The purpose of this Operator Training Committee (OTC) is:
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Download the current OTC Committee list and contact information.
Chair |
Brad Ebinger
WaterOne 7601 Holliday Drive Kansas City, KS 66106 Phone: (913) 895-5801 Cell: (816) 863-4652 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Chair-Elect |
Steven Craig
City of Lawrence PO Box 708 Lawrence, KS 66044 Phone: (785) 760-7023 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Vice Chair
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Mike Stec
City of Atchison 1801 Main Street Atchison, KS 66002 Phone: (913) 360-2786 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Administration |
Hank Corcoran Boyer
HCB Management Services PO Box 3046 Salina, KS 67402-3046 Phone: (785) 826-9163 Cell: (785) 452-5706 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
OTC Northeast Region Subcommittee |
Steven Craig
City of Lawrence PO Box 708 Lawrence, KS 66044 Phone: (785) 760-7023 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
OTC Southeast Region Subcommittee |
Phillip Cooper
City of Emporia 2910 W 24th St Emporia, KS 66801 Phone: (620) 340-6372 Cell: (620) 344-3006 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
OTC North Central Region Subcommittee |
Vacant |
OTC South Central Region Subcommittee |
Dan Defore
City of Winfield PO Box 646 Winfield, KS 67156 Phone: (620) 221-5642 Cell: (620) 222-8515 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
OTC West Region Subcommittee |
Fred Jones |
The Diversity and Member Inclusion Committee promotes volunteerism and seeks to provide opportunities that encourage the diversity of membership and leadership and creating a more inclusive organization. This mission aligns with the Section’s strategic goals focused on engagement, sustainability, knowledge transfer, and leadership. The success of AWWA depends upon the participation of all its members. We are committed to proactively engaging a membership that reflects the demographics of those we serve.
The section members and staff shall make it clear that discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status or disability, and harassment of any type are not acceptable and will not be tolerated. As such, in close collaboration with and approval by the Section’s board, our committee proposes to undertake the following actions:
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Download the Past Officers list.
1981 | 1982 | 1983 | |
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Director | Kermit Mangun | John Robinson | John Robinson |
Chair | John Robinson | H. Jack Burris | F.E. Withrow, Jr. |
Chair-Elect | N. Jack Burris | F.E. Withrow, Jr. | Beau Kansteiner |
Vice Chair | F.E. Withrow, Jr. | Beau Kansteiner | David Kendrick |
Trustee | F.E. Withrow, Jr. | Beau Kansteiner | David Kendrick |
Trustee | Beau Kansteiner | David Kendrick | Terry McKanna |
Trustee | David Kendrick | Terry McKanna | Ron Amold |
Sec/Treas | Leon Blackwell | Jerry May | Jerry May |
1984 | 1985 | 1986 | |
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Director | John Robinson | F.E. Withrow, Jr. | F.E. Withrow, Jr. |
Chair | Beau Kansteiner | David Kendrick | Terry McKanna |
Chair-Elect | David Kendrick | Terry McKanna | Jerry May |
Vice Chair | Terry McKanna | Jerry May | Bennet Kwan |
Trustee | Terry McKanna | Ron Arnold | Bennet Kwan |
Trustee | Ron Arnold | Jerry May | Roger Coffey |
Trustee | Jerry May | Bennett Kwan | Art Woodward |
Sec/Treas | Jerry May | Loyal Butts | Richard Porter |
1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
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Director | F.E. Withrow, Jr. | Alan Shineman | Alan Shineman |
Chair | Jerry May | Bennet Kwan | Roger Coffey |
Chair-Elect | Bennet Kwan | Roger Coffey | Art Woodward |
Vice Chair | Roger Coffey | Art Woodward | Jim Patton |
Trustee | Roger Coffey | Art Woodward | Jim Patton |
Trustee | Art Woodward | Jim Patton | John Cramer |
Trustee | Jim Patton | John Cramer | Larry Nelson |
