Board of Supervisors
Denny Benson - Chairman
Denny has been employed for 31 years as Director of Operations at the Broshear Contractors, Inc., a site development contractor, located in Ross, Ohio. He has been a member of the Ohio Valley Development council since 1994 and served on the Board of Directors since 2003. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Ohio Contractors Association since 1997 and was Chairman of the Executive Committee in 2002.
In 2001, Broshear Contractors Inc., was presented with the "Contractor of the Year" award. Denny and his family live in Colerain Twp.. He is a member of the St. James parish in White Oak and Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 24.
In 2001, Broshear Contractors Inc., was presented with the "Contractor of the Year" award. Denny and his family live in Colerain Twp.. He is a member of the St. James parish in White Oak and Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 24.
Scott P. Huber - Vice Chairman
Scott is a life-long resident of Colerain Township and volunteers in several community oriented groups. He is a member of the Northwest Local School District's Finance Committee, is President-Elect of the Professional Land Surveyors of Ohio Cincinnati Chapter and helped create a local Land Surveying Scholarship fund. During the July 4th holiday, Scott can be found volunteering on Colerain Township Fireworks crew.
For the past 17 years, Scott has been employed at a local civil engineering and land surveying firm providing residential and commercial land development services for a variety of projects, many of which are in Hamilton County. Scott already has experience in dealing with the District's field staff and knows the situations they encounter on an almost daily basis. Scott looks forward to helping the District continue to solve problems and provide a balanced approach to soil and water conservation.
Scott is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Registered Professional Surveyor and a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. During the spring and fall, Scott teaches evening classes as an Adjunct Instructor at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in the Civil Engineering Technologies Department.
For the past 17 years, Scott has been employed at a local civil engineering and land surveying firm providing residential and commercial land development services for a variety of projects, many of which are in Hamilton County. Scott already has experience in dealing with the District's field staff and knows the situations they encounter on an almost daily basis. Scott looks forward to helping the District continue to solve problems and provide a balanced approach to soil and water conservation.
Scott is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Registered Professional Surveyor and a Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. During the spring and fall, Scott teaches evening classes as an Adjunct Instructor at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College in the Civil Engineering Technologies Department.
Kaniz Siddiqui, Ph.D - Treasurer
Kaniz has worked in the environmental field for 30 years and has multifaceted experiences with environmental program development, and implementation. During her tenure at the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, she has worked extensively on the sustainable improvement of water quality and management of storm water run-off.
She is also a member and part of the Board of Trustees at the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities. She is active participant of the Hamilton County Environmental Advisory Council and SaveLocalWaters.
She is also a member and part of the Board of Trustees at the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities. She is active participant of the Hamilton County Environmental Advisory Council and SaveLocalWaters.
John Mangan - Secretary
John currently serves as a trustee on the Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities Board, and as the chair of its development committee. He also serve as the chair of Green Umbrella’s Watershed Action team and as a member of its Membership Committee.
John retired from the technology industry, and is active in community sustainability and conservation initiatives. He has a B.S. in biology and an M.Ed. from Xavier University.
John retired from the technology industry, and is active in community sustainability and conservation initiatives. He has a B.S. in biology and an M.Ed. from Xavier University.
Michael C. Miller, Ph.D - Program Chair
Professor Emeritus from Biological Sciences at the University of Cincinnati, has studied the waters of S.W. Ohio and the Ohio River for more than 40 years and has been a board member of many nonprofits working to improve water quality and minimize impacts of urban runoff . For his research and public service on rivers, he received the first Fremont Lifetime Achievement Award (2009) from Rivers Unlimited. He has worked on the impacts of urbanization from hydromodification, pulsed flow from rainfall runoff , WWTP effluents, and nutrients on many primary streams to our regional rivers through research projects and by helping coordinate the monthly examination of water quality by volunteers for 10 years, now reaching 300 sites.
