APWA’s Donald C. Stone Center for Leadership & Management Announces 2016 Program Graduates

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (September 13, 2016) – The American Public Works Association’s (APWA) Donald C. Stone Center for Leadership & Management announced today the graduates of the 2016 Public Works Leadership Fellow, Public Works Executive, Public Works Manager and Public Works Supervisor programs. The Donald C. Stone program graduates were recently recognized at the APWA PWX conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during August 28-31, 2016.

The APWA Public Works program designations are awarded for the fifth time since the Donald C. Stone Center’s inception in 2011. “The DCS candidates who have completed these rigorous programs have developed their skills to effectively lead and implement change to move their municipal agencies and organizations forward,” said APWA President Ron Calkins, P.E., PWLF, of Ventura, California.

The APWA Donald C. Stone 2016 program graduates include:

LEVEL 4 PUBLIC WORKS LEADERSHIP FELLOW
Dena E. Mezger, PE
City of Lee’s Summit
Lee’s Summit, MO

Clark A. Wantoch, PE, MS, MBA
Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association
Milwaukee, WI

L. Paul Oberdorfer
City of Green
Green, OH

Tom McCurdy
Quad Knopf
Visalia, CA

Paul R. Danley, PE
Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority
Centennial, CO

Richard M. Howard, CFM, PE
City of Orlando
Orlando, FL

Wendy Springborn, MBA, PWE
City of Tempe
Tempe, AZ

Mike H. Willett, PE
Yavapai County
Chino Valley, AZ

Allen R. Schoemaker
City of Blair
Blair, NE

David S. Fabiano, PE
Stanley Consultants
Phoenix, AZ

LEVEL 3 PUBLIC WORKS EXECUTIVE
Ravyn Whitewolf, PE, PMP, AVS
City of Blaine
Blaine, WA

James A. Jackson, Jr., ICMA-CM, MPA
Washington DC Government Department of Public Works
Washington, DC

Carla D. Dillon, DPA, PE
Orange County CA
Fountain Valley, CA

Daniel Carter
Town of Bloomfield
Bloomfield, CT

Jonathon Gano, PE
City of Des Moines
Des Moines, IA

Mark Austin, PE
Town of Southbury
Northfield, CT

Robert D. McNeil III, PE
Town of Millbury
Millbury, MA

LEVEL 2 PUBLIC WORKS MANAGER
Matthew J. Rodrigues
City of Eugene
Eugene, OR

Jason Calbert
City of Newport News
Newport News, VA

Stephen J. Gagnon
City of Methuen
Methuen, MA

Katherine Ann Gormanous
City of Bainbridge Island
Bainbridge Island, WA

LEVEL 1 PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR
Kandace K. Thomas
Pierce County Public Works & Utilities
University Place, WA

For more information, visit APWA.