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WEAT
from Texas Water '22
by TEXAS AWWA
President: Jamie Eichenberger President Elect: Ifetayo Venner Vice President: Aimeé R. Killeen Treasurer: Keith Hobson Past President: Lynn Broaddus Secretary & Executive Director:
Walt Marlowe
Water Environment Association of Texas Staff
Executive Director Julie Nahrgang Water Environment Association of Texas 1825 Fort View Road, Suite 108 Austin, TX 78704 512-693-0060 julie@weat.org
Association Manager Alondra Hernandez Water Environment Association of Texas 1825 Fort View Road, Suite 108 Austin, TX 78704 512-693-0060 alondra@weat.org
Membership Manager Alexi Hill Water Environment Association of Texas 1825 Fort View Road, Suite 108 Austin, TX 78704 512-693-0060 alexi@weat.org
WEAT Officers, Directors and Management Review Committee Members
President Jeff Caffey Plummer 1320 S. University Drive, Suite 300 Fort Worth, TX 76107 817-806-1700 jcaffey@plummer.com
President-Elect Matt Jalbert Trinity River Authority 6500 Singleton Blvd. Dallas, TX 75212-3018 972-975-4320 jalbertm@trinityra.org
Vice President Kristin O’Neill Stantec 910 Louisiana St., Ste. 2600 Houston, TX 77002 713-403-1618 kristin.oneill@stantec.com
Past President & Section Engagement Rick Hidalgo Signature Automation, LLC 14679 Midway Road, Suite 212 Addison, TX 75001 469-619-1241 hjhidalgo@sig-auto.com
Secretary Aisha Niang Houston Public Works 4545 Groveway Dr. Houston, TX 77087 832-395-5465 Aisha.Niang@houstontx.gov
Treasurer Allison Hage Freese and Nichols, Inc. 2711 N Haskell Ave., Suite 3300 Dallas, TX 75204 214-217-2219 Allison.Hage@freese.com
Deputy Treasurer Lance Klement Garver 3010 Gaylord Parkway, Suite 190 Frisco, TX 75034 972-377-7480 LPKlement@garverusa.com
Parliamentarian Nathan Vassar Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. 816 Congress Ave., Suite 1900 Austin, TX 78701 512-322-5867 nvassar@lglawfirm.com Senior WEF Delegate Jeff Sober Garver 3010 Gaylord Pkwy, Ste. 190 Frisco, TX 75034 214-883-6263 jlsober@garverusa.com
WEF Delegate Leigh Thomas WGI 5710 W. Hausman Rd., Suite 115 San Antonio, TX 78249 210-860-9224 x2204 Leigh.Thomas@wginc.com
Past WEF Delegate David Jackson Freese & Nichols, Inc. 2711 N. Haskell Ave Dallas, TX 75204 817-251-5071 drj@freese.com
Member At Large Jonathan Sandhu Gulf Coast Authority 910 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, TX 77058 281-226-1153 jsandhu@gcatx.org
PWO Representative John Bennett Trinity River Authority - Denton Creek Plant 1687 N. Hwy. 377 Roanoke, TX 76262 817-430-4657 bennettj@trinityra.org
Historian David Briggs CDM Smith 9430 Research Blvd., Suite 1-200 Austin, Texas 78759 512-346-1100 BriggsDC@cdmsmith.com
Young Professional Kaylee Dusek Kimley-Horn 13455 Noel Road, Two Galleria Office Tower, Suite 700 Dallas, TX 75240 214-256-4909 Kaylee.Dusek@kimley-horn.com
Executive Director Julie Nahrgang Water Environment Association of Texas 1825 Fort View Road, Suite 108 Austin, TX 78704 512-693-0060 julie@weat.org
Section Representatives
Panhandle
Clayton Scales KSA Engineers, Inc. 600 South Tyler, Suite 1403 Amarillo, TX 79101 806-335-1600 cscales@ksaeng.com
