AWARDS
2025 Award Forms
Member award information
WEF Awards and Recognition Program (link opens in a new window and takes you to the WEF site
MWEA Awards
Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers
- Erica Morgan, OHM Advisors
- Mark Prein, Prein & Newhof
- Zane MacKenzie, Portage Lake Water & Sewer Authority
Dan Wolz Clean Water Award for Environmental Excellence
Tim Sikma, City of Wixom
Collections Systems Professional of the Year
David McCord, Great Lakes Water Authority
Donald M. Pierce Award
Sajit George, Great Lakes Water Authority
Doris Van Dam - Operations Professional of the Year
Paul Cutter, City of Hart
Educational Professional of the Year
Russell Lewis, City of Grand Rapids
Excellence in Service
Jamie Burton, HRC
Executive Director Award
Phil Argiroff, EGLE
Health & Safety Professional of the year
Don Nichols, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
James R. Rumsey Award
Trent Montemayor, Donohue & Associates
Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP) Professional of the Year
Sreedhar Mullapudi, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
Maintenance Professional of the Year
- Major Gresham, Great Lakes Water Authority
New Professional of the Year
- Amanda Laramie, Fishbeck
Outstanding Engineer
- David Harvey, Fleis & VandenBrink
Outstanding Environmental Consultant
- Blair Selover, Fleis & VandenBrink
Outstanding Vendor Support
- Jay Vermilye, Dubois Cooper
P.K. Sarda Lab Professional of the Year
- Andrea Busch, Great Lakes Water Authority
President's Award
Navid Mehram, Great Lakes Water Authority
Camille Leverett, WEF
Public Utility MGT Professional of the Year
- Jim Cornell, City of Kalamazoo
Regulatory Professional
- Chris Veldkamp, EGLE
Residuals Management Professional of the year
- Sarah Campbell, EGLE
MWEA/WEF Awards
Arthur Bedell
- Dave Connors, Waterworks Systems
William Hatfield
- Doug Engelsman, City of Zeeland
Laboratory Analyst Excellence
- Jacqueline Smith-Clayton, City of Lansing