Energy and Sustainability Specialist
Pennsylvania Rural Water Association
Description:
Chad has been in almost every job in the water and wastewater industry since 1997. After college, Chad started as an accounting assistant and field sampler at an environmental laboratory. He was then appointed to the Thompsontown Municipal Authority board, where he would become the chief superintendent at the Thompsontown water and wastewater facilities and at the Meribah Water Company. He later worked as an assistant wastewater treatment plant operator at Silver Spring Township Authority in Mechanicsburg. After completing his Bachelors degree, he served as an accountant working with contractors for water and wastewater projects throughout the commonwealth as a Pennsylvania sales tax accountant while earning his CPA certificate. Starting in 2018, Chad began working as the new PRWA Energy Efficiency Circuit Rider, under funding from the USDA, to assist and evaluate rural and low-income systems for new cost and energy saving initiatives. Chad is also a Certified Public Accountant.