conditions
and civil consulting firms, gaining experience in the northeastern US, with particular emphasis
in multiple facets of surveying, engineering and on understanding how Indigenous societies
land use consulting. His diversified experience shaped past forest patterns via land-use
has allowed him to work on projects that serve practices (e.g. cultural burning). His dissertation
different market sectors including the general examined historical forest conditions in
public, state and local government, private Chautauqua County, NY using original land
developers, public utilities and private utilities. survey records. He has spent thousands of
Currently, Mr. Reeser, is the Director of Surveys hours working with field notes of original land
at Hunt Engineering Company, based in Malvern, survey records in western New York. He has
PA. He has been a frequent presenter of varied published nearly 20 papers in geography and
topics at the annual Pennsylvania Society of ecology journals. Stephen lives in Caledonia, NY
Professional Land Surveyors conference as well with is wife and two children.
as the New York Association of Professional Land Taylor Way, Esq.
Surveyors annual conference. His expanding Taylor Way is an associate attorney with Rupp
list of presentation topics includes writing Pfalzgraf LLC. His practice focuses on
legal descriptions, communications in the commercial and insurance litigation, property
workplace, survey registration law, survey math, litigation, project development, and
professional ethics and historical subjects. environmental law. He brings strong attention
Krista F. Spohr to detail and dedication to client advocacy in
Krista Spohr has been the Environmental both trial and appellate courts. Taylor
Program Specialist with the New York State graduated from St. John’s University School of
Department of Environmental Conservation Law, where he served as a Senior Staff
(NYS DEC) for 2.5 years as the Freshwater Member of the St. John’s Law Review and
Wetlands Outreach Coordinator. In this role, received the Dean’s Award for Excellence in
Krista is dedicated to educating the people International Taxation. He earned his B.A., cum
of New York State about the importance of laude, in Linguistics with a minor in Arabic
freshwater wetlands, the critical role they play from Binghamton University, completing his
in our environment and how NY State regulates degree in three years. He was admitted to
them through Article 24 of Environmental practice law in New York in 2017.
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