Board of Directors
Executive Committee

Craig Lichty, President
Client Director and Vice President
Black & Veatch

Bart Weiss, Vice President
Chief Officer,
Innovation and Resiliency
Hillsborough County Public Utilities (Florida)

Karen Pallansch, Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer
Alexandria Renew Enterprises (Virginia)

Deven Upadhyay, Secretary
Executive Officer and Assistant General Manager
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Gilbert Trejo, Past President
Chief Operations Officer –
Treatment and Production
El Paso Water (Texas)
Directors

Pinar Balci, Ph.D.
Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Sustainability
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
(New York)

Katherine (Kati) Bell
Managing Director of Water Strategy
Brown and Caldwell

Jon Freedman
Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs
SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions

Juan Gomez
Director of Engineering
San Antonio Water System (Texas)

Felicia Marcus
Consultant
Stanford University Water in the West Program (California)

Paula Kehoe
Director of Water Resources
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (California)

John Kmiec
Interim Director
Tucson Water Department (Arizona)

Paul Sciuto
General Manager
Monterey One Water (California)

Joe Mouawad
General Manager
Eastern Municipal Water District (California)

B. Narayanan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Carollo Engineers

Joseph Vesey
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer
Xylem, Inc.

Wayne Young
Vice President, Environmental Services
JEA (Florida)
Section Representatives
Arizona

Maria Brady
Principal, Senior Project Manager
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
California

Elizabeth Dawson
Engineering Manager
El Dorado Irrigation District
Colorado

John Rehring
Vice President
Carollo Engineers
Florida

Robert Beltran
Vice President
Dewberry | Hydro
Nevada

Raj Chavan
Vice President, Senior Project Director for Water & Technical Solutions
Atkins
Pacific Northwest

Matt Shroll
Project Manager
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (Idaho)
South Carolina

David Niesse
Technical Services Officer
Renewable Water Resources (ReWA)
Texas

Mark Vega
General Manager
McAllen Public Utility
Board Meetings
Third Quarter:
TBD in-person or remote
Friday, September 16, 2022: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm EST