2022-2023 HCES Officers
HCES CHAIR
JAY STONE
Jay Stone, P.E. is Bowers + Kubota Consulting’s Chief Engineer. His design expertise includes stormwater treatment and inspections, ecosystem restoration, wastewater collection and treatment, water treatment and supply systems, and drainage improvements. He also has extensive experience in environmental permit processes at federal, state, and county levels as related to waterfront projects. He holds bachelor’s degrees in English and Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and is a licensed civil engineer in Hawai‘i. He is also a board-certified environmental engineer in water supply and wastewater with the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, Certified Floodplain Manager, Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control, Certified Professional in Storm Water Quality, and LEED Accredited Professional. He is a former instructor with the University of Hawai‘i Outreach Program Water Technology Education Program. A practitioner of aikido since 1988, Mr. Stone teaches children, teenagers, and adults at the Kaonohi Zanshin Aikido dojo. He is also a podcaster on ComicsViews (http://comicsviews.com/), discussing comics, film, and television pop culture.
HCES VICe CHAIR
KRISTEN YOSHIDA
Kristen Yoshida, P.E. is a civil engineer with Bowers + Kubota Consulting. She attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa where she earned a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering. She is the Co-Chair of the HCES EWeek Exhibits Committee as well as the HCES SWE Representative. She is also active volunteering for career development and outreach events with the SWE-Hawaii Collegiate Section.
HCES treasurer
Lindsay Nakashima
Ms. Nakashima is Bowers + Kubota Consulting’s 2nd Deputy Civil Engineering Manager specializing in infrastructure and site development design in Hawaii and Guam. She has experience on various roadway, commercial, residential and resort projects. She has also coordinated, participated in preparing numerous traffic studies in Hawai‘i. Through her design project experience, she has prepared numerous drainage studies, site grading assessments, erosion control plans and studies, and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) applications, City permits, developing best management practices (BMP) plans and mitigation measures. She has also completed engineering analyses and conceptual designs for environmental impact statements. She has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from UCLA, a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Hawaii, and is a licensed civil engineer in Hawaii. In her spare time she enjoys ocean sports and getting outdoors, drawing and baking with her daughter, watching movies with her son, and trying different foods.
HCES secretary
Kathleen Chu
Ms. Chu is a Principal at Bowers + Kubota Consulting, who oversees the Company’s integrated design services of planning, civil engineering, architecture, electrical engineering, and landscape architect. She is the former Area Manager and senior project manager in Jacobs’ (formerly CH2M HILL) Honolulu office of 70 employees. With more than 30 years of experience, she is experienced in transportation policy, planning, and design, pavement design, hydraulic design, stormwater quality measures, site development, wet utilities, and construction services in both the private and public sector. Through this diverse background in civil engineering, Ms. Chu has managed projects which involved extensive collaboration and negotiation with both private and public entities, as well as the public at large, including coordination with various utility agencies and significant right-of-way acquisition.
Ms. Chu has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Santa Clara University and is a licensed civil engineer in California and Hawaii. In her spare time, she enjoys a good tennis or pickleball match, being outdoors, and traveling.
HCES IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR
ROGER BABCOCK
Roger Babcock, PhD, PE is a Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and the Water Resources Research Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Ma–noa. He obtained his PhD. in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 1991. He is the CE Graduate Program Chair and longtime ASCE student chapter faculty advisor. Dr. Babcock conducts research on biological wastewater treatment, on-site wastewater treatment, and stormwater runoff management. Dr. Babcock is the current president of the Hawai‘i Water Environment Association (HWEA), serves on the Board of Certification of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators, and is director of Hawai‘i’s Statewide Wastewater Operator Training Center.