WDBC Members Elect 2017 Officers
At its 2016 Annual Meeting on December 1 in Dallas, TX, WDBC members elected its 2017 officers.
- President: John Doller (Carollo Engineers)
- 1st Vice President/Treasurer: Stephen Gates (Brown and Caldwell)
- 2nd Vice President/Secretary: Bryan Bedell (Haskell)
- Past President: Leofwin Clark (Brown and Caldwell)
Newly-elected WDBC President John Doller is a Senior Vice President of Carollo Engineers, Inc., based in Phoenix, AZ. As President, John becomes responsible for presiding at all Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings and managing the overall operations of the Council. In this leadership capacity, he is responsible for implementing the strategic direction of the Council.
With 30 years of experience in the evaluation, design, construction, and operation of water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout the US, John currently serves as the National Director of Carollo’s Project Delivery, overseeing all program management and construction management for all company collaborative delivery projects.
Elected to the office of 1st Vice President/Treasurer is Stephen Gates, P.E., BCEE, whose responsibilities include assuming the duties of the president in his absence, and oversight of the financial operations of the Council which entails: chairing the Council’s Budget and Finance Committee, seeing that the annual audit or review of the Council’s financial transactions is conducted by a certified public accountant, and recommending any changes needed in the Council’s Investment Policy.
As a Vice President of Brown and Caldwell in Andover, MA, Steve has more than 35 years of experience providing program management, management consulting, facilities planning, and detailed design and construction management for a wide variety of environmental engineering projects throughout the United States and Canada. A nationally recognized expert in collaborative project delivery, Steve has successfully managed the completion of projects valued well over $4 billion for major public utilities and Fortune 1000 clients, which includes using program management and partnering, as both a delivery contractor and an owner’s advisor. He is widely published and is regularly called upon to lecture on best practices and national trends in capital project delivery methods.
2nd Vice President/Secretary, Bryan Bedell assumes the responsibilities of reviewing and being signatory to the minutes of the Executive Committee and board meetings and chairing the board’s Governance Committee, which entails oversight of, compliance with, and updating the Council’s bylaws and ensuring that the roles and responsibilities of the officers are fulfilled.
Located in Jacksonville, FL, Bryan is the Water Division Director of Haskell with over twenty years of experience in managing collaborative delivery projects at various levels and helping countless owners realize the benefits of collaborative project delivery. In this capacity, Bryan is responsible for developing project opportunities and markets, its strategic direction and financial performance, while building teams that include engineering firms and specialty subcontractors for the successful delivery of water and wastewater projects. Providing oversight for all phases of project delivery including client relations, estimating, procurement, scheduling, contract administration, staffing, project controls, and construction coordination, Bryan has full authority to commit company resources as required for the successful delivery of every project.
Past President Leofwin Clark’s responsibilities include continuing to serve on the WDBC Executive Committee to provide ongoing expertise to the members of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors. As Past President, he now chairs the Nominating Committee and may be requested to chair a search committee if a vacancy in the positions of the Council’s Operations Manager or Executive Director should occur.
Leofwin Clark is a Planner and Senior Director with 30 years of experience in the water, transportation, and environmental sectors. As a Vice President at Brown and Caldwell, Mr. Clark develops market strategy and leads at-risk (Construction Management At-Risk, Design-Build, Design-Build-Operate, P3, and Program Management At-Risk) pursuits from identification and positioning through the proposal and negotiations processes. Recently, Mr. Clark led interdisciplinary proponent teams on several of the water and wastewater sector’s most significant P3 procurements in Canada.
Clark’s 25 years of experience have been focused on pursuing the use of collaborative delivery for major water infrastructure that included Progressive and Fixed-Price Design-Build, Design-Build-Operate, Public-Private-Partnerships, and Contract Operations-Privatization. Joining Brown and Caldwell in November of this year, his work in this field will continue. Previously, Mr. Clark was a Sales Director for CH2M’s Water Business Group, serving as the Business Development Platform Lead for the water- and wastewater-related design-build market.
For more information about WDBC’s Board members, please visit the WDBC website.
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