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Michael V. Bonomo, President – Mike will begin his term as President for NEWEA beginning in January 2013. Mike is a Business Development Manager for ADS Environmental Services and has 34 years of experience in the water quality/environmental field. Mike earned his undergraduate degree from Fordham University and a graduate degree from Pace University. He has volunteered in NEWEA and WEF in a variety of positions and is a current member of the WEF Membership Committee. Mike maintains a dual membership with the New York Water Environment Association where he is the current Chair of the Wastewater Collection System Committee through February 2012. He has served NEWEA in numerous capacities including: Membership Committee Chair, WEF Delegate, Research Committee Vice Chair and NEWEA Vice President. He has also has served as a member of the Registration, Finance and Government Affairs Committees. Mike is a member of the Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers and a past Member Association recipient of the WEF Bedell Award. In addition to his current and past NEWEA involvement, Mike has been active in many other volunteer associations including New England Water Works Association and the Connecticut Water Pollution Abatement Association. |
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Bradley Moore, President Elect – Brad will begin his term as NEWEA President Elect in January 2013. He has worked in the wastewater field for 34 years and has been the Superintendent of the Bangor Wastewater Treatment for the past 15 years. Brad earned an Associate Degree in Applied Science from Eastern Maine Vocational Technical Institute and currently holds a Maine Grade 5B and New York Grade 3A operator’s license along with a Grade 3 Collections System certificate. He has been a long time member of the MWWCA serving on the Government Affairs and Public Relations committees and as Secretary of the organization. Brad has served NEWEA in numerous capacities which include Maine State Director, vice-chair of the Awards Committee, WEF Delegate and served on the Utility Council, Government Affairs, Assessment and Development and Registration committees. Brad has received the President’s Service and Roger Gagne Awards from MWWCA and the Alfred E. Peloquin Award from NEWEA. He is also a recipient of the WEF Public Education Award. Brad is a member of the Quarter Century Operators’ Club and the Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers. |
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Frank Occhipinti, PE, Treasurer (January 2013-January 2016) – Frank will begin his term as Treasurer for NEWEA. Frank is a Project Manager at Weston & Sampson in their Peabody, Massachusetts office. He has over 20 years of experience in designing and managing projects for wastewater and stormwater throughout New England specializing in capacity analysis, infiltration/inflow (I/I) analysis, and sewer system rehabilitation. Frank received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering Technology from Wentworth Institute of Technology and is a Registered Professional Engineer (PE).
Frank has been an active member of WEF and NEWEA for nearly 20 years and has served in numerous capacities in NEWEA, including: Director at Large for the Executive Committee, Student Activities Committee Chair, and a member of the Awards, Nomination, Young Professionals, Public Education, Asset Management, and Collection Systems Committees. Frank also served on the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) Boston 2012 Special Committee. |
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Joe Witts, Secretary (January 2011-January 2014) – Joe is currently serving his 3rd term as the Secretary of NEWEA. In this capacity he serves as a member of NEWEA's Executive Committee. Prior to being Secretary he served 3 years as NEWEA’s Massachusetts State Director. Joe is a Regional Manager for Andritz Separation and has been involved in the water quality / environmental field for over 27 years. Joe earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the University of Lowell. Besides his involvement on the Executive Committee, Joe has served on many committees within NEWEA including Awards, Operations Challenge, Safety, Young Professional, Manufacturer’s Rep, Water for People and the Government Affairs committees. Joe was part of the team(s) that helped implement the newly formed Utility Council and Committee Structure Task Force. He has been an active member of NEWEA and WEF since 1989. Besides his past and current NEWEA participation, Joe is also a Past-President of the Massachusetts Water Pollution Control Association (MWPCA) and a current member of their Board of Directors, where he is also Chair of the Government Affairs, Safety and Finance committees. He recently led the charge in putting together the 1st ever Massachusetts Legislative Breakfast, held during the Spring of 2011 in Boston, MA, where he served as host of this event. He has been involved with the Massachusetts Water Infrastructure Finance Commission and gave testimony to the Commission at the MA State House on behalf of NEWEA and MWPCA. Joe was also recently appointed by Governor Duval Patrick to be part of the Massachusetts Mutual Aid Agreement Advisory Council. Joe is involved with many other volunteer associations, actively participating in NEWWA, MWWCA, NHWPCA and RINWPCA to name a few. Joe is the current recipient of the NEWEA Alfred E. Peloquin Award for the State of Massachusetts. |
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Jennifer Kelly Lachmayr, WEF Delegate (October 2012-October 2015) – Jennifer Kelly Lachmayr is in her second year of her three year term as a WEF Delegate. Jenn is a Principal-in-Charge and Business Development Manager for Malcolm Pirnie the Water Division of ARCADIS-US located in Wakefield MA. Jenn has over 28 years of experience in environmental engineering. She earned her BS in mechanical engineering from Cornell University. She is a registered Professional Engineer in MA, RI, NH, and ME and is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer. Jenn has been a member of NEWEA since 1996 and has served on Programs Committee, the Assessment & Development Committee, and currently chairs the Public Awareness Task Force. In addition, Jenn is active in several other organizations including AWWA, NEWWA, APWA, ECHA, MWPCA as well as WEF. For WEF Jenn has been an active volunteer since 1997 and currently serves on the Collection Systems Committee (CSC) and chairs the Workshop subcommittee in addition she serves on Program Workshop Subcommittee and the Steering Committee for the CSC. Jenn is the recipient of the WEF’s CSC golden manhole award. |
