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A Clear Commitment to America’s Waters
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Suzanne Goss was elected NACWA President for 2012-2013 by the
Association’s Board of Directors on July 15. Goss is the government
relations specialist for JEA (Electric, Water & Sewer) in Florida and
has had a distinguished career within the clean water community.
Also elected were the following NACWA officers: Vice President,
Julius Ciaccia, executive director, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer
District, Ohio; Treasurer, Karen Pallansch, chief executive officer of the
Alexandria Renew Enterprises, Va.; and, Secretary, Adel Hagekhalil,
assistant director bureau of sanitation for the City of Los Angeles,
Calif. The Association expresses its sincere appreciation to outgo-
ing President, David Williams, director of wastewater for the East Bay
Municipal Utility District in California for his dedicated service as
NACWA President over this past year.
NACWA Welcomes New Board Members
During the Annual Association Business Meeting, NACWA’s member-
ship elected Patrick Ball, utilities director for the City of Cedar Rapids,
Utilities Department in Iowa as newmember of its Board of Directors
representing Region 7. Cathy Gerali, district manager for the Metro
Wastewater Reclamation District in Colorado was appointed by the
Board to complete Steve Pearlman’s term as a representative from
Region 8.
The following board members were elected to new terms: Samuel
McGhee, executive director for the Joint Meeting of Essex & Union
Counties, N.J. (Region 2); Kevin Shafer, executive director for
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Wis. (Region 5); Ricky
Clifton, general manager of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority,
Texas (Region 6); Dennis Stowe, manager, Littleton/Englewood
Wastewater Treatment Plant, Colo. (Region 8); Philip Friess, depart-
ment head, Technical Services, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles
County, Calif. (Region 9); and, DeanMarriott, director of the City of
Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, Ore. (Region 10).
NACWA congratulates its new and re-elected Board Members and ex-
tends its thanks and appreciation to Dick Champion, director of the
Independence Water Pollution Control Department inMissouri for his
service on the NACWA Board representing Region 7.
In other action, NACWA’s Board of Directors voted to approve the fis-
cal year (FY) 2013 Association Business Plan which sets out the goals,
objectives, strategies and actions for the upcoming fiscal year starting
October 1, 2013. The Board also approved the FY 2013 General Fund
budget, and the Targeted Action Fund (TAF) budgets.
Suzanne Goss Elected NACWA President for 2012 - 2013
NACWA’s Officers for 2012-2013 were elected during the 2012 Summer Conference & 42nd Annual Meeting. Pictured left to right, NACWA President, Suzanne Goss; NACWA Vice President, Julius
Ciaccia; NACWA Treasurer, Karen Pallansch; and, NACWA Secretary, Adel Hagekhalil.
NACWA’s newly elected and appointed Board Members include (left to right): Patrick Ball,
utilities director for the City of Cedar Rapids, Utilities Department in Iowa who will represent
Region 7 and Region 8 Board Member, Cathy Gerali, district manager for the Metro Wastewater
Reclamation District in Colo.