Renee Hoyos is executive director of the Tennessee Clean Water Network, where she helps state watershed groups influence public policies that protect and restore Tennessee's waters. Prior to TCWN, Renee was special assistant for watersheds and outreach to Secretary Mary Nichols of the California Resources Agency where she managed a statewide watershed group to restore California's natural resources. Previously, Renee was a watershed analyst at the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California-Davis, where she created web-based decision support tools for watershed management and won the EPA Region IX Regional Administrator's 2000 Innovation Award.