On Friday, May 1st the gavel was passed for the first time in a virtual setting, from CWEA’s Outgoing President Kevin Calderwood to our new President Wendy Wert. Wendy is a Civil Engineer in the Facilities Planning Division, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. Congratulations Wendy!

Members unanimously approved the slate of nominees for the 2020-21 Board of Directors as recommended by the Board:
Two additional directors joined the Board as chairs of their respective committees:
Arvind Akela, Engineering Director with Silicon Valley Clean Water took office as our President-Elect. Kevin Calderwood, Sr. Project Manager with HDR becomes the CWEA Immediate Past President.
| TITLE | NAME | ORGANIZATION |
|---|---|---|
| President | Wendy Wert | Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts |
| President Elect | Arvind Akela | Silicon Valley Clean Water |
| Vice President | Megan Yoo Schneider | Municipal Water District of Orange County |
| Treasurer | William Cassidy | Orange County Sanitation District |
| Past President | Kevin Calderwood | HDR Engineering, Inc. |
| Director | Brian Villacorta | Coombs-Hopkins Company |
| Director | Garin Warren | East Bay MUD |
| Director | Kathryn Gies | West Yost Associates |
| Director | Mark Takemoto | CDM Smith |
| Director | Shawn Nesgis | Union Sanitary District |
| Director | Soma Bhadra | PROTEUS Consulting |
| Director | Valerie Ratto | Orange County Sanitation District |
| Director | Zaheer Shaikh | Lee & Ro, Inc. |
| TCP Chair | Abigail Gomez | City of Fontana |
| WEF Director | Brian Peck | Carollo Engineers |
| WEF Director | Debi Lewis | Stantec |
| WEF Director | Kody Tompkins | City of Barstow |
| WEF Director | Matthew Winkelman | GHD Inc. |
You can find the CWEA Board contact list at mycwea.org. The list of CWEA Committee leaders is here.