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$77,78'(0$.(67+(',))(5(1&( Clear Waters Summer 2020 ClearWatersSummer 2020, Vol. 50, No. 2 NYWEA Board of Directors New York Water Environment Association, Inc. Officers President’s Message ...... 4 President ...... William J. Nylic III, Woodbury William J. Nylic III President–Elect ...... Lauren Livermore, Liverpool Vice President ...... Khristopher Dodson, Syracuse Executive Director’s Message ...... 5 Vice President–Elect ...... Donna Bee, Northport Patricia Cerro-Reehil Treasurer ...... Anthony Della Valle, New Rochelle Highlights from the Virtual Spring Technical Conference & Exhibition ..... 6-7 Assistant Treasurer ...... Timothy Taber, Liverpool Immediate Past President ...... Robert Wither, Glenville NYWEA Diversity & Inclusion Statement ...... 8 WEF House of Delegates ...... Oluwole McFoy, Buffalo Executive Committee of NYWEA Water Views: COVID-19 Times ...... 9 Chapter Representatives James Tierney Capital ...... Dan Rourke, Mechanicville Central ...... Rick Kenealy, Rome Focus on Safety: Mentoring is a Relationship ...... 9 Genesee ...... Michelle McEntire, Rochester Eileen M. Reynolds Long Island ...... George Desmarais, Melville In Memoriam – Thomas J. Lauro ...... 10 Lower Hudson ...... Robert DeGiorgio, Bethel, CT Metropolitan ...... Vatche Minassian, Where Are They Now? Scholarship Success Stories in the Water Workforce .. 13 Western ...... Angela Hintz, Baffalo Madison Quinn

To Our Water and Wastewater O&M Staff, We Thank You ...... 14 Young Professionals Representative Alexander Bullers, Buffalo Sara Igielski Operator Representative ...... Dale Grudier, Babylon WEF House of Delegates ...... Oluwole McFoy, Buffalo ’s Engineering and Science Center ...... 17 Peter McHugh ...... Geoff Baldwin, New York City; Paul McGarvey, Buffalo At Manhattan College, Collaboration is Key ...... 21 Committee Representatives Matthew L. Sweeney Association Activities Group: Joyette Tyler, White Plains Awards ...... Melissa Motyl, New York City SUNY ESF Chapter is a Model NYWEA Student Chapter ...... 24 Hall of Fame ...... Ron Delo, White Plains Mallory Delanoy, Brianna Fitzgerald and Douglas Daley Membership ...... Michelle McEntire, Rochester Center of Excellence in Healthy Water Solutions Ready to Work ...... 28 Program ...... Lisa Derrigan, Buffalo Stephen Shaw and Stefan Grimberg Vijesh Karatt Vellatt, New York City Certification Committee . . . . Vincent Rubino, New York City Clarkson University NYWEA Student Chapter ...... 30 Alex Emmerson, Buffalo Lauren Howard, Hannah Beebie and Madison Quinn Conference Management ...... Joyette Tyler, White Plains Cornell Joins the Club ...... 33 Strategic Planning ...... Lauren Livermore, Liverpool Lydia LaGorga, Brian Rahm and Jery Stedinger Young Professionals ...... Venessa Braban