Community Leadership Council

The CLC is comprised of all the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of WEF's communities and councils and Directors of the Communities of Practice (CoP).

The CLC was create by the Board of Trustees (Board) to provide a mechanism for WEF communities to share ideas; improve communications within WEF and serve as a communication link between the communities and the Board.

CLC Mission

Serve as a communication link between the WEF Board and the WEF Communities

  • Promote ideas and offer suggestions that enhance community activities.
  • Promote a means to communicate effectively between communities.
  • Train future community leaders.
  • Promote collaboration within WEF and related organizations, including the Member Association corresponding Committees.
  • Provide a forum for hot topics, emerging issues and effective technical and management practices.

Chair
Rasha Maal-Bared, 2023 - 2025
Tel: (780) 412-7617
Email:maalbaredr@cdsmith.com

Vice Chair
Ian Fife, 2023 - 2025
Tel: (801) 290-5637
Email: ifife@westech-inc.com

Staff Manager
Aisha Morrow
Tel: 703-684-2400, ext 7017
Email:  amorrow@wef.org

 

CoP Directors

Initiatives
2023-2025
Scott Schaefer
scott.schaefer@AE2S.com


Treatment Specialties

Mark Knight
2023 - 2025
mark.n.knight@gmail.com


Resource & Recovery
Brian Arntsen
2024 - 2026
brian.arntsen@veolia.com

Operations & Maintenance
Prabhushanker Chadrasekeran
2024 - 2026
prabhushankar.chandrasekeran@arcadis.com


Outreach

Donnell Duncan
2023 - 2025
Donnell.duncan@arcadis.com


Training, Research & Regulations

Kari Fitzmorris Brisolara
2023 - 2025
kbriso@lsuhsc.edu

Conveyance & Watershed
Greg Woodward
2023 - 2025
gjwoodward@burnsmcd.com

Resilience
Zonetta English
2024 - 2026
zonetta.english@louisvillemsd.org

Leadership, Development & Conferences
Alexander Kraemer
2024 - 2026
akraemer@harvest.llc

 

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