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2016–2018BOARD OF DIRECTORSMitch Clemente, CPD, FASPEPresident

David E. DeBord, CPD, GPD, LEED AP, ARCSA AP, CFPS, FASPEVice President, Technical

Chris Graham, CPD, FASPEVice President, Education

Carol Johnson, CPD, LEED AP, CFIVice President, Legislative

Vincent (Vinny) Falkowski, PE, PMP, CCMVice President, Membership

Vincent ScriboniVice President, Affi liate

Jim Zebrowski, PE, CPD, FASPETreasurer

R. Paul Silvestre, FASPERegion 1 Director

Keith Bush, CPD, GPD, CSIRegion 2 Director

Steve E. Mastley, CPD, FASPERegion 3 Director

Don Strickland, CPD, GPD Region 4 Director

Bryan Hutton, CPDRegion 5 Director

Blair Minyard, PE, CDTASPE Young Professionals Liaison

William “Billy” Smith, FASPEExecutive Director/CEO

From the President’s PenMitch Clemente, CPD, FASPE, 2016–2018 ASPE Presidentaspepres@aspe.org

ASPE Announces Zurn as the Exclusive Sponsor of ASPE Young ProfessionalsWe are extremely excited to announce that Zurn Industries, LLC has partnered with ASPE as the exclusive sponsor of ASPE Young Professionals (AYP). Together, Zurn and ASPE will help provide new generations of plumbing engineering professionals with tools that make their jobs easier. You can learn more about this partnership at bit.ly/2zPiDOb and about AYP at aspe.org/ayp.

Check Out Our New ASPE Merchandise StoreWe have launched this new service so you have one convenient spot to purchase ASPE promotional items and giveaways. Need some Chapter-branded products, certifi cation-specifi c items, or AYP or WOA gifts? You can fi nd them at aspe.org/aspemerch.

ASPE Chapters Win Membership AwardsDuring the 2017 ASPE Technical Symposium in Montreal, ASPE President Mitch Clemente, CPD, FASPE, presented the following membership awards to ASPE Chapters. » Chapter Award of Merit: Baltimore Chapter, Boston Chapter, Central Texas Chapter, Chicago Chapter, Houston Chapter, Los Angeles Chapter, Minnesota

Chapter, New York City Chapter, Philadelphia Chapter, Phoenix Chapter » Chapter Membership Growth Award: Central Texas Chapter, Connecticut Chapter, Denver Chapter, Los Angeles Chapter, Phoenix Chapter, Southwestern

Ohio Chapter » Chapter Membership Retention Award: Capital Region New York Chapter, Cleveland Chapter, Columbia Chapter, Connecticut Chapter, Denver Chapter,

Johnstown Chapter, Memphis Chapter, Nashville Chapter, New Jersey Chapter, North Florida Chapter, Richmond Chapter, Southern Nevada Chapter, Southwestern Ohio Chapter, Western Michigan Chapter

Let me start by wishing all of you a very happy and joyous holiday season. Hopefully you will be able to take some time off and spend it with family and friends. As we close out the calendar year, ASPE is already in the process of planning some new and exciting things for 2018, so stay tuned.

I would like to recap the 2017 Technical Symposium that was held in October in Montreal, Quebec. � is Symposium was the second highest-attended in the history of ASPE. Attendees traveled to Montreal for the event for many diff erent reasons, but I would like to touch on a few of the more prominent ones. � is year we had the largest Product Show ASPE has ever hosted for a Symposium, which consisted of about 50 exhibitors and stretched over a two-day period. � is gave the attendees more time to interact with the exhibitors, and it was very well received. � is Symposium also gave us the opportunity to recognize those Chapters that earned the Award of Merit, Membership Growth Award, and Membership Retention Award. We also took some time to recognize and thank those who graciously contributed to the Education Fund and the Research Foundation.

� is year we off ered more than 35 technical sessions that were presented by the leaders in the industry. � e sessions were well attended and achieved high marks in satisfaction from the participants. � anks go to the Education Commit-tee for developing the tracks and topics, which were a big hit. ASPE also hosted our fi rst-ever Symposium party, which was held at the Grevin Wax Museum. � e attendees enjoyed some great food and drinks while mingling and taking pictures with some life-like fi gures such as Wayne Gretzky, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Tiger Woods, Harrison Ford, and Elton John.

During the Symposium, we set some time aside for many of our committees and special-interest groups to get together and talk about the future of ASPE. Yes, we squeezed in many diff erent events and activities over the course of a few days, but it was well worth the time and eff ort. Sleep was minimal due to the long days, but I can honestly say that the attend-ees made the most out of their time in Montreal. � is year’s Symposium would not have been possible, though, without the backing of our sponsors, for which we are very grateful. We depend on their support and they need you to support them, so please remember our sponsors who are a vital part of ASPE.

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� e 2019 Technical Symposium will be held in Pittsburgh, but next up for the Society is the 2018 Convention & Expo, which will be held in Atlanta. � is event will begin on September 28th and conclude on October 3rd, so mark your calendar now and plan on being part of this great educational and networking opportunity.

Just prior to the Symposium, the Society Board of Directors got together to talk about ASPE’s current position and where this Society is heading. We covered many diff erent topics such as our special-interest groups, future growth opportunities, retaining and growing mem-bership, and strategic planning. We also viewed a video that stressed the importance of engagement and mutual commitment between an employee and their company to be successful. � is approach holds true for ASPE, our Chapters, and our volunteers. If we are going to be successful, we need each of our team members to be engaged. While walking through a shop in Montreal, I saw a sign that said: “Be creative, inspire, and start over.” � e message here is to try new ideas and fi nd a way to improve what you have been doing to make yourself better, regardless of what it takes. � is plays directly into a presentation our Executive Director/CEO gave to the Board of Directors during our stra-tegic planning discussion, which was based on the following statement: “Not new, just better.” Doing something just because you always did it that way may not work today.

