Leslie Samel is a member of the 2007-2008 Board of Trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF), an international organization of water quality professionals headquartered in Alexandria, Va. She is currently Project Manager and Principal at Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) in Charlotte, NC. In that role, Leslie manages upgrade and expansion projects for wastewater treatment plants in North and South Carolina. Prior to her current position, Leslie worked as a part-time wastewater compliance inspector/engineer with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP). Leslie has been a WEF member since 1999 and is currently Chair of the Students and Young Professionals Committee (S&YP).

She has been instrumental in growing and building the S&YP membership through the successful implementation of the WEF Student Design Competition, annual YP Summit, providing input to the YP membership rate structure, and record involvement of new and existing members in the committee. Leslie was part of the inaugural Student Design Competition representing the University of Florida in 2000 and has since organized this event at WEFTEC each year. Leslie also serves as a Delegate-at-Large representing Young Professionals. In addition, Leslie has served on the Program Committee’s Utility Management Symposium.

Leslie has also been an active member of the NC AWWA-WEA and has served as Chair and Vice Chair of the Students and Young Professionals Committee, Entertainment Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee for the NC AWWA-WEA Annual Conference, Vice-Chair of the Communications Task Force, and committee member on the Long Range Planning and Public Education Committees.

A 2005 recipient of WEF’s Outstanding Young Professional Award, Leslie received a B.A. in Environmental Engineering and a Masters of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida in Gainesville. She is a certified Professional Engineer in North Carolina.




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