Monday, August 3 | 8:00 am – 9:30 am

Keynote

Suzanne R. Coffey. P.E
CEO of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA)  

Before being named CEO, Ms. Coffey was the Chief Planning Officer for GLWA, a position she held at the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department. In that capacity, Ms. Coffey championed GLWA’s efforts to bolster the Authority's asset management capabilities and capital improvement program execution, as well as lead long-term planning efforts, such as the Wastewater Master Plan.

Ms. Coffey became very familiar with GLWA through her role as a manager in the Oakland County’s Water Resources Commissioner’s office where she worked for 12 years, and she was an integral part of the DWSD-GLWA transition efforts. During that time, Ms. Coffey was responsible for supervising engineers, field staff members, administrative and technical support personnel and supporting operations and maintenance of wastewater interceptor systems, local municipal wastewater conveyance systems, drains and lake level control structures, as well as oversight of staff members who perform construction project management and construction inspection. Ms. Coffey is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Michigan. Coffey was recently elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies, the nation’s recognized leader in legislative, regulatory and legal clean water advocacy.