Mr. Faris has over 35 years’ experience as an environmental scientist and water resource manager primarily in New Mexico, California, and Colombia. Mr. Faris served for over 20 years with the NMED State Cleanup Program overseeing the assessment and remediation of over 300 soil and/or groundwater contaminated sites throughout New Mexico. These sites primarily included petroleum hydrocarbon, chlorinated solvents, metals, and ions contamination. He is currently the Environmental Manager for the Environmental Services Division of CABQ-EHD with the primary function of managing and overseeing numerous closed landfills within the City of Albuquerque that includes post closure monitoring, landfill gas assessment and recovery, and groundwater remediation.