Committee Members
The Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee consists of 12 representatives, two from each of the six member entities. Each entity typically appoints an elected official or administrator (city council member, county commissioner), as well as an individual who serves the entity in a technical capacity (Director of Public Works, engineer).
PBAC’s Executive Manager and Technical Advisor are responsible for monitoring progress and encouraging implementation of goals of the Groundwater Management Plan, providing oversight of sponsored research projects, serving as a liaison between the PBAC and the community, and maintaining detailed and accurate records on water levels and pumping in the basin.

Whitman county
- Mark Storey
mark.storey@co.whitman.wa.us
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509 397-4622
- Tom Handy
tomhandy@whitmancounty.net
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509 397-5249

Latah county
- Tom Lamar
tlamar@latah.id.us
208 883-7208
- Paul Kimmell
paul.kimmell@avistacorp.com
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509 592-7801

- Cara Haley (Chair)
cara.haley@pullman-wa.gov
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509 338-3281
- Shawn Kohtz
shawn.kohtz@pullman-wa.gov
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509 338-3217
- Eileen Macoll, City Council
eileen.macoll@pullman-wa.gov
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509 338-3220

- Tyler Palmer (Vice-Chair)
tpalmer@ci.moscow.id.us
208 883-7096
- Michael Parker
mparker@ci.moscow.id.us
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208 882-3122
- Gina Taruscio, City Council
director@pepedo.org
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208 883-7151

- Jason Sampson
sampsonj@wsu.edu
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509 335-9564
- Jeff Lannigan
lannigan@wsu.edu
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509 335-7221

- Rusty Vineyard
vineyard@uidaho.edu
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208 885-9212
- Timothy Link
tlink@uidaho.edu
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208 885-9465
ex oficio members
- Michelle Richman (ex oficio)
michelle.richman@idwr.idaho.gov
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208 762-2809
- Idaho Department of Water Resources
- Patrick Cabbage (ex oficio)
pcab461@ecy.wa.gov
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509 329-3509
- Washington Dept of Ecology
PBAC staff
- Vacant
- Executive Manager
- Steve Robischon
- Technical Advisor
stever@uidaho.edu