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Registration Fees:

• AWWA Member: $95
• Non-Member: $120

Registration Deadline: May 13, 2025

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Agenda (5.50 Contact Hours Available)

• 8:30am - 8:50am: Arrival, Registration, Coffee
• 8:50am - 9:00am: Welcome & Introduction
  • Speaker(s): Joe Crea, Raftelis & Glenn Marzluf, Del-Co Water
• 9:00am - 9:45am: Continuing the Transformational Journey of a Utility: Using EUM to create a Strategic Plan & Develop Employee Onboarding
  • Speaker(s):

    • Gary Fedark, Lake County Dept of Utilities 
    • Jennifer Myers, Brown and Caldwell 
    • Michael McGlothin, Lake County Dept of Utilities
      
• 9:45am - 10:15am: Recruiting the Next Generation for your Utility Apprenticeship Program (Cleveland Water)
  • Speaker(s): 

    • Denita Bonhart, Cleveland Water 
    • Catherine Troy, Cleveland Water
• 10:15am - 10:45am: Networking Break
• 10:45am - 12:00pm: Workforce Panel Discussion
  • Speaker(s): 

    • Kari Gerwin, Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments 
    • Andrew McClure, City of Toledo 
    • Jason Peskar, NEORSD 
    • Denita Bonhart, Cleveland Water 
    • Catherine Troy, Cleveland Water 
• 12:00pm - 12:45pm: Networking Lunch
• 12:45pm - 2:15pm: Central Ohio Panel Discussion
  • 15-Country Regional Study
  • Kathleen Smith
  • Hazen
  • Planning for Growth
  • Jim Roberts, Licking Regional Water District 
  • Jeremy Hoyt, City of Marysville 
  • Tom Taylor, Mid-Ohio Water & Sewer District 
  • TBD, City of Columbus
• 2:15pm - 2:45pm: Developing Emerging Leaders
  • Speaker(s): Jessica Micco, Greenville Municipal Water Authority
• 2:45pm - 3:00pm: Break
• 3:00pm - 3:30pm: Rate Setting in Unsettled Times
  • Speaker(s): Erik Johnson/Joe Crea, Raftelis
• 3:30pm - 4:00pm: Demonstrating Financial Capability and Developing a Financial Roadmap for Long-Term Asset Management Implementation
• Speaker(s): Shery Loos, Arcadis
• 4:00pm - Workshop Adjourn