WWEMA Elects 2022 Officers and Directors

The members of the Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association (WWEMA) elected new officers and directors during its 113th annual meeting held Nov. 3-5, 2021, in Miami Beach.

The 2022 WWEMA Executive Committee members are: S Chair Vince Baldasare - sales manager, Gorman-Rupp Company,

Mansfield, Ohio S Chair-Elect Diane Meyer - director of marketing, Val-Matic Valve and Manufacturing Corporation, Elmhurst, Ill. S Vice-Chair William (Bill) Decker -vice president and general manager, Equipment Services Group, Aqua-Aerobic Systems Inc.,

Loves Park, Ill. S Treasurer Henk - Jan van Ettekoven - president, HUBER

Technology Inc., Denver, N.C. S Immediate Past Chair John Collins - chief executive officer, JCM

Industries Inc., Nash, Texas

Jay Conroy, president, Hydro-Dyne Engineering Inc., Clearwater, Fla., was appointed as assistant treasurer.

Three members were newly elected to the WWEMA 2022 board of directors: S Ron Dollar - senior vice president of sales and marketing, WRT

LLC, Westminster, Colo. S Robert Jeyaseelan - president, Vapex Environmental Technologies

LLC, Cocoa, Fla. S Chris Thomson – director of strategic initiatives, Sensus, a Xylem brand, Morrisville, N.C.

One member was re-elected to serve a second three-year term: S Henk-Jan van Ettekoven - president, HUBER Technology Inc.,

Denver, N.C.

Also at its November meeting, WWEMA named Henk-Jan van Ettekoven, president of HUBER Technology Inc., the recipient of the 2021 James C. Morriss Member Achievement Award. The award is presented each year to a WWEMA member for significant contributions to the mission of the association, and to the overall benefit of the water and wastewater industry. In presenting the award, John Collins cited van Ettekoven’s outstanding service to and support of the association.

Van Ettekoven is involved in public health protection and writes industry articles on behalf of WWEMA on this issue, serves on the WWEMA Strategic Planning Committee and the association’s Investment Committee, is an active first-term WWEMA board member, and will be a 2022 member of the Executive Committee, serving as treasurer.

He has been engaged in the water industry since 2007 and has served as the president of HUBER Technology Inc. since 2014. He also regularly attends and provides leadership support for key WWEMA meetings, including the Washington Forum, Presidents Council, and the association’s annual meeting. Additionally, van Ettekoven is a board member on the German American Chamber of the Southeast and the German Language and Culture Foundation.

The association is grateful for his leadership and service and congratulates him on this well-deserved award!

Since 1908, WWEMA has informed, educated, and provided leadership on the issues that shape the future of the water and wastewater industry. Its member companies supply the most-sophisticated and leading-edge products and technologies, offering solutions to every water-related environmental problem and need facing today’s society. For more information, visit www.wwema.org. S

Henk-Jan van Ettekoven