Raffael Stein is the Director of EPA’s Water Infrastructure Division and oversees the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) program which has provided over $118 billion in assistance since its inception. He also is responsible for the recently authorized Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program and the new Water Infrastructure & Resiliency Finance…
Jennifer Gonda is superintendent of Milwaukee Water Works. She previously served as director of the city’s Intergovernmental Relations Division, which works to seek funding and promote Milwaukee’s legislative agenda. Gonda joined Mayor Tom Barrett’s cabinet in July 2012 after unanimous confirmation by the Common Council and was reconfirmed in 2016.
Christy Cramer is an owner of Trilogy Consulting, LLC, and a municipal advisor registered with the SEC. For the past 20 years she has worked with local governments and utilities on management and financial issues, including water and sewer rates, long range capital funding plans, impact fees, intergovernmental agreements and related issues.
Mickie Pearsall is the Deputy Director of Finance for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) in Milwaukee, WI. She has worked for MMSD for 15 years, starting as a Budget Analyst and becoming Budget Manager. Her role in the organization focuses on a variety of long-term initiatives involving energy related contracts and public-private partnership contracts.…
Charlie Fricke has more than 25 years in sales and marketing in the technology industry, now serving as vice president of strategic accounts for Echologics. He has represented Echologics in the U.S. market when the company first formed in 2003, and has since secured strategic accounts for Echologics which include Las Vegas Valley Water District,…
Alan Roberson is Executive Director of the Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA). ASDWA’s members (the state drinking water agencies) are co-regulators with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Roberson has over 27 years of experience in the development of drinking water policy and federal drinking water regulations. He and his staff work closely…
Lawrie Kobza is a partner at the Madison law firm of Boardman & Clark LLP. She has represented municipal water systems and other utilities on a full range of legal matters for more than 25 years. In addition to representing many municipal water utilities, Kobza serves as legal counsel to the Central Brown County Water Authority,…
Mary Ellen Mitchell is the president of SpendCheQ. She is a highly-experienced supply chain professional with extensive consulting and advisory experience in global procurement, supply chain and spend management at a strategic and operational level. She has been a guest speaker on best practices and trends in the procurement field for ProcureCon, ISM and SIG…
Jim Baehr is a group lead for Sourcing Strategies Group, which supports the supply management needs of clients in both the public and private sectors. He has also served as an independent advisor leading transformation initiatives and supply management projects for chemicals, energy, retail and water clients. Baehr is a frequent presenter at conferences and…
Lan Anh Phan is a Credit Risk Advisor in the WIFIA (Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act) Program at the EPA where she led the work to set up the risk management and credit review for the WIFIA potential portfolio, and to ensure its overall compliance with the federal credit guidance. Ms. Lan Phan has…