Author Description
Brian Vance, Duane Smith & Associates, has a B.A. in Journalism and worked 29 years for the Oklahoma Water Resources Board as both a water planner and the agency’s Communications Director. During his career, he wrote, edited, developed and organized several high-profile technical and promotional publications — including the Oklahoma Water Atlas, Lakes of Oklahoma and the 2012 Update of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan — as well as countless press releases, reports, water policy summaries, presentations and related materials. Since his retirement from the OWRB in 2014, Mr. Vance has consulted on and co-authored numerous regional water plans in Oklahoma. He currently assists the Chickasaw Nation and Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma in development and implementation of Tribal water planning initiatives and programs.