Lubbock
Kayleigh Millerick Texas Tech University PO Box 41023 911 Boston Avenue Lubbock, TX 79409 806-834-0370 kayleigh.millerick@ttu.edu
North Texas
Phil Spitzer 501 East Brown Wylie, TX 75098 469-626-4918 pspitzer@ntmwd.com
Northeast Texas
Scott Baggett City of Longview PO Box 1952 Longview, TX 75606 903-452-9497 sbaggett@longviewtexas.gov
El Paso
David Ornelas El Paso Water Utilities 4100 L Delta Dr. El Paso, TX 79905 915-593-1282 dornelas@epwu.org
Midland/Odessa
Scott Ogletree Prime Controls 16121 Horseshoe Drive, Unit 630 Gardendale, TX 79758 214-709-2826 s.ogletree@prime-controls.com
Abilene
Felicia Sanford Provenance Engineering 412 Avenue C NW Childress, TX 79201 214-906-4935 fsanford@provenanceengineering.com
Central Texas
Jason Bybel K Friese + Associates 1120 S. Capital of Texas Highway Austin, TX 78746 512-338-1704 jbybel@kfriese.com
Southeast Texas
Jennie Almerico 18 Twin Feather Place The Woodlands, TX 77381 832-610-4314 jennie@5engineering.com
Beaumont/Port Arthur
Elexander Salinas Vector 707 Azaleadell Drive Houston, TX 77018 713-835-9923 elexander.salinas@vectorcag.com
San Antonio
Ron Emmons Garcia Infrastructure Consultants, LLC 12042 Blanco Rd., Ste. 203 San Antonio, Texas 78216 210-437-0323 remmons@gicstx.com
Coastal Bend
Jennifer Klidies City of Corpus Christi 2726 Holly Rd. Corpus Christi, TX 78415 361-826-1896 ajiaf@cctexas.com
Bryan/College Station
Jennifer Nations City of College Station PO Box 9960 College Station, TX 77842 979-764-6223 jnations@cstx.gov
Middle Rio Grande
Ignacio Hinojosa Ardurra Group, Inc. 6010 McPherson Rd. Laredo, TX 78041 956-462-5511 ihinojosa@ardurra.com
Harlingen/Brownsville
Carlos Gonzalez City of McAllen PO Box 220 McAllen, TX 78505 956-681-1777 cagonzalez@mcallen.net
Port Lavaca
Vacant
San Angelo
Vacant
Waco Vacant
Wichita Falls
Vacant
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Knowledge Committee Chairs Asset Management Mazen H. Kawasmi, Co-Chair Freese & Nichols, Inc. 4055 International Plaza, Suite 200 Fort Worth, TX 76109-4814 817-735-7432 mazen.kawasmi@freese.com
John D’Antoni, Co-Chair Black & Veatch 4400 Post Oak Parkway, Suite 1200 Houston, TX 77027 713-419-1399 dantonijm@bv.com Biosolids Management Matt Berg, Chair Jacobs 2705 Bee Cave Road, Suite 300 Austin, TX 78746 512-314-3180 matt.berg@jacobs.com
Marisa Martinez Palmer, Vice Chair San Antonio Water System (SAWS) 2800 U.S. Highway 281 North Tower 2, 359 P.O. Box 2449 San Antonio, TX 78212 210-233-3595 Marisa.Palmer@saws.org
Collections Systems Raghavender Nednur, Co-Chair Houston Public Works 4545 Groveway Dr Houston, TX 77087 832-395-4935 raghavender.nednur@houstontx.gov
Derek Schwanke, Co-Chair Garver 14160 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 850 Dallas, TX 75254 682-225-1181 dtschwanke@garverusa.com
Construction Management Ad Hoc Christian Annexy McCarthy 15415 Market St. Channelview, TX 77530 832-520-4560 cannexy@mccarthy.com
Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls George Luke, Co-Chair Gupta and Associates, Inc. 13717 Neutron Road Dallas, TX 75244 972-490-7661 gluke@gaiconsulting.com
