AWARDS
2025 Award Nomination Form
Member award information
- WEF Awards and Recognition Program (link opens in a new window and takes you to the WEF site
MWEA Awards
Dan Wolz Clean Water Award for Environmental Excellence
- George Davis, Davis and Davis Law Offices PLC
Collections Systems Professional of the Year
- Mike Ortiz, City of Grand Rapids
Donald M. Pierce Award
- Rick Varga, City of Grand Rapids
Doris Van Dam - Operations Professional of the Year
- Catherine Winn, F&V Operations
Educational Professional of the Year
- Nathan Callison, Jacobs
Excellence in Service
- Gary DeKock, Retired
Honorary Membership
- Sandra Diorka, Delhi WWTP
- Teresa Seidel, US EPA
Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP) Professional of the Year
- Robert Carlstrom, City of Grand Rapids
Maintenance Professional of the Year
- Bill Poelma, City of Grand Rapids
New Professional of the Year
- Scott Hall, Fleis & VandenBrink
Outstanding Vendor Support
- Dan Sroka, Trace Analytical Laboratories
P.K. Sarda Lab Professional of the Year
- Lauren McIntyre, City of Grand Rapids
President's Award
City of Grand Rapids
Public Utility MGT Professional of the Year
- Theodore VanAken, Holland Board of Public Works
Regulatory Professional
- Stephanie Kammer, EGLE
Sustainable Energy
- Grandville Clean Water Plant
Willard F. Shephard Award
- Jack Barr, Nederveld Associates
- Evangelia Belia, Primodal Inc
- Randy Bunce, Waterford Twp. DPW
- Michael Dearing, Union Township
- Matthew Farrar, Muskegon County Public Works
- Laura Gruzwalski, Johnson & Anderson DLZ
Scott McGrady, Waterford Twp. DPW
Paul Pratt, Ingham County
William Sadler, City of Adrian
Thomas Smith, Prein&Newhof Inc
William Stannard, Raftelis Financial Consultants Inc.
MWEA/WEF Awards
Arthur Bedell
- Tim Sikma, City of Wixom
William Hatfield
- Aaron Vis, City of Wyoming Clean Water Plant