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The Team

The 3R2N team was comprised of artists, architects and historians from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as scientists and landscape architects from private practice. Scientists and engineers from 3 Rivers Wet Weather Inc, ALCOSAN, and the Allegheny County Health Department round out the team.

3r2n Botanists on the river doing fieldwork
3R2N Botany Team

core team

geologists
3R2N Geology Field Tests

institutional partners oversight committee

  • John Schombert - 3RWW Director
  • Jan Oliver - 3RWWW Deputy Dir., ALCOSAN Wet Weather Program Mgr.
  • Wilder Bancroft - Chief of Water Quality, Allegheny County Health Department
  • Luis Rico Gutierrez - Chair Studio Steering Committee

technical project advisors

  • John Arway - Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
  • Don Berman - Municipal Consultant
  • James Davidson - County Public Health Lab Manager
  • David Dzombak - CMU, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Mary Kostalos - Chatham College, Dept. of Biology
  • Mike Lambert - Director of Three Rivers Rowing
  • Edward Muller - Univ. of Pitt, Dept of History
  • Beth O'Toole - Director of Pittsburgh Voyager
  • Tom Proach - DEP Water Management
  • Dan Sentz - Pittsburgh City Planning
  • Steve Tonsor - Univ. of Pittsburgh, Dept of Biology
  • Lisa Schroeder - River Life Task Force
  • Davitt Woodwell - Pennsylvania Environmental Council

previous team members

project supporters

  • Jennifer Brodt - Friend of 3R2N
  • Harry Geis - Environmental Health Tech
  • Matt Graham - Landbase Systems
  • Cindy Hasenjager - 3RWW Administration
  • Valerie Lucas - Art Teacher
  • Kristen Kurland - GIS Research Consultant
  • Ken Orie - Engineer
  • Tim Prevost - ALCOSAN Engineer
  • Camp Dresser Mckee, Kimball and Associates -Technical Oversight

exhibition advisors

outreach advisors

  • Christine Brill - Ground Zero
  • Jen Novak - PA Environmental Council
  • Joan Barlow - Sustainable Pittsburgh
  • Sean Brady - Venture Outdoors
  • Marilyn Crouch Kraitchman - Vintage Environmentally Active Senior Initiative
  • Ron Gaydos - Allegheny County Economic Development
  • Roy Kraynyk - Allegheny Land Trust
  • Pat McElligot - Mon Valley Trail Council
  • Water Sadauskas - Citizen
  • Heather Sage - Penn Future
  • Cheryl Sears - McKeesport Neighborhood Initiative
  • Karl Thomas - Friends of the Riverfront
  • Jim Taylor - IKM Architects
  • Dennis Tubbs - Pa Fish and Boat Commission
  • Peter Wray - Sierra Club
  • Laura Zinski - Mon Valley Initiative