The CWEA Quarter Century Recognition Program recognizes water professionals for their commitment to improving the quality of life and the protection of the environment. CWEA Quarter Century Recognition Program Honorees have dedicated their careers in a challenging and most vital profession, the water environment field.
These essential professionals who have spent countless hours improving our water environment include: Operators; Collection System, Maintenance, Laboratory, and Environmental Compliance personnel; Engineers; and Administrators. CWEA Quarter Century Honorees are presented with a framed certificate recognizing their achievement and a lapel pin they can proudly wear identifying them as member of this elite group of professionals.
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| 2020 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | Employer/Agency | Years in Service |
| Monte | Hamamoto | Santa Clara Valley | ||
| Eric | Hansen | Santa Clara Valley | ||
| Jim | Heitzman | Monterey Bay | ||
| Terrie | Hinkle | Northern San Joaquin | ||
| Gerrardo | Jiminez | Colorado River Basin | ||
| John | Mukhar | Santa Clara Valley | ||
| John Stephen | San Filippo | Santa Clara Valley | ||
| Jerry Iwao | Tamura | Sacrament and NSJ | ||
| Wyatt | Troxel | Colorado River Basin | ||
| 2019 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | Employer/Agency | Years in Service |
| Ed | Waggoner | Monterey Bay | Carmel Area Wastewater District | |
| Bob | Lawrence | Sacramento | City of Roseville | |
| Jason | Fick | Sacramento | City of Roseville | |
| Edward | Oyama | Monterey Bay | West Valley Sanitation District | |
| Brian | Hawley | Redwood Empire | Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District | |
| Linda | Leong | San Francisco Bay | Silicon Valley Clean Water | |
| Mike | Walkowiak | San Francisco Bay | Brown and Caldwell | |
| Tony | Lee | Santa Ana River Basin | Orange County Sanitation District | |
| Timothy | Kwak | San Diego | City of Escondido | |
| 2018 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | Employer/Agency | Years in Service |
| Dianne | Lee | Sacramento | West Yost Associates | |
| Debi | Lewis | Sacramento | Stantec | |
| Doug | Van Gorden | Sierra | South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District | |
| Garin | Warren | San Francisco Bay | East Bay Municipal Utility District | |
| Charles | Boehmke | Los Angeles Basin | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | |
| Dave | Bruns | Los Angeles Basin | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | |
| James | Clark | Los Angeles Basin | Black & Veatch | |
| Michael | Drennan | Los Angeles Basin | Urban Water Futures at WSP, Parsons Brinkerhoff | |
| Melissa | Fischer | Los Angeles Basin | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | |
| Victoria | Francis | Santa Ana River Basin | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | |
| Garry | Parker | San Diego | Encina Wastewater Authority | |
| Basil | Hewitt | Los Angeles Basin | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County | |
| Jeffrey | Kightlinger | Los Angeles Basin | Metropolitan Water District of Southern California | |
| John | Morris | Los Angeles Basin | Morris Water | |
| Mark | Pestrella | Los Angeles Basin | Public Works, County of Los Angeles | |
| Sharon | Yin | Santa Ana River Basin | Orange County Sanitation District | |
| 2017 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | Employer/Agency | Years in Service |
| James | Kemp | Santa Clara | Silicon Valley Clean Water | 33 |
| Larry | Parlin | Northern San Joaquin | City of Modesto | 33 |
| Bruce | Corwin | Central San Joaquin | The Corwin Group | 40 |
| Doug | Nurock | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 25 |
| Dan | Seidel | Monterey Bay | City of Santa Cruz | 39 |
| Lenny | Rather | San Francisco Bay | Oro Loma Sanitary District | 25 |
| Bruce | Dobey | San Francisco Bay | Central Contra Costa Sanitary District | 27 |
| Rob | Morton | Los Angeles Basin Section | 38 | |
| Marvin | Holmes | Los Angeles Basin Section | 35 | |
| Victoria | Conway | Los Angeles Basin Section | 31 | |
| Diane Gilbert | Jones | Los Angeles Basin Section | 29 | |
