Andrew Todd, Ph.D.
Responsibilities: Founder and Executive Director
Qualifications:
Dr. Andrew Todd has spent his career working to ensure the health of rivers and streams in Colorado. Andrew has worked as a contaminants biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as an aquatics specialist for Trout Unlimited’s Western Water Project, as a research biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, as an aquatic ecotoxicologist, and most recently as a water quality specialist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Todd retired from Federal service in 2025 and is now focused on growing the impact of Running Rivers full time. Andrew also served for 9 years as a Commissioner on the governor-appointed Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, two years of which he served as Chair. Andrew also served on the Board of Trustees of the Colorado Foundation for Water Education, and currently serves as Vice President of the Westcliffe, CO based stewardship organizations Trails for All and Wet Mountain Valley Outdoors.
Andrew is a stubborn trail runner, a decent fly fisherman, and a craft beer enthusiast, three passions that he fused together to create the Flyathlon back in 2012! He has completed the Troutman 7 times, Ültroüt three times, Lucifish once, and somehow finished FINSANITY! in June 2026.
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Responsibilities: Founder and Executive Director
Qualifications:
Dr. Andrew Todd has spent his career working to ensure the health of rivers and streams in Colorado. Andrew has worked as a contaminants biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as an aquatics specialist for Trout Unlimited’s Western Water Project, as a research biologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, as an aquatic ecotoxicologist, and most recently as a water quality specialist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Todd retired from Federal service in 2025 and is now focused on growing the impact of Running Rivers full time. Andrew also served for 9 years as a Commissioner on the governor-appointed Colorado Water Quality Control Commission, two years of which he served as Chair. Andrew also served on the Board of Trustees of the Colorado Foundation for Water Education, and currently serves as Vice President of the Westcliffe, CO based stewardship organizations Trails for All and Wet Mountain Valley Outdoors.
Andrew is a stubborn trail runner, a decent fly fisherman, and a craft beer enthusiast, three passions that he fused together to create the Flyathlon back in 2012! He has completed the Troutman 7 times, Ültroüt three times, Lucifish once, and somehow finished FINSANITY! in June 2026.
Coolest Fish I Ever Caught
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