Sean McMillan, Co-Chair Jones | Carter 6330 West Loop South, Suite 150 Bellaire, TX 77471 713-777-5337 semcmillan@jonescarter.com
Industrial Jonathan Sandhu, Co-Chair Gulf Coast Authority 910 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, TX 77058-2604 281-226-1153 jsandhu@gcatx.org
Tres Koenings, Co-Chair Plummer 6300 La Calma Drive, #400 Austin, TX 78752 512-452-5905 tkoenings@apaienv.com
Laboratory Trinity O’Neal, Chair Austin Water 625 E 10th St., Suite 800 Austin, TX 78701 512-507-9586 trinity.oneal@austintexas.gov
Elizabeth Turner, Vice Chair Pace Analytical 1712 Addison Grace Lane Wylie, TX 75098 972-442-5405 eaturner01@hotmail.com
Municipal Resource Recovery Design Nicholas Landes, Co-Chair Freese and Nichols, Inc. 4055 International Plaza Fort Worth, TX 76109 817-735-7571 nick.landes@freese.com
Tina Hanson, Co-Chair Garver 7415 Ledbetter Rd. Arlington, TX 76001 972-377-7480 tehanson@garverusa.com
Nutrient Management Chris Pasch, Co-Chair Plummer 6300 La Calma, Suite 400 Austin TX 78752 512-452-5905 cpasch@plummer.com Rex Hunt, Co-Chair Plummer 6300 La Calma, Suite 400 Austin TX 78752 512-452-5905 rhunt@plummer.com
Odor & Corrosion Management Doug Sherman Corrosion Probe, Inc 1464 E. Whitestone Blvd, #704 Cedar Park, TX 78613 512-528-0827 shermand@cpiengineering.com
Operations and Maintenance Darrell Poore, Co-Chair Dallas Water Utility 1020 Sargent Rd. Dallas, TX 75203 469-231-8309 darrell.poore@dallascityhall.com
Fritz Hurst, Co-Chair Dallas Water Utility 1020 Sargent Rd Dallas, TX 75203 225-439-2034 fritz.hurst@dallascityhall.com
Pretreatment Joseph Fielding Trinity River Authority 6500 Singleton Blvd Dallas, TX 75212 972-975-4374 fieldingjk@trinityra.org
Safety, Cyber and Infrastructur Security Denney Howard, Co-Chair Lockwoods, Andrews and Newnam, Inc. 7712 Oak Parkway Burleson, TX 76028 817-338-7505 drhoward@lan-inc.com
David Milligan, Co-Chair North Texas Municipal Water District 501 E Brown St. Wylie, TX 75098-4406 469-626-4590 dmilligan@ntmwd.com
Stormwater/Watershed Management Aiza Jose, Co-Chair JONES | CARTER 6509 Windcrest Drive, Suite 600 Plano, TX 75024-3074 214-986-8745 ajose@jonescarter.com
Gian Villarreal, Co-Chair Seagull PME 1807 Sunnybrook New Braunfels, TX 78130 210-446-6865 gvillarreal@seagullpme.com
Utility Management Laura Wilson, Chair City of Fort Worth 200 Texas St, 224 Fort Worth, TX 76102 817-392-5020 laura.wilson@fortworthtexas.gov
Dan Olson, Vice-Chair Garver 12141 Wickchester Lane, Suite 200 Houston, TX 77079 713-395-4277 dnolson@garverusa.com
Water Reuse Michael Watts Garver 14160 Dallas Parkway, Suite 850 Dallas, TX 75254 214-451-2956 mjwatts@garverusa.com
Delivery Committee Chairs
Advanced Operator Training Rami Issa AECOM 10209 Flat Creek Trail Mckinney, TX 75070 972-735-3012 rami.issa@aecom.com
Chris Young, Vice Chair Plummer Associates, Inc. 1320 S. University Drive Fort Worth, TX 76107 225-572-5187 cyoung@plummer.com
