Theresa O'Grady - Candidate for Vice Chair

Theresa L. O’Grady, P.E. is a Senior Water Resources Engineer with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc., where she serves as the Group Manager of the Water and Wastewater Group in the firm’s Aurora office.  She has been with CMT for 17 years and has served as the project manager for water-related municipal design and construction projects in Northeastern Illinois including water treatment plants, wells, well houses, ground storage tanks, elevated storage tanks, pump stations and watermains. 

Theresa has been an active member of AWWA and ISAWWA since 1996.  She has served on the ISAWWA Board for the past four years as District 2 Trustee.  She has served on various ISAWWA committees including the Young Professionals committee for six years and is currently serving as Chair of the Website Committee.  In addition, Theresa has authored and presented papers at the Illinois Section, Indiana Section and Missouri Section AWWA conferences. Theresa has also been an active member of the Mid Central Water Works Association since 1997 and served as Program Chair for six years. 

Theresa graduated with a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1994 and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Illinois.

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