My leadership is grounded in compassion and sacrifice built around multicultural community. I have an intense passion for visionary thinking. I invent fundamentally new scientific theories about the environment and then build “pipelines" and software to turn them into practical management and engineering realities. I engage the water-environment-energy industry in close partnerships, literally building rivers and engaging in highly complex, confidential government-industry-stakeholder negotiations. I lead by example, asking only of others as much as I would do myself. When I propose a highly novel solution for a university problem, then I am prepared to lead it to make it a reality. Ultimately, I build initiatives that outlast my role as leader.