Sec/Treas | Richard Porter | Richard Porter | Richard Porter |
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | |
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Director | Alan Shineman | Beau Kansteiner | Beau Kansteiner |
Chair | Art Woodward | Jim Patton | John Cramer |
Chair-Elect | Jim Patton | John Cramer | Larry Nelson |
Vice Chair | John Cramer | Larry Nelson | David Waldo |
Trustee | John Cramer | Larry Nelson | David Waldo |
Trustee | Larry Nelson | David Waldo | Ervin Sims, Jr. |
Trustee | David Waldo | Ervin Sims, Jr. | David Warren |
Sec/Treas | Richard Porter | Richard Porter | Richard Porter |
1993 | 1994 | 1995 | |
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Director | Beau Kansteiner | Bennet Kwan | Bennet Kwan |
Chair | Larry Nelson | David Waldo | Ervin Sims, Jr. |
Chair-Elect | David Waldo | Ervin Sim, Jr. | David Warren |
Vice Chair | Ervin Sims, Jr. | David Warren | Larry Shannon |
Trustee | Ervin Sims, Jr. | David Warren | Larry Shannon |
Trustee | David Warren | Larry Shannon | Ron Parker |
Trustee | Larry Shannon | Ron Parker | Dan McCarthy |
Sec/Treas | Richard Porter | Richard Porter | Richard Porter |
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | |
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Director | Bennet Kwan | David Waldo | David Waldo |
Chair | David Warren | Larry Shannon | Ron Parker |
Chair-Elect | Larry Shannon | Ron Parker | Dan McCarthy |
2nd Year Trustee | Ron Parker | Larry Elliott | Eileen Koutelas |
2nd Year Trustee | Dan McCarthy | Bill Driscoll | Dick Pedrotti |
2nd Year Trustee | Eileen Koutelas | Ken Zielke | Don Gray |
1st Year Trustee | Ken Zielke | Dan McCarthy | Bill Driscoll |
1st Year Trustee | Bill Driscoll | Eileen Koutelas | Larry Elliott |
1st Year Trustee | Larry Elliott | Richard Pedrotti | Ken Zielke |
Sec/Treas | Richard Porter | Richard Porter | Richard Porter |
Past Chair | Ervin Sims, Jr. | David Warren | Larry Shannon |
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |
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Director | Jerald Robnett | Jerald Robnett | Jerald Robnett |
Chair | Dan McCarthy | Eileen Koutelas | Eileen Koutelas |
Chair-Elect | Eileen Koutelas | Ken Zielke | Ken Zielke |
2nd Year Trustee | Bill Driscoll | Gerald Blain | Gerald Blain |
2nd Year Trustee | Larry Elliott | Don Gray | Don Gray |
2nd Year Trustee | Ken Zielke | Dick Pedrotti | Dick Pedrotti |
1st Year Trustee | Gerald Blain | David Glenn | David Glenn |
1st Year Trustee | Don Gray | Kevin Rood | Kevin Rood |
1st Year Trustee | Dick Pedrotti | Iraj Pourmirza | Iraj Pourmirza |
Sec/Treas | Richard Porter | Richard Porter | Richard Porter |
Past Chair | Ron Parker | Dan McCarthy | Dan McCarthy |
2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
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Director | Jerald Robnett | Dan McCarthy | Dan McCarthy |
Chair | Don Gray | Gerald Blain | Kevin Rood |
Chair-Elect | Gerald Blain | Kevin Rood | Richard Porter/Gerald Blain |
2nd Year Trustee | David Egger | David Glenn | Jim Wendell |
2nd Year Trustee | Richard Porter | Patricia Adams | Tom Schrempp |
2nd Year Trustee | Tom Schrempp | Mike Tate | David Egger |
1st Year Trustee | David Glenn | Tom Schrempp | Patricia Adams |
1st Year Trustee | Mike Tate | David Egger | Mike Tate |
1st Year Trustee | Kevin Rood | Richard Porter | Lanny Uden |
Sec/Treas | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor |
Past Chair | Ken Zielke | Don Gray | Gerald Blain |
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
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Director | Dan McCarthy | Don Gray | Don Gray |
Chair | Gerald Blain | David Egger | Lanny Uden |
Chair-Elect | David Egger | Lanny Uden | Tom Schrempp |
2nd Year Trustee | Mike Tate | Marc Pedrotti | David Bries |
2nd Year Trustee | Lanny Uden | Jim Wendell | Jim Brummer |
2nd Year Trustee | Kelly Guerrero | David Odell | Dan Clair |
1st Year Trustee | Jim Wendell | David Bries | David Odell |
1st Year Trustee | Tom Schrempp | Jim Brummer | Mike Orth |
