George Schneider
George Schneider
Email Address georgeschneider2000@gmail.com
Website gsandassociates.com
Position or Title Principal
Professional Biography George builds upon over 40 years of experience as a water and land resource professional to help people reach solutions to their problems. He has participated in or led many stakeholder processes, in the varying roles of negotiator, facilitator, mediator and technical expert. He has led several western water utility engineering and operations groups, in the areas of water supply, river and fisheries management, flood control, water rights, urban drainage and wastewater management. In each of these realms, George played a key role in understanding and balancing the diverse and competing interests of the many stakeholders. In summary, George combines a deep understanding of the technical and policy aspects of water and natural resource management, with the tools and techniques to facilitate creative and collaborative transformation of conflict. Areas of Expertise:• Water and natural resource conflict transformation through Facilitation, Mediation, and Negotiation• Multi-objective management, policy and strategy development, and governance for water resources • Aquatic and other environmental impacts of water resource projects• Hydrologic/hydraulic and hydropower engineering, river and reservoir operations, and water rights• Organizational change agent for engineering and collaborative groups • Operations management for municipal drainage and wastewater
Address Line 1 48 Nanasu Road
City Twisp
State Washington
Zip 98856
Phone 509-449-2008
Small Business Yes
GSA Schedule Provider No
Federal Employee No
Native Dispute Resolution Network No
Total Cases Last 10 Years 8
ECR Services Provided
Service | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Strategic Planning for Collaboration or Conflict Resolution Effort | Methow Watershed Council | 2018 |
Facilitation of Collaboration or Conflict Resolution Effort | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Mediation/Assisted Negotiation | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Process Design | Tumwater Dam Removal | 2016 |
Case Experience by Subject Matter
Service | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Water issues General | Methow Watershed Council | 2018 |
Public lands issues Including use and Access | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Forest and Timber Issues | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Fisheries | Tumwater Dam Removal | 2016 |
Water Management, Allocation, Rights | Cedar River Instream Flow Commission - Chair | 2010 |
Type of Public Decision
Application | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Policy development | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Case Size
Size | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Cases involving 15 to 60 participants | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Cases involving more than 3 but less than 15 participants | Methow Valley Trails Colaborative | 2017 |
Case Jurisdiction/Scale
Jurisdiction | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Intergovernmental | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Large landscape scale | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
National or regionally significant cases | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Local/community | Methow Valley Trails Colaborative | 2017 |
Multi-jurisdictional | Tumwater Dam Removal | 2016 |
Process Support Services
Meeting Support
Support Service | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Experience in a team of multiple ECR Professionals | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Logistical and administrative support (organizing logistics for meetings, notetaking, etc.) | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Engagement of technical experts/third party science advisors | Tumwater Dam Removal | 2016 |
Collaborative Technologies
Collaborative Technology | Case | Year |
---|---|---|
Implementation Tools (e.g., content management tools, project management tools) | North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative | 2017 |
Engagement/Communication Tools (e.g., polling tools, social media, collaborative document production, video conferencing, webinars, ideation tools) | Tumwater Dam Removal | 2016 |
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