Leadership





AWRA is the primary multidisciplinary association for information exchange, professional development, and education about water resources and related issues. Our vision is to be recognized as the pre-eminent multidisciplinary association for information exchange, professional development, and education about water resources and related issues: to be recognized as a unique, natural connector and convener of disciplines, professionals, and organizations –bringing the industry together.

We work together. We learn together. We solve problems together.

2023 Board of Directors

Zhenxing (Jason) Zhang

President
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois State Water Survey
Champaign, IL

Rabia Ahmed

President-Elect
Greene Economics LLC
Lynnwood, WA

L. Don Duke

Secretary/Treasurer
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers, FL

Claire Bleser

Past President
Eden Prairie, MN

Juni Alam

Director, 2022-2024
Herbert, Rowland, and Grubic Inc
Fort Washington, PA

John W. Balay

Director, 2023 - 2025
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Harrisburg, PA

Jason Doll

Director, 2023 - 2025
KCI Technologies Inc
Raleigh, NC

Kate Ely

Director, 2023
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Pendleton, OR

Gregory Guthrie

Director, 2023 - 2025
Geological Survey of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

Bangshuai Han

Director, 2023-2025
Ball State University
Muncie, IN

Owen Mills

Director, 2022-2024
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Oklahoma City, OK

Sandra Pavlovic

Director, 2022-2024
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
State College, PA

Dresden Farrand, MPA, MPP, CAE

Chief Executive Officer, non-voting member

Woodbridge, VA

Staff

Dresden Farrand, MPA, MPP, CAE

Chief Executive Officer
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Tiffany Park

Membership Services Manager
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Ariel Wise

Manager of Events & Meetings
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Megan Balkovic

Website & Marketing Consultant
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Kylie Bade

JAWRA, Managing Editor
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Krysia Wazny McClain

IMPACT, Managing Editor
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Editors

Michael E. Campana

Editor-in-Chief, IMPACT
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Dr. Momcilo Markus

Editor-In-Chief, JAWRA
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WHAT CAN MEMBERSHIP DO FOR YOU?

If you actively engage in our community, your career and organization will benefit. We offer multiple opportunities for engagement via conferences, social media, webinars, committees and publications.

AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES ASSOCIATION
PO BOX 2663, WOODBRIDGE, VA 22195
TEL • (540) 687-8390 | FAX • (540) 687-8395

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