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President's Award

 

Each year NACWA’s President has the opportunity to select an individual who has made significant contributions toward achieving the Association’s collective goals and objectives.

 

2016 Honorees

Sharon Green
Legislative & Regulatory Liaison, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA


John Sullivan
Vice President & Program Manager for Water & Natural Resources Program, Boston Water & Sewer Commission, MA

2015 Honoree

Philip L. Friess
Department Head, Technical Services, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA

Andrew H. Kricun
Executive Director/Chief Engineer, Camden County Municipal Utilities Authority, NJ

 

2014 Honoree

Hilary Meltzer
Deputy Chief of Environmental Law Division, NYC Department of Law, NY

 

2013 Honoree

Thomas W. Sigmund
Executive Director, NEW Water, WI

 

2012 Honoree

Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells
Manager of Watershed Programs, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, OH

 

2011 Honorees

Barbara Biggs
Government Affairs Officer, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, CO

Michael McGlinchy
Public Utilities Manager, City of Akron Public Utilities Bureau, OH

 

2010 Honoree

Patricia Cleveland
Manager of Operations, Northern Region, Trinity River Authority of Texas, TX

 

2009 Honoree

Martin Umberg
Sewer Chief Engineer, Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, OH

 

2008 Honorees

Charles Logue
Clean Water Services, OR

Mercury Study Team

  • Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA
    Patty Lee
    Danny Barker
    Anna Rule
  • Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, OH
    Elizabeth Toot-Levy
    Seth Hothem
    Keith Linn
  • Clean Water Services, OR
    Steve Anderson

 

2007 Honoree

Billy Turner
President, Columbus Water Works, GA

 

2006 Honorees

Guy M. Aydlett
Former Director of Water Quality, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Va.

Robert P. Dominak
Residuals and Air Emissions Manager, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District Cleveland, Ohio

David S. Taylor
Director of Special Projects, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, Madison, Wisc.

 

2005 Honorees

Paul Pinault
Executive Director, Narragansett Bay Commission, Providence, R.I.

Suzanne Goss
Specialist, Government Relations, JEA (Electric, Water & Sewer), Jacksonville, Fla.

 

2004 Honorees

Ralph L. Charlton
Director of Fiscal Services, Alexandria Sanitation Authority, Alexandria, Va.

Marian Orfeo
Director of Planning and Coordination, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Charlestown, Mass.

Larry N. Patterson
Chief Engineer, Upper Trinity Regional Water District, Lewisville, Texas

David R. Williams
Director of Wastewater, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, Calif.

 

2003 Honorees

James T. Canaday
Engineer-Director, Alexandria Sanitation Authority, Alexandria, Va.

Richard Sustich
Assistant Director of Research and Development, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

 

2002 Honorees

John C. “Jack” Farnan
General Superintendent, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

Paul H. Causey
General Manager/District Engineer Delta Diablo Sanitation District, Antioch, Calif.

 

2001 Honorees

William B. Schatz
General Counsel, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland, Ohio

Lisa E. Hollander
Assistant General Counsel, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Cleveland, Ohio

 

2000 Honoree

Susan C. Hamilton
Assistant Director, City of San Diego Metropolitan Wastewater Department, San Diego, CA

 

1999 Honorees

Robert W. Hite
Former NACWA President and District Manager, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District, CO

David Katz
Divisional Deputy Solicitor, Philadelphia Water Department, PA

 

1998 Honorees

Brian I. Crewdson
Assistant to the General Manager, Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility, AK

James Tarpy
Former NACWA President, Associate Director, Department of Water & Sewerage Services Nashville & Davidson County, TN

Alan B. Ispass
Chair, Competitive Workgroup, Director, Orange County Utilities, FL

Prakasam B. Tata
Research & Technical Services Manager, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL

Edward M. Torres
Environmental Manager, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA

Gregory M. Adams
Assistant Engineering Department Head, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA

 

1997 Honorees

Charles M. Etwert
Vice Chair of NACWA's Facilities Financing Committee and Assistant Executive Director of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, MO

Buddy Morgan
NACWA Wet Weather Issues Chair and General Manager of the Water Works & Sanitary Sewer Board of the City of Montgomery, AL

Ray T. Orvin, Jr.
Chair of the NACWA Wet Weather Issues Committee Stormwater Workgroup and Executive Director of the Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority, SC

David Zenz
Co-chair of NACWA's Air Quality Committee and Manager of Research for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago, IL

 

1996 Honorees

Norman E. LeBlanc
Chief of Technical Services for the Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA

Margaret H. Nellor
Head of the Monitoring Section of the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA

 

1995 Honorees

Robert Berger
Manager of Regulatory Planning & Analysis, East Bay Municipal Utility Department, CA

Guy Aydlett
Chief of Industrial Waste, Hampton Roads Sanitation District, VA

Robert Dominak
Residuals & Air Emissions Manager, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, OH

William J. Ancell
Director, Public Works Department of the City of Boise, ID

 

1994 Honorees

William Schatz
Counsel, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, OH

Jon Schellpfeffer
Assistant Director, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District, WI

 

1993 Honorees

Walter J. Bishop
Former Manager of Wastewater, East Bay Municipal Utility District, CA

Blake Anderson
Director of Technical Services, County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, CA

Michele Plá
Manager of Planning & Control, San Francisco Clean Water Enterprise, CA

 

1992 Honorees

Cecil Lue-Hing
NACWA Board Member, Director of Research and Development, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Chicago, IL

Frederick H. Kurtz
NACWA Board Member and Executive Director, Middlesex County Utilities Authority, NJ

 

1991 Honoree

Erwin J. Odeal
NACWA President and Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, OH

 

1990 Honorees

John B. Lampe
Chair, Water Quality Committee and Director of Water Quality Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, WA

Robert P. Miele
Head, Technical Services Department, County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, CA

 

1989 Honoree

George Barnes
Former NACWA Board Member and Director, Bureau of Pollution Control, City of Atlanta, GA

 

1988 Honoree

Jon Olson
District Director, Rock River Water Reclamation District, IL

 

1987 Honoree

John G. Costello
Former NACWA President and Executive Director, Bergen County Utilities Authority, NJ

 

1986 Honoree

Chuck B. Kaiser, Jr.
Former NACWA Board Member and Executive Director, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, MO