Gene Yagow is a Senior Research Scientist in the Biological Systems Engineering Department and is part of the Center for Watershed Studies at Virginia Tech, where he also received his PhD. Gene has over 30 years of experience in agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control, computer modeling, and development of tools and databases to facilitate NPS modeling, including state-wide watershed NPS assessments for Virginia. Since 1999, he has been involved with characterizing water quality impaired streams and their pollutant sources through geographic information system (GIS) and other data analyses, computer modeling studies, and implementation plan development related to EPA's total maximum daily load (TMDL) program. He has been working since 2009 to assist the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation in defining improved metrics and protocols to provide Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund grantees feedback to help ensure successful project implementation and to improve the consistency and breadth of NFWF's internal accountability metrics. He has served on Virginia's Academic Advisory Committee for the development of nutrient criteria since 2002 and has served on the Chesapeake Bay Program's Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) since 2011. Within STAC, Gene has assisted with reviews of the LimnoTech report comparing HSPF and CEAP, the Oyster Aquaculture and BMP Verification reports; assisted with planning the STAC Healthy Watersheds, Lag-Times, and the upcoming Management Effects of Water Quality Trends workshops; and provided editorial leadership on the STAC Lag-Time workshop report.