Have a great holiday season, and I look forward to seeing you soon.

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William Cody McMurry Atlanta Chapter

Mathias German David Nimitz Lindsey M. Simpson

Boston ChapterMichael Albert Foulds Ralph Charles MerulloStephen Francis Spang Dennis Whitelaw George Henry Yonke

British Columbia ChapterCameron Braun, P.Eng Anthony Concepcion Andrew Dermot Jago Brad McCrea, P. Eng

Central Florida ChapterJames Haeger

Central Illinois ChapterAubrey Ann Tran

Central Indiana ChapterMichael S. Henderson

Central Ohio ChapterKevin Francis Eldridge Richard Michael Henry Alexander C. Hume Mark H. Klingler, PEJames Alan Richardson Jr. Joseph Albert Wolf Tarah D. Woodford

Charlotte ChapterAaron David Barton Kevin Patrick Departhy

Chicago ChapterAaron Paul Kilburg Jim McGoon Andrew Wenri

Cleveland ChapterRobert Janowiak

Columbia ChapterNolan Graham

Connecticut ChapterJonathan Cochrane

Dallas/Ft. Worth ChapterCameron Dean Buller Christopher Brandon Childress Codi James DarbyshireRyan Eddleman Trisha D’Anne Hilton Quentin A. MackieJordan Eugene Meadows Derek C. Michel Camilo Andres Rodriguez Pedro Rodriguez Anthony Ray Stuffl ebean Shelley White

Denver ChapterEmma Alyssa Carmeli Brett Dangler Terrie A. Fowler Patrick James Murphy Cullen Robert O'Connor Bradford Nash Stevens

Eastern Michigan ChapterJulia Marie Briggs

Greenville ChapterJoshua Daniel Harm

Houston ChapterJohn Charles Ferranti Garrett Lee Mock William Joseph Shrader

Intermountain ChapterJay Christopher Listoe Ryan Kim Nelson Ephraim H. Willardson

Kansas City ChapterMatthew Robert Norris

Los Angeles ChapterVictor Flores Daniel Leroy Lucas II Kevin James MoreyJonathan Poblete

Member at LargeFernando Camacho Scott Thomas Churchill, PEBrian H. King Gustavo Alonso Gonzalez Orta

Miami ChapterMatthew Cocking

Minnesota ChapterJustin Lee Churchill Bryan Peter Haider, PE Kyle Bernard HemmingsenLogan John MarkusonBrett Alder Rosiejka Stan Sveen

Montreal ChapterAnnie Leger Bissonnette Sylvain Boudrias, P. EngFrancois Bousquet Emilie Boyer, P. Eng

Thomas B. Fanjoy Joseph D. Funk Andre Lalancette Patrick Menard

New Orleans ChapterDarrin P. DeJohn John Donald Killian

New York City ChapterMuhommad Arif AlaminDaniel Saulino Blatto Peter A. Kapit Jonathan Alexander Maccia Marcella Grace Moran

North Florida ChapterJames Haeger

Northern California ChapterKarina Lairet Leo Lehel Szilardy

Oklahoma ChapterMark Anthony Redden

Orange County ChapterAria B. Pezeshki

Overseas ChapterSwathy Raj Lakshmipuram

Anandarajan Haitham Ehab Abdel Kader,

P.Eng, CPDPhiladelphia Chapter

Jon BergmanPhoenix Chapter

Vince Burbes Jeffrey Landon Robert Joseph Kiesl, PEAlex F. Padilla

Christian John Phillips Pittsburgh Chapter

Douglas Alan Raabe Rochester Chapter

Joseph Elward San Francisco Chapter

Curtis Lee Seattle Chapter

Jesus Emmanuel Esqueda Grant Edward Holmes Pete Maniccia, PEMaricel Aniel Mueller Jeff Ramey

Southern Nevada ChapterMichael Lukach

Southwestern Ohio ChapterChristina Marie D’AmicoDerek Jeffrey Koogler

St. Louis ChapterZachary Landon Epple Scott Thomas Eversgerd Shane Russell McKeePaul Rozsahegyi Mark D. Schaake

Toronto ChapterJad Badine Ralph Di Gaetano, P.Eng.Jean Ghanem Kent Robbins

Washington, D.C. ChapterPaul John Metcalf

West Coast Florida ChapterAndrew C. West, PE

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HIGHLIGHTS2017TechSymposiumASPE

Technical Education SessionsTechnical Education Sessions

The 2017 ASPE Technical Symposium in Montreal on October 19–22 was an overwhelming success. In fact, it was our second largest-attended Symposium ever, with 461 total participants. If you weren’t able to join us, on the following pages we have assembled some pictures from the Symposium, including the ASPE Young Professionals Leadership Academy and networking event at Rage Montreal, the Product Show, the Saturday Night Party at the Grevin Wax Museum, and more. You can fi nd all of the photos from the 2017 Technical Symposium at aspe.smugmug.com/Events/2017-ASPE-Tech-Symposium.

Product Show: Our First Two-Day Symposium

Product Show Ever!

Jean R. Marcotte

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HIGHLIGHTS2017TechSymposiumASPE

ASPE Young Professionals Leadership Academy and Networking Event

HIGHLIGHTS2017TechSymposiumASPE

Saturday Night Party at the Grevin Wax Museum

Jean R. Marcotte

Waste Treatment

Facility Tours