Awards Kim Chanslor, Co-Chair CDM Smith 3050 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 300 Houston, TX 77056 713-628-2122 chanslorkm@cdmsmith.com Randy Bush, Co-chair CP&Y 7557 Rambler Rd. Ste. 440 Dallas, TX 75231-2303 214-360-9929 rbush@cpyi.com
Manufacturers & Reps Joju Abraham Global WET 10900 Research Blvd., Ste. 160C Austin, TX 78759 512-560-9952 jabraham@globalwet.com
Operations Challenge Jeff Sober Garver 3010 Gaylord Parkway, Suite 190 Frisco, TX 75034 972-377-7480 jlsober@garverusa.com
Philanthropy Adam Conner, Co-Chair Freese and Nichols 10431 Morado Circle, Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78759 512-617-3173 adam.conner@freese.com Jason Cocklin, Co-Chair Freese and Nichols 4013 Pope Drive Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 361-561-6508 jc@freese.com
Scholarship Cathy Sieger Trinity River Authority 6500 Singleton Blvd Dallas, TX 75212 972-263-2251 siegerc@trinityra.org
Small Systems Andrew McBride Green Valley Special Utility District 210-393-6870 almcbride278@yahoo.com Texas Water Steering Local Host Committee Jeff Haby San Antonio Water System 2800 U.S. Hwy. 281 North San Antonio, TX 78212 210-233-3747 Jeff.Haby@saws.org
Texas Water Program Kristin O’Neill Stantec 910 Louisiana St., Ste. 2600 Houston, TX 77002 713-403-1618 kristin.oneill@stantec.com Stakeholders Committee Chairs Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Aisha Niang, Co-Chair City of Houston 4545 Groveway Houston, TX 77087 832-395-5465 aisha.niang@houstontx.gov Ana Peña-Tijerina, Co-Chair Plummer 4500 Wilma Lane Arlington, TX 76012 817-392-4982 apena-tijerina@plummer.com Tanya Miro, Vice Chair Kimley-Horn Associates 1008 Oak Valley Rd. Burleson, TX 76028 817-962-2072 tanya.miro@kimley-horn.com
Government Affairs Heather Cooke, Co-Chair Austin Water P.O. Box 1088 Austin, TX 78767-1088 512-972-0083 heather.cooke@austintexas.gov Nathan Vassar, Co-Chair Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend, P.C. 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 1900 Austin, TX 78701 512-322-5867 nvassar@lglawfirm.com Student Sections Elle Frier, Co-Chair Frier Group, Inc. 101 S. Coit Road, Suite 36-386 Richardson, TX 75080-5807 720-695-5375 elle@friergroup.com
Caitlin Ruff, Co-Chair Black & Veatch 5420 LBJ Freeway, Suite 400 Dallas, TX 75240 Voice: (214) 470-1692
Texas Water University Forum Kayleigh A. Millerick Texas Tech University 911 Boston Avenue, Box 41023 Lubbock, TX 79409-1023 806-834-0370 kayleigh.millerick@ttu.edu
Workforce Development Xuan (Katie) Zheng, Co-Chair Southwest Water Company 12535 Reed Road Sugar Land, TX 77478 412-638-8892 kzheng@swwc.com
Justin Rackley, Co-Chair Garver 14160 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 850 Dallas, TX 75254 214-346-2892 jarackley@garverusa.com
Dylan Christenson, Vice Chair Black & Veatch 4400 Post Oak Parkway, #1200 Houston, TX 77005 805-714-4362 christensond@bv.com
Young Professional Kaylee Dusek Kimley-Horn 13455 Noel Road, Two Galleria Office Tower, Suite 700, Dallas, TX 75240 214-256-4909 Kaylee.Dusek@kimley-horn.com
Management Committee Chairs
