Ryan Chapman

Ryan Chapman ('08 landscape arch, MLA '08) recently graduated in the sixth class of the Nebraska Water Leaders Academy, a one-year program that provides leadership training and educates participants about the vital role of rivers, streams and aquifers play in the economic sustainability of the state. Chapman is a water assessment supervisor at the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality in Lincoln. A project of the Water Futures Partnership-Nebraska, the Academy sessions feature classroom as well as field trip experiences presented by acknowledged experts in leadership and natural resource topics. The Water Leaders Academy is partially funded through a grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust and more than 25 other organizations and individuals. More information can be found at www.waterleadersacademy.org.