NJ-AWRA Annual Meeting and Presentation
Managing Water Resources in the Delaware River Basin: Then and Now
Featured speaker:
Kristen Bowman Kavanagh P.E., DRBC's Executive Director
Co-presenter:
Thomas Amidon BCES, Manager of Water Resources Modeling at DRBC
Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Where: NJWSA Canal Office, 770 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628
Cost: Members - Free
Non-Members - $20
Lunch will be provided for attendees at the beginning of the meeting. Note this meeting is in-person only.
Come join us for a Seminar, presentation of the Homack Award, and 2026 Board Election results.
Schedule:
12:00 pm Lunch and in person networking
12:30 pm Presentation by Kristen Bowman Kavanagh and Thomas Amidon
1:15 pm Q&A Session
1:30 pm Review of the 2026 Election Results and Homack Award
2:00 pm Meeting Adjourned
Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E., is the Executive Director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC). She is responsible for developing and implementing plans, policies, and projects adopted by the five-member Commission relating to the water resources of the basin. Kristen previously served five years as the DRBC's Deputy Executive Director.
Prior to joining the Commission, Kristen served as President and Principal Engineer at a specialty engineering consulting firm, where she led business operations and development, and held significant technical roles in hydrodynamic and water quality modeling studies.
Kristen holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Stanford University and is a registered professional engineer in New Jersey and multiple other states.
Co-presenter:
Thomas Amidon, BCES, is the Manager of Water Resources Modeling at DRBC. In this role, he leads several water quality management initiatives including eutrophication modeling of the tidal Delaware River Estuary. Tom’s career in water quality and watershed science spans two years in academic extension with the Great Lakes Program, ten years as a state scientist with NJDEP, and 15 years in the private sector as a water resource consultant with Kleinfelder before coming to the DRBC in 2019.
Tom earned a B.S. in Biology and Environmental Resource Management from Penn State and a M.S in Engineering Science from SUNY at Buffalo. He served on the NJDEP Science Advisor Board’s Water Quality & Quantity Committee from 2010 to 2024 and is an AAEES Board Certified Environmental Scientist.