1st Year Trustee | Marc Pedrotti | Dan Clair | Marc Pedrotti |
Sec/Treas | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor |
Past Chair | Kevin Rood | Gerald Blain | David Egger |
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
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Director | Don Gray | Gerald Blain | Gerald Blain |
Chair | Tom Schrempp | Marc Pedrotti | David Bries |
Chair-Elect | Marc Pedrotti | David Bries | Mike Orth |
2nd Year Trustee | Jim Brummer | Jim Epp | Dan Defore |
2nd Year Trustee | Dan Clair | Jim Brummer | Charlie Wheeler |
2nd Year Trustee | David Odell | Steve Randtke | Chuck Weber |
1st Year Trustee | David Bries | David Odell | Jim Epp |
1st Year Trustee | Mike Orth | Dan Clair | Steve Randtke |
1st Year Trustee | Steve Randtke | Mike Orth | Bruce Allman |
Sec/Treas | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor |
Past Chair | Lanny Uden | Tom Schrempp | Marc Pedrotti |
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
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Director | Gerald Blain | Tom Schrempp | Tom Schrempp |
Director-Elect | Tom Schrempp | ||
Chair | Mike Orth | Steve Randtke | Bruce Allman |
Chair-Elect | Steve Randtke | Bruce Allman | Dan Defore |
2nd Year Trustee | Jim Epp | Dan Defore | Jon Shellhorn |
2nd Year Trustee | Bruce Allman | Charlie Wheeler | Lester Estelle |
2nd Year Trustee | Lester Estelle | Chuck Weber | Jim Epp |
1st Year Trustee | Dan Defore | Jim Epp | Chuck Weber |
1st Year Trustee | Charlie Wheeler | Lester Estelle | Karla Pierce |
1st Year Trustee | Chuck Weber | Jon Shellhorn | Phillip Cooper |
Sec/Treas | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor |
Past Chair | David Bries | Mike Orth | Steve Randtke |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
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Director | Tom Schrempp | Mike Orth | Mike Orth |
Director-Elect | Mike Orth | ||
Chair | Dan Defore | Jim Epp | Lester Estelle |
Chair-Elect | Jim Epp | Lester Estelle | Martha Tasker |
2nd Year Trustee | Chuck Weber | Jon Shellhorn | Phillip Cooper |
2nd Year Trustee | Phillip Cooper | Durward Johnson | Andrew Hansen |
2nd Year Trustee | Martha Tasker | Mike Rudy | Katie Miller |
1st Year Trustee | Lester Estelle | Andrew Hansen | Mike Rudy |
1st Year Trustee | John Shellhorn | Martha Tasker | Durward Johnson |
1st Year Trustee | Durward Johnson | Phillip Cooper | Michelle Wirth |
Sec/Treas | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor |
Past Chair | Bruce Allman | Dan Defore | Jim Epp |
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
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Director | Mike Orth | Stephen Randtke | Stephen Randtke |
Director-Elect | Stephen Randtke | Lester Estelle | |
Chair | Martha Tasker | Phillip Cooper | Andrew Hansen |
Vice Chair |
Phillip Cooper | Andrew Hansen | Durward Johnson |
Vice Chair-Elect | Andrew Hansen | Durward Johnson | Katie Miller |
2nd Year Trustee | Mike Rudy | Katie Miller | William Carr |
2nd Year Trustee | Durward Johnson | Kurt Bookout | John Gilroy |
2nd Year Trustee | Michelle Wirth | Jim Jackson | Michelle Wirth |
1st Year Trustee | Katie Miller | William Carr | Kurt Bookout |
1st Year Trustee | Kurt Bookout | Michael Rudy | Jim Jackson |
1st Year Trustee | Jim Jackson | Michelle Wirth | Steve Nirschl |
Sec/Treas | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor | Terryl Pajor |
Past Chair | Lester Estellle | Martha Tasker | Phillip Cooper |
2020 | |||
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Director | Stephen Randtke | ||
Director-Elect | Lester Estelle | ||
Chair | Durward Johnson | ||
Vice Chair |
Katie Miller | ||
Vice Chair-Elect | Michelle Wirth | ||
2nd Year Trustee | Kurt Bookout | ||
2nd Year Trustee | Jim Jackson | ||
2nd Year Trustee | Steve Nirschl | ||
1st Year Trustee | William Carr | ||
1st Year Trustee | John Gilroy | ||
1st Year Trustee | Jessica Adams-Weber | ||
Sec/Treas | Terryl Pajor | ||
Past Chair | Andrew Hansen |
