Steve Hirschey earned his B.S. in Natural Sciences from St. John’s University, and an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the Evergreen State College in Olympia.  Steve joined King County’s Department of Natural Resource, Director’s Office, two years ago as a regional water policy analyst working on utility water and sewer service, water right issues, instream flows, and water management.

Mark Buscher is a senior capital project manager in King County’s Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD). He is the project manager for King County’s Reclaimed Water Comprehensive Plan, and is responsible for managing the planning programs associated with WTD’s regional infiltration and inflow program and regional conveyance system capital improvement plan.  Mr. Buscher has over twenty years of professional planning experience and fifteen years of senior project management experience.  He has a Masters Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Washington and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association.