| Carl | Glass | Los Angeles Basin Section | 26 | |
| Robert | Potter | Los Angeles Basin Section | 26 | |
| Raymond | Tremblay | Los Angeles Basin Section | 25 | |
| Ian | Mackenzie | Los Angeles Basin Section | 25 | |
| Connie | Leonard | Los Angeles Basin Section | 25 | |
| Steve | Krai | Los Angeles Basin Section | 25 | |
| Robert | Ferrante | Los Angeles Basin Section | 25 | |
| 2016 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | Employer/Agency | Years in Service |
| Greg | Orsini | North Coast | McKinleyville Sewer District | 27 |
| Tim | Latham | North Coast | Humboldt Community Service District | 27 |
| Mickey | Hulstrom | North Coast | Humboldt Community Service District | 27 |
| Ken | Merkle | Northern San Joaquin | City of Stockton MUD | 27 |
| John | Simonetti | Santa Clara Valley | Westbay Sanitary District | 26 |
| Dan | Gallagher | San Francisco Bay | Dublin San Ramon Services District | 35 |
| Michael | Kavanaugh | San Francisco Bay | Geosystems | 31 |
| Paul | Carney | San Francisco Bay | Dublin San Ramon Services District | 26 |
| Polly | Villarreal | San Francisco Bay | East Bay MUD | 25 |
| Steven | Dominguez | San Francisco Bay | California Rural Water Association | 28 |
| Tifton | Gantt | San Francisco Bay | Contra Costa Sanitary District | 25 |
| Teresa | Herrera | San Francisco Bay | Silicon Valley Clean Water | 28 |
| Mark | Goss | San Francisco Bay | Contra Costa Sanitary District | 30 |
| Bob | Orr | Sierra | North Tahoe Public Utility District | 30 |
| Chris | Cannizzaro | Sierra | North Tahoe Public Utility District | 27 |
| Delores | Trebotich | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 37 |
| Heather | Ross | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 32 |
| Jay | Alsbury | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 27 |
| John | Boyson | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 28 |
| Jim | Graham | Sierra | Retired | 32 |
| Jeff | Lee | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 29 |
| Jesse | McGraw | Sierra | Sqauw Valley Public Service District | 38 |
| John | Raber | Sierra | Truckee Sanitary District | 32 |
| Kyle | Schrauben | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 25 |
| Lee | Wright | Sierra | Truckee Sanitary District | 26 |
| Mark | Begin | Sierra | North Tahoe Public Utility District | 35 |
| Michael | White | Sierra | Truckee Sanitary District | 28 |
| Paul | Bancroft | Sierra | Alpine Springs County Water District | 29 |
| Phyllis | Powers | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 39 |
| Randy | Curtis | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 37 |
| Ross | Johnson | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 38 |
| Richard | Solbrig | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 25 |
| Robert | Tourney | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 31 |
| Ronnie | Williams | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 32 |
| Sebastian | Ramirez | Sierra | North Tahoe Public Utility District | 25 |
| Terry | Powers | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 39 |
| Terry | Weagley | Sierra | South Tahoe Public Utility District | 38 |
| Leon | Schegg | Sierra | Rural Community Assistance Corp | 37 |
| Tabare | Strada | Sierra | Tahoe City PUD | 31 |
| Bob | Lochride | Sierra | Incline Village GID | 33 |
| Don | Hollingsworth | Sierra | Incline Village GID | 30 |
| Mike | Workman | Sierra | Lyon County | 42 |
| Timothy | Buxton | Sierra | Incline Village GID | 26 |
| Bob | Sellards | Desert and Mountain | 25 | |
| James | Rasmus, P.E., BCEE | San Diego | 28 | |
| Bob | Ghirelli, P.E., BCEE | Santa Ana River Basin | 40 | |
| Mike | Markus, P.E., BCEE | Santa Ana River Basin | 37 | |
| Jim | Herberg, P.E., BCEE | Santa Ana River Basin | 25 | |
| Simon | Watson | Santa Ana River Basin | 25 | |
| Conrad | Newberry, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 55 | |
| Mike | Selna, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 42 | |
| Adel | Hagekhalil, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 38 | |
| David | Jones, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 37 | |
