Greg Swanson - nominee for Vice Chair

Greg Swanson is Utilities General Manager for the City of Moline, where he has worked in the public water supply field since 1977. Greg holds an Illinois Class A Water Operator’s Certificate and was selected as IPWSOA Surface Water Operator of the Year in September 2000. He served as Project Manager throughout all phases of Moline’s comprehensive $25 million water treatment plant improvements project, along with numerous other water utility planning, construction and service enhancement projects.

Greg has presented on a variety of drinking water topics at various ISAWWA functions and among professional, civic, and educational organizations in the Quad Cities area. He is a strong advocate of public outreach efforts that promote knowledge and appreciation of water supply system benefits and challenges. Greg is currently involved with on-going multi-agency efforts to establish an early warning monitoring network on the Upper Mississippi River, the ISAWWA source water protection committee and serves as ISAWWA District 1 Trustee. Greg values the many resources and opportunities that ISAWWA provides to Illinois drinking water professionals and appreciates the opportunity to serve the Association and its membership.

The Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association is pleased to offer you a slate of candidates for election to Board and Trustee positions.  In order to encourage you to cast your vote, the Illinois Section of the American Water Works Association is offering you a choice of voting procedures.  The options are: 1. Paper ballot returned by U.S. Mail 2. Paper ballot faxed to the Illinois Section Office 3. Internet secure anonymous ballot via website.  If you are unsure of your district, please refer to the map to the right side of this screen. District 1 - Ballot District 2 - Ballot District 3 - Ballot District 4 - Ballot District 5 - Ballot Out of state ballot Whichever method you choose, you are allowed to vote only one time.  In order to ensure that each member casts only one ballot, the ballots are randomly numbered.  When you cast your vote, please enter the number that appears next to your name on the mailing panel of the current issue of SPLASH magazine or email that was sent to you.  These numbers are not tied to your name or member number, they are randomly numbered only to alert us to duplicate ballots.  Biographies have been submitted by the candidates. Paper ballot returned by U.S. Mail. To vote via paper ballot, (download the paper ballot here),  please mark your choices and mail your ballot to     Laurie Dougherty, Exec. Director     Illinois Section AWWA       545 S. Randall Road, St. Charles, IL 60174 Paper ballot faxed to the Illinois Section AWWA Office To vote via fax, (download the paper ballot here), please mark your choices and fax your ballot to: 866-521-3591 toll free Internet anonymous ballot via website To vote via Internet, make your selections using the ballot link above. Mark your choices, click done.  Your email vote will be sent anonymously to the Section office. There will be no indication on your email as to who the sender is.  Be sure to include your ballot number. Ballots must be cast by December 31, 2011