WEAO Young Professionals Committee

WEAO Young Professionals Committee
Volunteer Roster 2013-2014
Last updated: February 11, 2014
Steering Committee
Responsibility: Leadership, Vision, and Overall Operations of the WEAO YP Committee
Positions: Nominated and voted.
Skills Developed: Leadership, Coordination, Communication, Planning
Chair
Alvin Pilobello, GHD
Vice-Chair
Alison Chan, Black and Veatch
Treasurer
Ken Ryder, Valve & Gate Group
Past-Chair
June Garcia-Becerra
WEF YP Representative
Michael Celli, AECOM (from the BCWWA)
Committee Liaisons
Responsibility: Official YP Liaisons to the various WEAO Committees
Positions: By appointment.
Skills Developed: Communication, Technical, Forward Thinking (collaboration), Networking
Asset Management
Alvin Pilobello, GHD
Climate Change
Carolyn Lee, CH2M HILL
Communications
Natasha Niznik, Toronto Water
Conference
Carla Fernandes, XCG Consultants Ltd. (Lead)
Rafiq Qutub, AECOM
Nigel D’Souza, Anaergia
Collection Systems
Scott Hillaby, RV Anderson
Government Affairs
Nancy Afonso, Black and Veatch
Operations Challenge
Ken Ryder, Valve & Gate Group
OWWA YP Liaison
AVAILABLE
Promotions and Event Planning
AVAILABLE
Residuals and Biosolids
AVAILABLE
Wastewater Treatment Technologies Carla Fernandes, XCG Consultants Ltd.
Water for People
Dmitry Zolotnitsky, WSP Group
YP Committee Communications
Responsibility: Content creation and distribution to members regarding WEAO YP and general WEAO
events, programs, and other relevant industry information through various forms of media.
Positions: Available positions (2)
Skills Developed: Writing, Marketing, Networking
Newsletter
Alison Chan, Black and Veatch
Alvin Pilobello, GHD Canada
Social Media
Natasha Niznik, Toronto Water
Heather Murdock, Hatch Mott MacDonald
INFLUENTS / Communications
Natasha Niznik, Toronto Water
Rachel Chow, AECOM
Nigel D’Souza, Anaergia
Website
Alison Chan, Black and Veatch
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WEAO Young Professionals Committee
Volunteer Roster 2013-2014
Last updated: February 11, 2014
sub-Committee: External Affairs
Responsibility: In development. Main mandate is to develop and maintain relationships with other
Water-related organizations in the Province, not including WEF, AWWA, or OWWA. In
Positions: None available at this time.
Skills Developed: Networking, Technical, Forward Thinking (opportunities for collaboration)
Jane Simmons, J.L. Richards (Lead)
Carolyn Lee, CH2M HILL
Dmitry Zolotnitsky, Genivar
Rupinder Assi, Township of Brockton
sub-Committee: Mentorship
Responsibility: Organization and Coordination of the continuous mentorship program, including
matching of the mentors/mentees, and administration of the mentorship program guidelines.
Positions: None available at this time.
Skills Developed: Networking, Coordination, Mentorship
Ancel Fernandes, H2Flow (Lead)
Tony Tsui, Ministry of the Environment (Lead)
George Lai, Ministry of the Environment (Advisor)
sub-Committee: Scholarship
Responsibility: Organization and Coordination of the annual Scholarship Program.
Positions: None available at this time.
Skills Developed: Writing, Networking (with Board members), Marketing, Evaluation
Heather Murdock, Hatch Mott MacDonald (Lead)
Ryan Boone, RV Anderson (Advisor)
sub-Committee: Social Events
Responsibility: Organization of fun social events to create networking, socializing,
Positions: Available positions (1)
Skills Developed: Event Planning, Networking, Communication (Written, Verbal, Presentations),
Marketing
Ryan Thoren, Associated Engineering
Indira B. Molina, Giesecke and Devrient Systems
Michael Liu, CIMA
Kimberley Thomas, AECOM
sub-Committee: Student Chapter Program | Student Chapter Leadership Forum
Responsibility: Coordination and Support for the WEAO Student Chapters in Ontario, including the
annual Leadership Forum.
Positions: Available positions (2)
Skills Developed: Coordination, Presentations, Technical, Networking
Bram Bontje, Dillon Consulting (Lead)
Ryan Boone, RV Anderson
Marcus Henderson, ACG Technology
Tiffany Chai
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WEAO Young Professionals Committee
Volunteer Roster 2013-2014
Last updated: February 11, 2014
sub-Committee: Student Design Competition
Responsibility: Organization and Coordination of the annual Student Design Competition.
Positions: None available at this time.
Skills Developed: Coordination, Technical, Networking, Communication (Verbal, Presentations)
Natasha Niznik, Toronto Water (Lead)
Tiffany Chai (Lead)
Yashar Esfandi, SPD Sales Ltd.
Tony Tsui, Ministry of Environment
Rafiq Qutub, AECOM (Advisor)
Kirill Cheiko, Stantec (Advisor)
sub-Committee : Technical Seminars and Tours
Responsibility: Organization of informative, and technical seminars, plant tours, and other professional
development events.
Positions: None available at this time.
Skills Developed: Event Planning, Technical, Networking, Communication (Verbal, Presentations)
Nancy Afonso, Black and Veatch (Lead)
Monica Rivera, Black and Veatch
Erin McGregor, Intrinsik Environmental Services
Cheryl Menzies, Lakeside Controls
James Des Cotes, RV Anderson
Ilan Adler, University of Toronto
Sandy Naime, BluePlan
Bernardo Majano, RV Anderson
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