| Jim | Stahl, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 37 | |
| Dave | Bachtel, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 34 | |
| Farhana | Mohamed, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 34 | |
| Slavica | Hammond, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 30 | |
| Benita | Horn | Los Angeles Basin Section | 30 | |
| Grace | Hyde, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 30 | |
| Patrick | Griffith, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 29 | |
| Traci | Minamide, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 28 | |
| Satish | Kamath, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 26 | |
| Dan | Gary, P.E., BCEE | Los Angeles Basin Section | 25 | |
| Jeff | Valdes | Los Angeles Basin Section | 25 | |
| Luis | Astorga | Los Angeles Basin Section | 27 | |
| 2015 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | ||
| Giti | Heravian | RES | ||
| Hamid | Sarvi | RES, SFBS | ||
| Elizabeth | Falejczyk | RES | ||
| Stephen D. | Conklin | TRIS | ||
| Steve | Schindler | DAMS | ||
| Steve | Krautheim | RES | ||
| Dasse | de Iongh | RES | ||
| Timothy | McMahon | GES | ||
| Wayne | Robertson | CORBS | ||
| Paula | Zellar | SARBS | ||
| 2014 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | Employer/Agency | Years in Service |
| Porfirio | Cervantes | Monterey Bay | County of Santa Cruz | 25 |
| Perry | James | Monterey Bay | County of Santa Cruz | 31 |
| Max | Fenton | Monterey Bay | City of Santa Cruz | 33 |
| John | Seifert | Monterey Bay | County of Santa Cruz | 30 |
| Brad | Hawthorne | Monterey Bay | County of Santa Cruz | 28 |
| Steve | Rodewald | Monterey Bay | Monterey Regional WPCA | 26 |
| Nancy | Cameron | Northern Sacramento Valley | Sierra Labs | 26 |
| Daniel | Tafolla | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control | 31 |
| Gary | Meeker | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control | 28 |
| Ken | Taylor | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control | 28 |
| Kirk | Howard | Redwood Empire | Fairfield Suisun Sewer District | 34 |
| Marilyn | Ablaza | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control | 26 |
| Scott | Ransford | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control | 32 |
| Tyler | Armitage | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control | 36 |
| Robert | Heilman | Sacramento Area | Retired | 33 |
| Brent | Goguen | Sierra | Tahoe Truckee Sanitation Agency | 33 |
| Tim | Costello | Santa Clara Valley | Sewer Authority Mid-Coast | 25 |
| Bonnie | Jones | San Francisco Bay | SF PUC | 34 |
| Paul | Luis | San Francisco Bay | Retired | |
| Gregory | Tang | San Francisco Bay | Alyeska Pipeline | 39 |
| Don | Turk | San Francisco Bay | Cental Contra Costa Sanitary District | 28 |
| Kamil | Â Azoury | TRIS | Goleta SD | |
| Glen | Wimberley | LABS | Burbank | |
| Ann | Heil | LABS | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles | |
| Mark | Pettit | LABS | Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles | |
| Henry | Lopez | LABS | City of Fullerton | |
| Ron | Rathbun | SARBS | City of Huntington Beach | |
| Anthony | Reynoso | LABS | City of Fullerton | |
| William | Roseberry | LABS | City of Fullerton | |
| Ralph | Sogliuzzo | SARBS | El Toro | |
| Joel | Holt | SD | Olivenhain Municipal WD | |
| Michael | Popichak | GES | Bakersfield | |
| 2013 Class | ||||
| First Name | Last Name | Local Section | Employer/Agency | Years fo Service |
| Stephen | Arnold | Central San Joaquin | Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler County Sanitation District | 25 |
| Julian | Lucero | Central San Joaquin | Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler County Sanitation District | 34 |
| Ben | Munoz | Central San Joaquin | Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler County Sanitation District | 33 |
| Rick | Staggs | Central San Joaquin | City of Fresno | 28 |
| Karen | Steinhauer | Central San Joaquin | Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler County Sanitation District | 33 |
| Daniel | Ames | Monterey Bay | South County Regional Wastewater Authority | 31 |
| Mark | Cattera | Monterey Bay | City of Scotts Valley | 31 |
