The Water Environment Federation proudly (WEF) announced the 52 graduates of its Water Leadership Institute Class of 2020.
The Water Leadership Institute program is aimed at educating and training emerging leaders and providing them with opportunities to build strong, lasting relationships within the water sector. The intensive program allows participants to engage in management training and leadership development through a blended learning approach that includes examining complex challenges facing the water and wastewater industries and networking with public and private sector practitioners. There are 291 alumni of the program, which is in its ninth year.
“The Water Leadership Institute Class of 2020 represents the range of talent that the future of the sector depends on,” said WEF President Jackie Jarrell. “We look forward to seeing the impact this impressive group will have within the profession.”
As part of their final project, the graduates created a community outreach webcast series with activity guides that can be used to promote the water sector, according to the press release. Each group will host a webcast to explain the outreach options they created for different target groups ranging from elementary, middle, and high school ages through college and the public. The series can be seen here.
The application period for the 2021 Water Leadership Institute opens in November. For more information about the Water Leadership Institute, click here.
The 2020 graduates are:
Alec Mackenzie
EPCOR
Alberta
Alma Beciragic
UNC Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Ana J. Pena-Tijerina
City of Fort Worth Water Department
Texas
Ashley B. Warren
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Illinois
Bashar Al-Daomi
Portland State University
Oregon
Bradford Lovett
Water Environment Federation
District of Columbia
Brian Hill
Water Environment Federation
Maryland
Brian L. Tierney
Evoqua Water Technologies
Wisconsin
Christina M. Davenport
City of Bend
Oregon
David Michael Rhoten
S&ME, Inc.
Tennessee
Elaine Samuel
GM BluePlan Engineering
Ontario
Elizabeth James Guilford
Walsh Construction Company
California
Erik Asay Simmons
HDR
Washington
Felicia K. Glapion
AlexRenew
Virginia
Garrett Bergey
SDE, Inc.
Vermont
Indra Maharjan
Ontario Clean Water Agency
Ontario
Jaren Murphy
McCarthy Building Companies
Arizona
Jennifer Loconsole
Black & Veatch
Illinois
Jenny Reitz
Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Virginia
Jesse Burch
Beaver Water District
Arkansas
Jonathan Leitch
Victaulic
California
Joseph Massimo
SUEZ
Pennsylvania
K. Jennifer Cobb, P.E.
Henrico County - Department of Public Works
Virginia
Karoline Terrazas
Union Sanitary District
California
Kerry Reed
CITY OF FRAMINGHAM
Massachusetts
Kristin Johansen
City of Santa Fe
New Mexico
Kurt Kinney
Arcadis
Ohio
Lorenzo D. Freeman
City of Atlanta - Department of Watershed Management
Georgia
Louis Storino
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Illinois
Marc Serna
South Coast Water District
California
Michael Brothers
City of Alabaster Environmental Services
Alabama
Nicole Stephens
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
North Carolina
Olga Djoumessi
N/A
Illinois
Palencia Mobley, P.E.
City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
Michigan
Paula Monaco
Plummer Associates, inc.
Texas
Peter Buehlmann
Brown and Caldwell
Virginia
Rebecca Erickson
South Platte Water Renewal Partners
Colorado
Roanna Purcaru
GHD
Arizona
Robert Frost
Hazen and Sawyer
New Jersey
Ryan Radspinner, P.E.
HRSD
Virginia
Saa Shemsu
Montgomery County Environmental Services
Ohio
Sabrina Ann Parker
City of Olathe
Kansas
Samantha Rucinski
SUEZ
Pennsylvania
Sarah M. Hunt
Arcadis
Ohio
Shelby Beauchemin
City of Largo
Florida
Shelley W. Porter
West Virginia American Water
West Virginia
Sophie Frances Manley
City of Chicago Department of Water Management
Illinois
Stacy Thompson
City of Saco WRRD
Maine
Stephanie Spalding
HDR
Virginia
Tayo Olatunji
DC Water
Maryland
Wes Merkle
TriCo Regional Sewer Utility
Indiana
William Searles Jr.
Kiewit Infrastructure West Company
California
