Mary Musick has 30 years of experience in protecting groundwater quality. While working for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, she developed policies, rules, and guidance documents to prevent contamination of groundwater resources and chaired the Texas Ground Water Protection Committee. Her background also includes uranium exploration, mapping regional and statewide aquifer water quality, conducting contamination evaluations at hazardous waste sites, and developing various groundwater dependent endangered species policies and evaluations. Musick currently consults with the Ground Water Protection Council. She has a B.S. in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin and is a licensed professional geoscientist.