2024 Award Nomination Form

• Electronic/Online Award Nomination Form

2023 Award Winner Bio Forms

• Electronic/Online Award Winner Bio Form
• Fillable PDF Award Winner Bio Form

Member award information

• Awards Description Booklet

• All Previous MWEA Award and Scholarship Winners

• All Previous WEF Member Association Award Winners

• WEF Awards and Recognition Program (link opens in a new window and takes you to the WEF site

Congratulations 2023 award winners!

WEF/MWEA Awards

• Arthur Sidney Bedell Award  ~  Joe Goergen, Retired
• William D Hatfield Award  ~  Elmer (Lee) Keysor, Saginaw Charter Township
• Laboratory Analyst Award  ~  Anita Friend, Muskegon County
• George W. Burke Jr. Award ~  Muskegon WRRF
• Outgoing WEF Delegate ~ Heather Cheslek, Black & Veatch 
  
  

MWEA Awards

• Dan Wolz Clean Water Award  ~  Steve Aiken, Duperon Corporation
• Collections Systems Professional  ~  Jennifer Smerecki, City of Grand Rapids
• Donald M. Pierce Award  ~  Ryan Vredeveld, Grand Haven Spring Lake SA
• Doris Van Dam Operations Professional  ~  Jared Grabinski, City of Grand Rapids
• Educational Professional  ~  Hillary Caron, City of Grand Rapids
• Health & Safety Professional ~ Joseph Kovalcik, City of Warren WRF
• Honorary Membership ~  Pete Cavagnaro, WRR Solutions
• IPP Professional  ~  George Davis, Davis and Davis Law Offices PLC
• Kenneth J. Miller Founders ~ Dave Connors, Waterworks System & Equipment
• Loring F. Oeming Award ~ Ferdinand Patalingug, JBS
• Maintenance Professional  ~  Matt Mitschke, City of Charlotte
• New Professional  ~  Paige Hammerl, Hubbell, Roth and Clark
• Outgoing President ~  Elaine Venema, Fleis & VandenBrink
• Outgoing Secretary ~ Lambrina Tercala, OHM Advisors
• Outstanding Environmental Engineer  ~  Glenna Wood, Gosling Czubak Enigneering
• Outstanding Environmental Consultant  ~  Jason Dosca, Dosca and Associates
• Outstanding Vendor Support  ~  Heather Walker HESCO
• PK Sarda Lab Professional  ~  Mark Johnston, Muskegon County RRC
• President's Award  ~  Rich Grant, Fleis & VandenBrink
• Public Utility Management Professional  ~  Charles Schroeder, City of Grand Rapids
• Regulatory Professional  ~  Jonathan M. Berman, EGLE
• Sustainable Energy ~  City of Grand Rapids WRRF
• Watershed Management Professional ~  Christe Alwin, EGLE

Willard F. Shephard Award Recipients

2023 Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers (5S) Inductees