Dina is a board-certified professional soil scientist (CPSSc No. 32073) with 15 years of experience. Her experience includes providing environmental consulting services to the private and public sector, leading a university extension program and practicing environmental engineering for the federal government.

Dina earned her bachelor's of science in civil/environmental engineering from Texas A&M University and her master's degree in forest and soil science from Oregon State University. Her technical strengths lie in soil science, soil morphology, surface-water resources, environmental engineering and statistics. Dina’s project experience includes wastewater land application, applied research, sodic soil reclamation, oil-contaminated soil reclamation, NPDES permit compliance, the land application of bio-solids, commercial on-site wastewater treatment, industrial storm-water management, water treatment and regulation development. She has extensive expertise in the management of produced water for the oil and gas industry and in characterizing the soils of northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana.