Samples of Biographies to be Submitted

Gina M. Calderone, C.P.G., P.G., is a senior hydrogeologist with EA Science and Technology in Newburgh, New York.  She is a licensed Professional Geologist in the States of Alaska, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington.  Ms. Calderone currently works on projects at Federal Department of Defense installations in the states of Washington, Oregon, New York, and Connecticut.  Ms. Calderone received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey in 1983, and a Master of Science Degree in Igneous Petrology/ Geochemistry from Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana in 1986. She received a Ball Corporation Research Grant to conduct geochemical research at the University of Chicago, Illinois.  In 1995, she earned a second Master of Science degree in Hydrogeology/Mathematics from Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

Yue Rong (a.k.a. “Y.R.”) is currently the program manager for the Underground Storage Tank Program at the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region.  He has more than 16 years experience with the Board in dealing with groundwater contamination problems in the Los Angeles area.  In the first 7 years with the Board, Dr. Rong worked with the USEPA in groundwater cleanup of chlorinated volatile organic solvents pollution in the San Fernando Valley Superfund area.  He has been a senior staff member of the Board’s multi-disciplinary team in dealing with MTBE groundwater contamination problems in the Charnock and Arcadia well fields in Santa Monica, California since 1997.  With his strong technical background recognized by the scientific community, he serves on the scientific advisory board for the annual conference of the Association of Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS), and he is also an Associate Editor for the peer-reviewed journal of Soil and Sediment Contamination and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Environmental Forensics. Dr. Rong was elected in 2006 as the president on the board of directors for the Southern California Chinese American Environmental Professional Association (SCCAEPA), serving the local minority community. In addition, He also served as the chairman for the UCLA Alumni Association Outstanding Graduate Student Nominating Committee in 2004. Dr. Rong is the author or co-authors for about 30 peer-reviewed publications.  He is the recipient of the Board Outstanding Achievement Award and Supervisory Performance Award.  Dr. Yue Rong has his Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Wisconsin.

Leslie Karr, REM, is an Environmental Engineer with the U.S. Navy at the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, CA.  She has a BS in Biological Sciences, and MS in Environmental Engineering, both from the University of Southern California.  As Project Manager she has worked on characterization of lead at small arms ranges, alternative landfill covers, constructed wetlands for treatment of stormwater runoff, bulk fuel tank leak detection, and training lands sustainability.