Speakers Bios
Jon Ford is Vice President of Leonard Rice Engineers,
Inc. with 34 years as a consulting geologist and 24 years of experience in
ground water. Jon is a registered professional geologist and registered
professional engineer who specializes in interpretation and evaluation of
hydrogeologic systems, ground water computer modeling, aquifer testing,
water supply development, water well drilling, ground water contamination
and monitoring, evaluation of mining impacts, ground water/surface water
relationships, and water rights. During his career he has been involved in
projects in Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Texas, Utah and Nebraska.
Jon is a graduate of Colorado School of Mines with Bachelor of Science
degrees in both geological engineering and geophysical engineering.
Justice Greg Hobbs took office as a member of the
Colorado Supreme Court on May 1, 1996. He practiced water, environmental,
land use and transportation law for 25 years before that. He is a
co-convener of the western water judges educational project, Dividing the
Waters; Vice President of the Colorado Foundation for Water Education; and
the author of Citizen’s Guide to Colorado Water Law, Second Edition
(Colorado Foundation for Water Education 2004), In Praise of Fair
Colorado, The Practice of Poetry, History, and Judging (Bradford
Publishing Co. 2004), Colorado Mother of Rivers, Water Poems
(Colorado Foundation for Water Education 2005), and The Public’s Water
Resource, Articles on Water Law, History, and Culture (Continuing Legal
Education in Colorado, Inc. 2007).
Gregg S. Ten Eyck, is Chairman of Leonard Rice
Engineers, Inc., a Denver, Colorado firm specializing in surface and ground
water engineering in the Western US. He joined the firm in 1978 following
completion of his MS in Civil Engineering at Colorado State University. He
earned a BS in Engineering from Northwestern University in 1976, in
environmental engineering. Gregg has worked on water rights engineering for
large projects in Arizona and Colorado, and represents water districts,
cities and irrigation companies. His experience includes basin-wide planning
studies, engineering for water rights change cases and historical use
analyses, and valuation of water rights. He is a registered professional
engineer and a Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer. Gregg is active in
American Council of Engineering Companies - Colorado, having served on the
Board for 8 years.