AWARDS
2026 Award Nominations
2026 Online Award Nomination Form - Nominations Closed
2026 Award Biographies
Member award information
WEF Awards and Recognition Program (link opens in a new window and takes you to the WEF site
Congratulations 2026 Award Recipients
MWEA Awards
Dan Wolz Clean Water Award for Environmental Excellence
James Meenahan, Retired
Collections Systems Professional of the Year
Jamie Sochocki, Bridgeport Twp
Doris Van Dam - Operations Professional of the Year
Dave Skiff, City of Cadillac
Educational Professional of the Year
Lutgarde Raskin, University of Michigan
Excellence in Service
Chuck Meek, Solve for X
Groundwater Management Professional of the year
Katie Hillenbrand Strohauer, Fleis & VandenBrink
Health & Safety Professional of the year
Keiano Vanzant, Great Lakes Water Authority
Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP) Professional of the Year
Corrine Haybarker, Fishbeck
James R. Rumsey Award
Patrick McNamara, GCDCWWS
Maintenance Professional of the Year
- Kyle Crump, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
New Professional of the Year
- Tiffany Minder, City of Flint
Outstanding Engineer
- Karlin Danielsen, OHM Advisors
Outstanding Environmental Consultant
- Aaron Davenport, Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd
Outstanding Vendor Support
- Sean Egan, Eganix, Inc
P.K. Sarda Lab Professional of the Year
- Al Mayer, City of Greenville
President's Award
Steve Aiken, Duperon
Public Utility MGT Professional of the Year
- Harold Knapp, Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority
Regulatory Professional
- Steven Eick, EGLE WRD
Residuals Management Professional of the year
- Jeff Dietlin, City of Cadillac
Watershed Management Professional of the year
- Cara Decker, Lower Grand River Organization of Watersheds
Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers
TBD
WEF Awards
Arthur Sidney Bedell Award
- Elaine Venema, Fleis & VandenBrink
William D. Hatfield Award
Keith Moss, Retired
WEF Life Membership
Robert Hickey
- James Ridgway
- Barbara Marczak
- Carol Hufnagel
- Joseph Keefe
- Dave Jaeger