EWRI
ASCE
Volume 5, Number 4 • Winter 2003/2004

Jeanette Brown EWRI Official Governing Board Nominee

Jeanette Ann Brown,
P.E., DEE, F.ASCE
After reviewing several nominations, the Nominating Committee recommended and the Governing Board agreed that Jeanette Ann Brown, P.E., DEE, F.ASCE, become the EWRI Governing Board Official Nominee for the 2004 position of EWRI Vice President. The position on the Board would start on October 1, 2004 and 2005 respectively. Currently, Jeanette serves as the ASCE Presidential Appointee to the EWRI Governing Board. Jeanette has been a driving force in the field of environmental engineering for over thirty years since receiving her Bachelor’s from University of Maryland and her Masters from Manhattan College. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Stamford Water Pollution Control Authority where she is responsible for the operation and main-tenance of a 20 MGD advanced wastewater treatment plant, 25 pumping stations, and 275 miles of sanitary sewers and is currently managing the $105M upgrade of the Stamford Wastewater Treatment Plant. Jeanette also serves as an adjunct professor of environmental engineering at Manhattan College.

Jeanette has shared her wealth of knowledge in the environmental engineering field not only through her professional work but in her service with multiple engineering organizations. Currently, she is President of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Chair of the Water Environment Federation Security Project, Chair of the Workgroup to Develop Security Guidance Documents for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure as well as a member of the National Water Policy Board.

As a Fellow in ASCE and EWRI, Jeanette has been an active member of our organization for several years and currently holds several leadership positions. Jeanette chairs the Wastewater Subcommittee of the Water Infrastructure Security Enhancement Standards Committee of EWRI, has been an active member in Member Services EXCOM, in addition to her current role as ASCE Presidential appointee to the EWRI Governing Board. Jeanette feels that EWRI is well on its way to being the strongest institute within ASCE and feels that through the strengthening of some of the technical councils at the core of EWRI, re-evaluating our membership information delivery methods in addition to focusing on annual congresses, this goal can be achieved.