David Bulova has over three decades of professional experience in environmental planning. Most recently, he served as a project manager for WSP USA, an international engineering and environmental consulting firm. In that role, David specialized in water resources policy, Chesapeake Bay restoration, municipal and industrial stormwater permit compliance, stakeholder group facilitation, and stormwater finance. Prior to WSP, David served as Director of Environmental Services for the Northern Virginia Regional Commission.

David served in the Virginia House of Delegates representing the City of Fairfax and parts of Fairfax County from 2006-2026. In the House, he served in key leadership roles, including chair of the General Laws Committee, chair of the Commerce, Agriculture, and Natural Resources subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, and chair of the Chesapeake subcommittee of the Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Natural Resources Committee. He also served on the Chesapeake Bay Commission, which he chaired twice, and the State Water Commission. In addition, David served as an elected member of the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District from 2004-2006.

In the General Assembly, David worked with stakeholders to advance legislation and funding aimed at conserving and restoring Virginia's natural resources. Key initiatives included funding for the agricultural BMP cost-share program, upgrades to wastewater treatment facilities, management of invasive species, and a pay-for-outcomes pilot project to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. During the 2025 session, he partnered with environmental organizations, manufacturers, and water utilities to secure passage of bipartisan legislation designed to reduce PFAS contamination in one of Virginia's major drinking water sources. In 2019, VIRGINIAforever recognized David with the Bridge Builder award for his contributions to natural resources stewardship.

David and his wife Gretchen both grew up in Fairfax County and have three children. He received a BA in Government from the College of William and Mary and a Master of Public Administration from Virginia Tech. He is a 1997 graduate of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership. In their spare time, David, Gretchen, and their youngest son, Grayson, enjoy hiking in Virginia's beautiful parks.

Hailey is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and works as a Project Engineer in the Stormwater Services Group. Hailey specializes in citywide drainage studies, master planning and MS4 regulatory compliance support. She also has experience with resiliency planning, drainage improvement projects, stream restoration, flood studies, and dam safety analyses. Hailey has a passion for working in complex interconnected stormwater systems to determine system inefficiencies and seek practical, resilient solutions to improve conditions for impacted constituents. Hailey is proficient in software, including Civil3D, HEC-RAS, ARC-GIS, HEC-HMS, and SWMM.

Sherri Lilienfeld is a chemical engineer, sustainability strategist, and member of the Surfrider Foundation South Jersey Chapter and Sustainable Margate Green Team. She has helped lead New Jersey’s Cut the Dust initiative to address an often-overlooked source of plastic pollution: dust and debris generated from cutting and working with composite and plastic building materials. Sherri spearheaded the development of a practical construction pollution containment ordinance first adopted in Margate City, New Jersey, which has since expanded to more than 25 municipalities in New Jersey and been introduced as state-level legislation. 

Through CutTheDust.org, she works to educate municipalities, contractors, policymakers, and the public about simple, cost-effective practices that can prevent microplastics and other construction pollutants from entering storm drains, waterways, and ultimately the ocean. Her work demonstrates how local action, industry collaboration, education, and sound public policy can come together to create scalable solutions to marine plastic pollution.

Zach is an experienced environmental researcher and analyst with a background in communicating the impact  of plastic pollution on people and the planet. Previously, he worked for Clean Fairfax and Litter Free Virginia. His work focuses on using data and graphical analysis to identify environmentally and economically sustainable strategies to address waste-related challenges. Zach has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Sustainability and Environmental Compliance and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources and conservation.

Will Isenberg is a Coastal Planner in the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program (Virginia CZM). He manages various grants and provides coordination support for coastal partners with a focus on coastal resilience topics and marine debris initiatives. Will is also the State co-lead of the Mid-Atlantic Marine Debris Work Group, sharing the role with Katie Morgan from NOAA’s Marine Debris Program. Will has a Masters of Science in Environmental Science from Virginia Commonwealth University and has spent over 10 years working in state government.

Christina Trapani is the Executive Director of Clean Virginia Waterways and owner of Eco Maniac Company. She spent more than a decade working with sea turtle and marine mammal strandings at the Virginia Aquarium and led her first ICC cleanup in 2002, beginning her relationship with Clean Virginia Waterways. Some of her work with CVW includes a state-wide balloon litter study, a state-wide marine debris monitoring program, the Keep It Beachy Clean Litter Prevention program and co-founding the VA Plastic Pollution Prevention Network.

Zane Ruzicka earned his BA in International and Public Affairs from Brown University in 2023 and Masters of Public Policy from the University of Virginia in 2025. Zane has worked on several different ocean and coastal policy issues including forage fish and highly migratory species fisheries, green infrastructure, managed retreat, and marine debris. Zane has previously served as the Atlantic Policy Director for Wild Oceans, an NGO dedicated to ecosystem-based management. In between his masters and current role as a Legislative Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, Zane worked for Virginia Sea Grant researching preproduction plastic best management practices, the topic of his presentation today. He can be reached at zane.ruzicka@gmail.com for any questions.