| William | Cronin | Monterey Bay | Montery Regional Water Pollution Control Agency | 34 |
| Scott | Hamby | Monterey Bay | City of Scotts Valley | 27 |
| Jeffery | Hartley | Monterey Bay | South County Regional Wastewater Authority | 34 |
| Jesus | Luna | Monterey Bay | South County Regional Wastewater Authority | 27 |
| Michael | Reilly | Monterey Bay | County of Santa Cruz | 40 |
| Ambrosio | Rodriguez | Monterey Bay | South County Regional Wastewater Authority | 31 |
| Marcia | Ames | Northern Sacramento Valley | City of Redding | 30 |
| Blaine | Drewes | Northern San Joaquin | City of Livermore | 26 |
| Daniel | Frisch | Northern San Joaquin | City of Turlock | 32 |
| Allan | Grayson | Northern San Joaquin | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 33 |
| Nicholas | Pinhey | Northern San Joaquin | CSU-Stanislaus/retired | 36 |
| Bailey | John | Redwood Empire | Novato Sanitary District/Veolia Water NA | 45 |
| Edward | Mann | Redwood Empire | Novato Sanitary District/Veolia Water NA | 34 |
| Ron | Matheson | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District | 41 |
| Chris | McAuliffe | Redwood Empire | City of Rio Vista/Veolia Water NA | 31 |
| Lorri | McAuliffe | Redwood Empire | Online Risk Services, LLC | 34 |
| Chris | Murray | Redwood Empire | City of Santa Rosa | 31 |
| Tony | Pirondini | Redwood Empire | City of Vacaville | 30 |
| Barry | Pomeroy | Redwood Empire | Retired/Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District | 34 |
| Gillian | Silva | Redwood Empire | Vallejo Sanitation and Flood Control District | 27 |
| Chris | Bracco | Sacramento Area | City of Roseville | 27 |
| Stephen | Calderwood | Sacramento Area | Water Pollution Control Services, LLC | 34 |
| Patrick | Hassey | Sacramento Area | Holmes International | 39 |
| Kurt | Ohlinger | Sacramento Area | Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District | 28 |
| Sam | Rose | Sacramento Area | South Placer Municipal Utility District | 27 |
| Tim | Sullivan | Sacramento Area | El Dorado Irrigation District | 34 |
| Tom | Hendrey | San Francisco Bay | Whitley Burchett | 30 |
| Dennis | Laniohan | San Francisco Bay | Delta Diablo Sanitation District | 29 |
| Joe | Lucia | San Francisco Bay | Retired/City of Hayward | 32 |
| Dante | Marchetti | San Francisco Bay | Central Contra Costa Sanitary District | 28 |
| Andy | Morrison | San Francisco Bay | Union Sanitary District | 31 |
| Edward | Nute | San Francisco Bay | Nute Engineering | 50 |
| Curtis | Swanson | San Francisco Bay | Central Contra Costa Sanitary District | 36 |
| Paul | Zolfarelli | San Francisco Bay | Oro Loma Sanitary District | 28 |
| Vincent | Falzon | Santa Clara Valley | City of Burlingame | 27 |
| Peter | Gaines | Santa Clara Valley | City of Burlingame | 30 |
| Kenton | Komatsu | Santa Clara Valley | City of San Jose | 32 |
| Cassie | Prudhhel | Santa Clara Valley | Retired/City of South San Francisco | 36 |
| Phil | Scott | Santa Clara Valley | West Bay Sanitary District | 28 |
| Chuck | Weir | Santa Clara Valley | Weir Technical Services | 40 |
| Don | Wiedner | Tri Counties | ||
| Alan | Krieger | Tri Counties | ||
| Jim | Langley | Tri Counties | ||
| Frank | Hernandez | Tri Counties | ||
| Barbara | Langley | Tri Counties | ||
| Brett | Offermann | Tri Counties | ||
| Bradshaw | Pruitt | Tri Counties | ||
| Ron | Sheets | Tri Counties | ||
| Rick | Simpson | Tri Counties | ||
| Johnny | Tarver | Tri Counties | ||
| Dave | Badgley | Tri Counties | ||
| Louis | Chiourn | Tri Counties | ||
| Keith | Kapuy | Tri Counties | ||
| Dave | Greenwood | Los Angeles Basin | ||
| Paul | Smidthbauer | |||
| Stephen | Johnson | Los Angeles Basin | ||
| Stephen | Calderwood | |||
| Danny | Nolan | Desert and Mountain | ||
| Dana | Rayburn | Tri Counties | ||
| David | Kachelski | Desert and Mountain | ||
| Colin | Rowe | Desert and Mountain | ||
| Ralph | Palomares | Santa Ana River Basin | ||
| Dale | Ducharme | Desert and Mountain | ||
| Stephen | Jepsen | San Diego | ||
| Mark | Gingras | San Diego | ||
| Jim | Buell | Tri Counties | ||
| Kent | McIntosh | Los Angeles Basin | ||
| W. Edward | Nue | |||
| Carrie | Mattingly | Tri Counties | ||