Committee Leadership Council Rick Hidalgo Signature Automation, LLC 14679 Midway Road, Suite 212 Addison, TX 75001 469-619-1241 hjhidalgo@sig-auto.com Connie Curtis Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. 11700 Katy Freeway, Suite 800 Houston, TX 77079 972-816-5159 connie.curtis@kimley-horn.com
Nominating Rick Hidalgo Signature Automation, LLC 14679 Midway Road, Suite 212 Addison, TX 75001 469-619-1241 hjhidalgo@sig-auto.com
Section Engagement Rick Hidalgo Signature Automation, LLC 14679 Midway Road, Suite 212 Addison, TX 75001 469-619-1241 hjhidalgo@sig-auto.com
Strategic Planning Matt Jalbert Trinity River Authority 6500 Singleton Blvd. Dallas, TX 75212-3018 972-975-4320 jalbertm@trinityra.org
WEAT EMERGING LEADER AWARD
2002 Michael F. Bloom 2002 Rebecca Patterson Guthrie 2003 Dennis Laskowski 2004 Heather Harris 2005 Randy Lee Bush 2006 Jennafer “Jenna” Piper Covington 2007 Jennifer “Jennie” T. Almerico 2008 Naomi Azulai 2009 Tarlton “Trooper” Smith 2010 Meera Victor 2011 Jeff Sober 2012 Erin Flanagan 2013 Josh Marazzini 2014 Jason Crawley 2015 Lindsay Kovar 2016 Brigit Buff 2017 Matt Jalbert 2018 Lance Rothe 2019 Kristin O’Neill 2020 Allison Blake 2021 Nyla Langford
WILLIAM D. HATFIELD AWARD RECIPIENTS
1958 A. L. Allison 1959 W.N. Wells 1961 Haskell R. Street 1962 Cecil H. Williams 1963 Mansel Smith 1965 James D. Goff 1967 J. Les Robinson 1968 Robert E. Derrington 1969 Leo Wood 1970 C.H. Schere 1971 W. E. Gibson 1972 Albert Breaux 1973 S.A. Webb 1974 George H. Powell 1975 Foster Crowell 1976 Joe P. Teller 1977 M. Truett Garrett, Jr. 1978 Charles Ganze 1979 M. Dolan McKnight 1980 Martin J. Manning 1981 Octavio A. Ramirez 1982 W. W. Right 1983 Basil S. Housewright, Jr. 1984 Robert T. McMillon 1985 Kenneth R. Jackson 1986 Joe G. Taylor 1987 Donald D. Spurrier 1988 Wesley N. MacKenzie 1989 Lynn Norton 1990 Curtis L. Smalley 1991 Teresa Battenfield 1992 William T. Manning 1993 Gary W. Burton 1994 Olga Rodriquez 1995 Enrique Woo 1996 David Mask 1997 Oscar Guerrero 1998 Alfonso Carmona 1999 Stephen Hodge 2000 David Hackley 2001 Robert A. Rowell 2002 William Lewis (Bill) Tatum 2003 Meg Conner 2005 Michael A. Young 2006 John Bennett 2007 Edmund R. Mach 2008 Orren West 2009 Gurdip S. Hyare 2010 Clifford W. Beaber 2011 Frederick R. Moore 2012 Gary LaGassey 2013 Larry Rowe 2014 Jerry Pressley 2015 Tim Morgan 2016 Ben Hodges 2017 Sterling Lee 2018 Clifford Creeks 2019 Lance Philips 2020 Rey Davila 2021 Dynnie Mitchell 1949 Victor Marcus Ehlers 1952 Winfield S. Mahlie 1955 J.H. Sorrels 1958 Roger Moehlman 1959 C.H. Connell 1961 A.C. Bryan 1963 David F. Smallhorst 1964 David G. Chase 1965 John P. Wold 1967 Albert H. Ullrich 1968 G. R. Herzik, Jr. 1969 Pearl Goodwin 1970 Jack E. Huppert 1971 Sam L. Warrington 1972 Clayton H. Billings 1973 Joe Driskell 1974 Joe P. Teller 1975 J.L. Robinson 1976 John B. Scott 1977 A.E. Holcomb 1978 Ernest F. Cross 1979 W.S. Sam Hutton 1980 S.A. Garza 1981 Robert L. Nichols 1982 P.D. Parks 1983 Dick Whittington 1984 Joseph F. Malins, Jr. 1985 Marshall L. Haney 1986 Sharon D’Orsie 1987 Bert H. Bates, Jr. 1988 William Goloby 1989 Rhonda Harris
The presiding officer was known as a Chairman of a Section from 19281961 and as President since 1962.
