Kevin McCray, CAE, is the executive director of the 13,000-member National Ground Water Association. Now in his 28th year with the Association, he has been executive director since 1995, where he also serves as the chief executive of the National Ground Water Research and Educational Foundation. McCray has served on a number of water-related advisory groups including the U.S. Water Resources Export Council, the U.S. EPA/AWWA Comprehensive Integrated Resource Cooperative Blue Ribbon Panel, and the Kellogg Foundation Ground Water Education Consortium. In addition to dozens of articles, he has authored or compiled six books for the groundwater industry.