Andrea Buxton has been monitoring urban stormwater runoff in the Tahoe Basin for 24 years. She was part of the research team that developed stormwater monitoring protocols in the early 2000's and provided empirical data for the establishment of the Lake Tahoe TMDL. She lead the team that developed and implemented the Regional Stormwater Monitoring Program, and has managed it since 2013. She has a Masters in Environmental Chemistry from Duke University.