Kathy Hoverman, PE

Engineer, Dam Removal and Water Quality Expert

Kathy is a Senior Project Manager at RES with more than 25 years of experience combining engineering, ecology, and river restoration science. She is widely recognized for her expertise in stream restoration, dam removal, aquatic organism passage, and watershed restoration planning across the eastern United States.

Licensed as a Professional Engineer in multiple states, Kathy has led projects involving stream assessment, hydrologic analysis, natural channel design, sediment transport evaluation, habitat restoration, and barrier removal. Her work ranges from watershed-scale restoration planning to complex dam removal and fish passage initiatives that reconnect rivers and improve ecosystem function.

Kathy has served in leadership roles on numerous technical committees, including the Chesapeake Bay Program Stream Restoration Verification Team and the joint fisheries engineering and science committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute and American Fisheries Society. She is known for bringing together engineering principles and ecological understanding to develop restoration solutions that are both technically sound and environmentally effective.

Kathy has works closely with public agencies, nonprofit organizations, communities, and private stakeholders to advance restoration projects that improve water quality, habitat connectivity, and watershed resilience. She has taken on some of the region’s most challenging restoration efforts while helping shape the future of river and aquatic ecosystem restoration.