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About the Initiative: Staff

Executive Director

Jane Loomis, MPA
Executive Director
St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative
jane.loomis@in.nacdnet.net 

Jane Loomis was born and raised in Mercer County, Ohio and holds a BA from the College of Mount St. Joseph on the Ohio and an MPA in public management from Indiana University’s School of Public Affairs.

After careers as an elementary school teacher and an academic advisor for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Jane joined the St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative as executive director in December of 2002.

As executive director of the Initiative, Jane manages grant-funded programs focused on outreach education and water quality monitoring, placement of Best Management Practices on the land, and watershed management planning and implementation. As part of her work, she organizes stakeholders and helps to write watershed management plans for subwatersheds within the 694,400-acre St. Joseph watershed.

Jane is also a certified instructor for the Hoosier Riverwatch volunteer water quality monitoring program.


Tina Puitz
Assistant to the Director
St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative
tina.puitz@in.nacdnet.net 

Tina Puitz was born and raised in Tippecanoe County, Indiana where the mighty Wabash River runs. She holds a BA in English from Saint Francis College.

Tina’s career has always revolved around the marketing and print media field and has continued in that area since joining the St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative in December 2004 as Assistant to the Executive Director.

Tina coordinates many of the services provided by the St. Joseph River Watershed Initiative, including publication of the quarterly St. Joseph River Review newsletter.

 

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