Our Staff

Administration

• Mark Eddington, P.E.                Executive Director
• Jason Robbins                            Operations Manager
• Onassis Rivera, P.E.                   Staff Engineer   
  
• Tracy Zenkner                             Administrative Assistant
• Nick Newman, ENV-SP            Environmental/GIS Analyst 
  

Personnel

Lead Personnel

• Ben Meier                                     Lead Operator
• Jamie Cochrane                        Collections Supervisor
• Dan Knaak                                   Maintenance Foreman
• Allison Yates                                Laboratory Supervisor

Operations and Collection System

• Dan Knaak                                  at KWRD since 2003
• Chris Stika                                  at KWRD since 2005
• Grant Olsen                               at KWRD since 2015
• Kevin Cherry                             at KWRD since 2018
• James Garland                        at KWRD since 2018
• Floyd Griffin                              at KWRD since 2021
• Trent Owens                             at KWRD since 2021
• Patrick Sipp                              at KWRD since 2023
• Nate Sauer                                at KWRD since 2023

Laboratory

• Zach Wade                                at KWRD since 2022

Operator Certification

All KWRD operations personnel either have or are working toward Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Certification from the Illinois EPA. There are four levels of certification, each requiring advancing levels of knowledge, experience, and expertise.