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SFBS Presidents Message
SFBS Presidents Message
By: Billy Wong, Stantec
February 13, 2026
Recognition of Award Winners at SFBS’ Annual Awards Banquet
CWEA SFBS kicked off our year with the “Academy Awards for Wastewater” held at Hilton Concord on February 6th and congratulations to all the SFBS members and agencies recognized for their hard work and effort over the past year. Without further ado the winners are …
| Award Category | Recipient |
| Al Ditman Professional Development Training | Guy Yager, Black and Veatch |
| Andy Stamatelos Service Award | Cleveland Porter, Retired, City of Antioch |
| Collection System Person of the Year | Dominick Gardiner, Ironhouse Sanitary District |
| Collection Systems Medium | Oro Loma Sanitary District |
| Collection Systems Small | Ironhouse Sanitary District |
| Electrical Instrumentation Person of the Year | Wilfredo Martinez, Delta Diablo |
| Laboratory Person of the Year | Kevin Bowen, Central San |
| Engineering Achievement | East Bay Municipal Utility District |
| Outstanding Young Professional of the Year | Alisandra Anguiano, South San Francisco |
| P3S Person of the Year | Jason Yun, Delta Diablo |
| Plant of the Year | City of Hayward Water Resource Recovery Facility |
| Supervisor of the Year | Mark McGrath, City of Hayward |
Photos of all award winners are in the presidents message here: https://www.cwea.org/presidents-message/ or on our Flickr page here: CWEA Photo Albums’s albums | Flickr
Good luck to all those competing at the state level at the Annual Conference! Also, thanks to all (special thanks to Nick Steiner) whose contributions continue to make this event a great success.
SFBS Board Update
Please welcome our New Director on the Board, Alan Freeman of JDC. On March 26th, the newly installed 2026 SFBS Board will be having our first meeting for annual planning followed by “Think Before You Stink: Wastewater Trivia Night” hosted by PDC and SYP. It will be an event filled with networking opportunities, fun WW facts and shared laughter.
Meet the 2026 SFBS Board:
- President: Billy Wong – Stantec
- Vice President: Simon Kobayashi – East Bay MUD
- Program Director: Maxwell Armenta – East Bay MUD
- Secretary: Alan Freeman – JDC
- Treasurer: Amanda Roa – Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District
- Past President: Claire O’Brien – Brown and Caldwell
- Communications Director: Nick Hansen – Central San
The direction of our industry is exciting as we continue to tackle challenges such as emerging regulatory drivers, aging infrastructure and building a more resilient future to address climate change. Wastewater plants play a crucial role in building a sustainable, climate-resilient future for the next generation. These will be transformational years for a lot of us in the industry as we adopt new technologies along with AI and Machine learning as our day-to-day tool.
I encourage you to share your experiences and ideas that can be a great training topic for wastewater community. The CWEA SFBS is committed to providing the avenue for information sharing during our dinner meetings or seminars.
I look forward to seeing you at the coming CWEA events. If you want to contact me with any suggestions or feedback, I can be reached at [email protected]
Thanks again and have a wonderful 2026!
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