Download the current Committee Chairs list and contact information.
Audit |
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Durward Johnson |
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Budget |
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Brandon Sisk |
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Bylaws |
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Steve Randtke |
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Community Relations
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Tonya Bronleewe |
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Conference Program |
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Michelle Wirth
WaterOne 7601 Holliday Drive Kansas City, KS 66106 Phone: (913) 895-5821 Cell: (913) 523-6074 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Diversity & Member Inclusion |
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Roopa Matole |
DMI Committee Info |
Exhibits |
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Jordan Jenisch |
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Fuller Award |
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Jim Epp |
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Hospitality |
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Martha Tasker
City of Salina PO Box 736 Salina, KS 67402 Phone: (785) 309-5725 Cell: (785) 392-7574 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Membership |
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Derek Patrick
HDR, Inc. 10450 Holmes Road, Suite 600 Kansas City, MO 64131 Phone: (816) 347-1176 Cell: (239) 823-0581 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Nominating(includes selected awards) |
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Durward Johnson |
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Operator Meritorious Service Award |
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Dan Defore
City of Winfield PO Box 646 Winfield, KS 67156 Phone: (620) 221-5642 Cell: (620) 222-8515 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Operator Training (OTC) |
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Steven Craig
City of Lawrence PO Box 708 Lawrence, KS 66044 Phone: (785) 760-7023 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
OTC COMMITTEE INFO |
Publications |
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Hank Corcoran Boyer
HCB Management Services PO Box 3046 Salina, KS 67402-3046 Phone: (785) 826-9163 Cell: (785) 452-5706 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Research |
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Rachel Drain |
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Safety |
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Dan Riney |
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Terry L. McKanna Scholarship |
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Jacob Schultze
Black & Veatch 8400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114 Phone: (913) 458-3582 Cell: (913) 709-4391 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Veterans Workforce |
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Leah Morris
City of Lawrence PO Box 708 Lawrence, KS 66044 Phone: (785) 832-7843 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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WARN |
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Brad Mears |
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Water for People (WFP) |
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Andrew Hansen
Black & Veatch 8400 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64114 Phone: (913) 458-3417 Cell: (913) 961-3677 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Water Utility Council (WUC) |
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Darci Meese
WaterOne 10747 Renner Boulevard Lenexa, KS 66219 Phone: (913) 895-5616 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Young Professionals |
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Casey Leaf |