Water Environment Federation announces its 2006-2007 Board of Trustees

Alexandria, Va. - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announces its 2006-2007 Board of Trustees. Consisting of six officers and twelve board members, the individuals were confirmed last month in Dallas, Texas during WEFTEC®.06, the Water Environment Federation's 79th annual technical exhibition and conference.

The 2006-2007 WEF officers were confirmed during a ceremony on October 24 where President J. Michael Read passed the ceremonial gavel of leadership to incoming President Mohamed Dahab, Professor and Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Following the presentation, Adam Zabinski from White Plains, New York, was named President-Elect; Rebecca West, Director of Technical Services for the Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District in Spartanburg, South Carolina was elected as Vice-President; and Charles Weir, General Manager of East Bay Dischargers in San Francisco, Calif., will begin a three-year term as Treasurer. WEF Executive Director Bill Bertera serves an indefinite term as Secretary.

The trustees, selected for a one-year term by President Mohamed Dahab and confirmed by WEF’s House of Delegates, include: Matt Bond, Deputy Chief Engineer for Johnson County Wastewater in Overland Park, Kansas; Rick Corbett, Vice President for Associated Engineering, BC Ltd. in British Columbia, Canada; Tom Dingeman, Division Manager for the City of Greely, Colorado Water and Sewage in Greeley, Colo.; Liliana Maldanado, Senior Vice President/Northeast Regional Manager for CH2M Hill in Herndon, Virginia; Ron Moeller, Operations Specialist for Kennedy/Jenks in Chehalis, Wash.; Daniel Nolasco, President of Nolasco & Associates, Inc. in Buenos Aires, Argentina; James Pappas, Principal/Regional Leader for Stantec, Inc. in Wakefield, Mass.; Tyler Richards, Director of Water Reclamation for Gwinnett County, Georgia in Lawrenceville, Georgia; Christopher Schmit, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota; Tracy Stigers, Vice President of Brown & Caldwell in Walnut Creek, Calif.; Bjorn von Euler, Director of Corporate Communications for ITT Corporation’s Fluid Technology and Motion & Flow Control groups in New Jersey; and Jay Witherspoon, Vice President and Technology Director of Wastewater Treatment Services at CH2M HILL in South Carolina.

For complete biographies and photos, visit the About WEF section of www.wef.org. Those interested in obtaining print quality, electronic photos should contact Lori Harrison at lharrison@wef.org.

 
About WEF
Founded in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with members from varied disciplines who work toward the WEF vision of preservation and enhancement of the global water environment. The WEF network includes water quality professionals from 76 Member Associations in 30 countries.