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Eli Kersh, CLM, PCA, President
Eli Kersh is a Certified Lake Manager from the North American Lake Management Society,
where he currently serves as the Director of Region 9 (CA, NV, AZ, HI), and served 3 terms as President of
the California Lake Management Society, He is also a licensed Agricultural Pest Control Adviser in
California and served 5 years on the Board of Directors for the California Weed Science Society.
Eli
received his Associates Degree in Fire Science form The College of the Siskiyous in 2004 where he worked as
was a volunteer firefighter and EMT. After transferring to UC Santa Barbara, he received his undergraduate
degree in Geographic Information Science. After several years working as an independent GIS analyst for Fire
& Police Departments and Tribal Governments, he returned to school in 2011 to obtain a masters degree
with an emphasis in Lake Management (Limnology). Eli completed his university thesis "Controlling
Eutrophication and Managing Vegetationin Emery Reservoir" 2013.
Greg Smith, MS, Vice President
Greg Smith is a former civil engineer turned computer programmer who spear headed the development of the online LakeTech Platform. His combination of industry knowledge, both technical and real-world, and unique skill set led to creating a one of a kind management platform. Greg studied Environmental Engineering at UC San Diego, and received his masters from Cal State Fullerton.
