JENNIFER CHERRIER, PhD.
PRESIDENT and FOUNDER

Jennifer Cherrier, Ph.D., is a professor and researcher in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Brooklyn College - The City University of New York. She is also the President and Founder of Waterway Ecologics. Her 30 years of research expertise are in aquatic sciences (marine, fresh & groundwater) with a general focus on microbial cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus and how inputs of each from either natural or human sources, affects the ecosystem dynamics of aquatic systems. Her research also focuses on water resource sustainability and nature-based approaches for offsetting human pollutant loading impacts to aquatic systems. Jennifer’s research group has developed a hybrid blue-green technology, eco-WEIR™ (patented in 2017), a smart-sensored system that augments green infrastructure and other nature-based approaches to consistently control inflow water retention times, maximize pollutant removal efficiencies, and also allows for water storage and reuse. She is an Earth Leadership Fellow as well as a National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science Kavli Alum.

JAYE E. CABLE, Ph.D.
VICE PRESIDENT and HYDROLOGIST

Jaye E. Cable, Ph.D., is a professor and researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is a faculty member of the Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is also the Vice President and Hydrologist of Waterway Ecologics. With over 25 years of experience in coastal hydrology and geochemistry research, she has published extensively on coastal groundwater, elemental fluxes, and the application of radioisotopes as water mass tracers. Jaye Cable is the recipient of the Eugene Cronin Award for Early Career Achievement for Coastal Groundwater Hydrology, the AAAS Women in International Scientific Cooperation program grant, and numerous leadership awards.

VIVIAN COTO
PROJECT DESIGNER

With an architecture career spanning more than 20 years, Vivian Coto’s diverse background includes commercial projects, healthcare, as well as residential development. She believes that sustainable design increases the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water, and materials, but more importantly that it reduces building impacts on human health and the environment. She has experience in all project phases from schematic design through construction documents, and business development. As a design professional in architecture she is intimately familiar with the construction, and engineering and sustainable design processes.

Ms. Coto is an innovative designer with an established record in her industry, working both independently and as part of a team. She has successfully managed results-driven design teams. In addition she brings excellent organizational and communication skills to the team. She has a firm grasp of complex architectural, and engineering concepts through built work and professional relationships. She believes in the MHGI technology and is committed to developing the commercial applications for it.

Ms. Coto received her Bachelor of Architecture from the Florida A & M University where she graduated with honors. Ms. Coto currently resides in Washington DC.

GRADY L. (“LEE”) MARCHMAN, P.E.
CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER

Lee is a professional engineer, licensed in Florida, Georgia and New York, and holds degrees in Medical Technology, Mathematics, Environmental Engineering and Engineering Management. Previous stages in his career include State Stormwater Engineer with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Chief of the Environmental Resource Permitting Bureau and Chief of the Surface Water Bureau for the Northwest Florida Water Management District; and, Pollution Control Engineer for the City of Jacksonville. Notable accomplishments include the implementation the new Environmental Resource Permitting program in Florida’s Panhandle concurrent with the creation of a new Bureau to manage it; the publication “Apalachicola Bay Urban Stormwater Impact Analysis”; design and construction of Maggie’s Ditch stormwater retrofit, selected as the “2000 Environmental Project of the Year” by Florida Chapter of the American Public Works Association and as a 2001 Sustainable Florida Award winner while coincidently coining the phrase “stormwater park”; serving on Florida’s interstate negotiating team for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) water sharing program under the first Interstate Water Compact east of the Mississippi; and spearheading and overseeing the removal of debris from Pensacola Bay resulting from Hurricane Ivan.