Morris County Green Table Steering Committee
(Click on name to contact a member of the Steering Committee)
Brian Jacobus
Chairman, Morris County Green Table
Environmental Specialist, Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority
Brian Jacobus started working for the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority (MCMUA) as their Environmental Specialist in 2007. Prior to the MCMUA, Brian worked for a consulting firm performing freshwater wetland delineations, NJDEP Land Use permits applications, and various NJDEP Site Remedial activities. As the Environmental Specialist for the MCMUA, Brian is part of their Water Department working with staff in performing various state regulatory obligations. He is also involved in land acquisitions and responsible for land management/stewardship of MCMUA property that has been purchased as county open space. Brian is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Geoscience at Montclair State University where he is focusing his studies in hydrogeology and GIS modeling. Outside of work and school, Brian enjoys competing in local triathlons, duathlons, ½ marathons, and local 5K runs.
Thelma Achenbach
Achenbach & Associates
Thelma K. Achenbach, SRA is Principal in the real estate valuation and consulting firm of ACHENBACH & ASSOCIATES LLC in Morristown, New Jersey, specializing in large estate, manor, agriculture, and residential land property types. Thelma is actively engaged in real estate valuation, consulting, and project management assignments for acquisitions and dispositions, estate planning and taxes, land conservation, and residential development. Her clients include private individuals, law firms, land trust organizations, banks and government bodies. She is recognized as an expert in the appraisal of easements for conservation, agriculture and historic preservation purposes. The Appraisal Institute awarded Thelma the SRA designation in 1990, and she is a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in the State of New Jersey.
Kristin Biase
Morris County Park Commission
Amy DiBartolo
Whippany River Watershed Action CommitteeAmy has been a member of WRWAC since 1999 and currently serves on the Executive and Outreach and Education Committees.
Duncan Douglas
Morris Trails Partnership
Barbara Murray
Morris County Dept. of Planning, Development, and Technology
Kathy Murphy
Township of Mt. Olive
Richard Plambeck
Chatham Borough
Dick currently serves as Chairman of the Morris County Municipal Utilities Authority and as Vice-Chairman of the Passaic River Coalition and Chairman of their Ground Water Protection Committee. He currently serves on Chatham Borough’s Environmental Commission, Community Garden Committee and Open Space Committee. He previously served for three terms as Councilman and one term as Chatham Borough’s Mayor and also served recently as Vice-Chairman of the Morris County Open Space and Farmland Preservation Trust Committee.
Pat Rector
Environmental and Resource Management Agent, Cooperative Extension of Morris County, Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Eugene Reynolds
Eugene is a consultant with the Land Conservancy of New Jersey, working on municipal open space plans. After a 20 year career in information technology, much of which was spent at NYC Transit, he completed an M.A. degree in Environmental Management from Montclair State University. Following a summer internship, he took a staff position with Passaic River Coalition, for whom he handled municipal outreach including model ordinance adoption, natural resource inventories, and open space plans. He also published the organization’s newsletter, designed and managed its appearances at local and state-wide environmental fairs such as the 3 day PSEG GreenFest in Somerset, and helped organize its annual groundwater conference. Because he enjoys New Jersey’s locally grown fruit and produce, he works from July to November at several farmers’ markets, including in his hometown of Montclair on Saturdays.
Judith Schleicher
Protect Our Wetlands, Water, Woods
Ingrid Vandegaer
NJ Conservation Foundation
