Ms. Novak is a Watershed Program Associate in the Council’s Pittsburgh office where she works on watershed education and implementation projects.  Ms. Novak is active in the Three Rivers Rain Garden Alliance and is currently overseeing a rain garden demonstration project in Allegheny County.  She has managed and written several watershed-based plans including a Watershed Assessment, a Watershed Implementation Plan, and several River Conservation Plans.

Ms. Novak has a Bachelor of Science in Ecology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Environmental Science from Miami University in Ohio.  She has been with the Council since 1995.