FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Lori Harrison, (703) 684-2480
lharrison@wef.org
October 28, 2009
The Water Environment Federation Announces its 2009-2010 Board of Trustees
Alexandria, Va. - The Water Environment Federation (WEF) announces the members of its 2009-2010 Board of Trustees. The members of the Board were confirmed by WEF’s House of Delegates during WEFTEC®.09 – WEF’s 82nd annual technical exhibition and conference – earlier this month in Orlando, Fla.
During a ceremony on Tuesday, October 13, the WEF “gavel of leadership” was passed from President Rebecca West (Spartanburg, S.C.) to incoming President Paul Freedman (Ann Arbor, Mich.). “I am very pleased and honored to become president of the Water Environment Federation,” said Freedman. “This is exciting but also a responsibility and challenge…not only to live up to the outstanding example set by Rebecca and other WEF and Member Association leaders, but more so because I am assuming the presidency at a very exciting and challenging time in history.”
In addition to President Freedman, the 2009-2010 Board of Trustees includes: Immediate Past President West, President-Elect Jeanette Brown (Stamford, Conn.), Vice President Matt Bond (Kansas City, Mo.), Treasurer Chris Browning (Canton, Ga.), Secretary and Executive Director Bill Bertera (Alexandria, Va.), Paul Bowen (Atlanta, Ga.), Judy Jones (Marietta, Ga.), Deborah Houdeshell (Akron, Ohio), Carl Janson, (Blue Bell, Pa.), Betty Jordan, (Dallas, Texas), Terry Krause (Chicago, Ill.), Ed McCormick (Oakland, Calif.), Sandra Ralston (Charleston, S.C.), Leslie Samel (Jacksonville, Fla.), Cordell Samuels, (Pickering, Ontario, Canada), Paul Schuler (Portland, Ore.), and Rick Warner (Reno, Nev.).
Recognized as the largest water quality event in North America and largest annual water quality exhibition in the world, WEFTEC.09 was held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., from October 10-14, 2009.
For complete biographies and photos of the WEF 2009-2010 Board of Trustees, visit the Board of Trustees page.
About WEF
Formed in 1928, the Water Environment Federation (WEF) is a not-for-profit technical and educational organization with 36,000 individual members and 75 affiliated Member Associations representing water quality professionals around the world. WEF and its Member Associations proudly work to achieve our mission of preserving and enhancing the global water environment.
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