Chairman, Sewage Division, Texas Section, Southwest Water Works Association 1928-1931 W.S. Mahlie 1932-1933 Edgar Whedbee 1934-1936 W.S. Mahlie 1937 W.S. Stanley 1938-1943 R.M. Dixon Chairman, Sewage Division, Texas Water Works and Sewage Short School 1944 E.J.M. Berg 1945 E.M. Dixo 1946 L.C. Billings 1947 J.H. Sorrels Chair, Sewage and Industrial Waste Section Texas Water and Sewage Works Association 1951 C.H. Connell 1952 A.H. Ullrich 1953 A.C. Bryan 1954 K.E. Mills 1955 W.S. Mahlie 1956 Glen A. Doty 1957 John F. Conlon 1958 Roger Moehlman 1959 T.L. Satterwhite 1960 Cecil Williams 1961 John P. Wold President, Texas Water Pollution Control Association 1962 W. N. Wells 1963 Robert L. Nichols 1964 S.A. Garza 1965 Harry O. Henkel 1966 M.T. Garrett 1967 Jack Huppert 1968 S.O. Brady 1969 James D. Gof 1970 David G. Chase 1971 Ronald D. Sadow 1972 Curtis E. Johnson 1973 James E. Laughlin 1974 Albert Breaaux
1990 Earnest F. Gloyna 1991 Stephen M. Jenkins 1992 Robert T. McMillon 1993 Ron L. Mayo 1994 Paul Roach 1995 Joe King II 1996 Patricia M. Cleveland 1997 Foster Crowell 1998 Raj Bhattarai 1999 Alan Plummer 2000 Ron Sieger 2001 Betty Jordan 2002 Betty Carol Mayo 2003 Mary Evans 2004 Cathy Henderson 2005 Raymond R. Longoria 2006 Jim Taafe 2007 Carolyn Ahrens Wieland 2008 Richard Eason 2009 Carol Batterton 2010 Brad Castleberry 2011 John Bennett 2012 Ronald Dale Carlson 2013 Jody Zabolio 2014 Dawn Anderson 2015 David Briggs 2016 Julie Nahrgang 2017 Jenna Covington 2018 Jeff Sober 2019 Steve Coonan 2020 David Jackson 2021 Leigh Thomas WEAT PAST PRESIDENTS 1975 Joe Malina 1976 Tom Koederitz 1977 W.W. Wright 1978 D.M. Cochran 1979 Joe P. Teller 1980 P. D. Parks 1981 Robert R. Bustamante 1982 Glen Longley 1983 Marshall Haney 1984 Sharon M. D’orsie 1985 Jim Taaffe 1986 Bert Bates 1987 Bob Derrington 1988 John Cook 1989 Richard Smullen, Jr. 1990 Robert McMillon 1991 Carol Batterton President, Water Environment Association of Texas 1992 Alice Megna 1993 Gordon Koblitz 1994 Stephen Jenkins 1995 Joe King II 1996 Rhonda Harris 1997 Martha Martin 1998 Ron Mayo 1999 Patty Cleveland 2000 Clyde Burnett 2001 Mary Evans 2002 Jim Joyce 2003 Ron Sieger 2004 Ray Longoria 2005 Richard Eason 2006 Paul Roach 2007 Raj Bhattarai 2008 Brad Castleberry 2009 Betty Jordan 2010 Jody Zabolio 2011 David Briggs 2012 John Bennett 2013 Curtis Smalley 2014 Steve Coonan 2015 Jenna Covington 2016 David Jackson 2017 Jeff Sober 2018 Leigh Cerda 2019 Heather Cooke 2020 Rick Hidalgo 2021 Jeff Caffey