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Janine Burke, Rhode Island State Director (January 2012-January 2015) – Janine will begin her second year or a three-year term as the State Director from Rhode Island. Janine is the Executive Director of the Warwick Sewer Authority. After earning a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Rhode Island, Janine started her career working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Boston, during which time she earned a Masters degree in Public Administration from Northeastern University. She was named Outstanding Student of Public Administration by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration in 1997. In 1998, Janine took a position with the West Warwick Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility and has worked in wastewater ever since. She holds a Grade II wastewater operator’s license from the State of Rhode Island. Janine has served on the Board of Directors of the Narragansett Water Pollution Control Association (NWPCA) since 1998, was Secretary for many years, and has worked on numerous committees. In 2003, she was the recipient of NWPCA’s James Marvelle Award for leadership excellence as an active and contributing Association member. |
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Robert Fischer, Vermont State Director (January 2012-January 2015) – Bob will begin his second year of a three-year term as the Vermont Director for NEWEA. Bob is Chief Operator at the City of Montpelier Vermont WWTF, Chief Operator at Websterville Vermont Fire District #3 WTF and has over 24 years of experience in the water quality/environmental field. Bob earned his undergraduate degree in Biology/History (dual major) from SUNY College at Buffalo and attended the graduate Fisheries Biology program at Humboldt State University. Bob is a Vermont Grade 5 DM Wastewater Operator, Vermont Grade 4C Water Operator and NEWEA Grade 2 Wastewater Laboratory Analyst. He is currently ex-officio to the NEWEA Student Activities Committee, Water for People Committee and Young Professionals Committee and has served as ex-oficio to the NEWEA Safety Committee and Laboratory Practices Committee. Bob is also the GMWEA Second Vice President, Early Education Outreach Committee Chair, Newsletter Committee Chair, member of the Government Affairs Committee, member of the Finance Committee, member of the Laboratory Standards Committee, past Web Committee Chair and past Treasurer. He has been awarded the GMWEA Andrew D. Fish Laboratory Excellence Award, WEF Laboratory Analyst Excellence Award and is a member of the NEWEA Crystal Crucible Society. In his off time, besides spending time with his wife and four children Bob is the Killington Mountain School/Killington Winter Sports Club Head Freestyle Development Team Coach. |
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Kevin Cini, Connecticut State Director (January 2011-January 2014) Kevin will begin his third year or a three-year term as CT State Director for NEWEA. Kevin is the Chief Plant Operator City of Groton WWTP where he has worked for over 30 years. He holds a Class 4 operator license, Class 3 collection system certification, and Class 2 laboratory analyst certification. Kevin has been a member of the NEWEA Awards, Industrial Wastewater, and Water Reuse committees. He is also a member of the Connecticut Lab Analysts and Director of City of Groton Internship program. |
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Raymond Willis, P.E., Massachusetts Director (January 2011-January 2014) – Ray will begin the third year of the three-year term as Massachusetts Director for NEWEA. Ray is a Vice President at Onsite Engineering, Inc. and has over 15 years experience in the water/wastewater/stormwater engineering fields. Ray received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rhode Island, is a graduate of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Program for Emerging Leaders, and holds Professional Engineering and Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator’s licenses. Ray has served NEWEA in various capacities as a member of the Awards, Collection System and Government Affairs Committees and has participated as a moderator for the NEWEA Annual Conference and Specialty Conferences. In addition to roles with NEWEA, he is active in the Massachusetts Water Pollution Control Association (MWPCA) and serves as the Association’s Vice President and is a member of the Board of Directors. He is also the chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Association’s Government Affairs, Decentralized Operations, and Collection System Committees. In addition to these professional activities Ray is active in his community as a member of the Franklin Conservation Commission and a former member of the Franklin Public Land Use Committee. |
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Thomas Groves, Outreach Council Director (January 2012-January 2015) – Tom is Director of the Wastewater and Onsite Programs division at New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC) where he has worked for the last 22 years. Tom earned his B.S. degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts/Lowell in 1984. Tom has volunteered in NEWEA and WEF in a variety of positions. He is the current chair of the NEWEA Small Community Outreach Committee and concludes his chairmanship in January 2012. He is a member of the WEF Small Community Committee and the WEF Professional Development Committee. He is also a past recipient of U.S. EPA’s 104(g) Sparkplug Award. In addition to his current and past NEWEA involvement, Tom has been active in many other volunteer associations including the National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association (NOWRA), where he recently completed a 2-year term as president and currently serves as Past-President, and the Yankee Onsite Wastewater Association (YOWA) for which he was one of the founding directors. |
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