Industrial Waste Control Sr. Chemist, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities
2799 Griffith Road, Winston Salem, NC 27103
Phone: (336) 397-7660 | E-mail: [email protected]

Olu is a Chemist at the City of Winston Salem, Industrial Waste Control, Utilities. He has been with the City of Winston Salem for over 20 years working in pretreatment. He is married to the former Ms. LaShaunda Richardson, and has three children, two daughters and a son. In his spare time, Olu is also a Personal Development Motivational Speaker.

Environmental Compliance Supervisor, Charlotte Water
4222 Westmont Dr., Charlotte NC 28217
Phone: (704) 280-5894 | E-mail: [email protected]

Sarah Daley is the Environmental Compliance Supervisor for Charlotte Water’s pretreatment program. Sarah manages a team of Compliance Specialists responsible for permitting and compliance for 55 SIUs. Charlotte Water’s pretreatment program also regulates several non-SIUs including 42 breweries under a general permitting program and 19 zero dischargers. Sarah’s duties also include coordinating special investigations and industrial waste survey activities. She has been an NC-PC member since starting her pretreatment career at Charlotte Water in 2015, and previously served as Secretary. Before joining Charlotte Water, Sarah spent over 10 years working at a toxicity testing laboratory in San Diego, CA as a laboratory technician and project manager. Sarah holds Grade I Physical-Chemical and Biological Wastewater Operators licenses from the State of NC and a Grade III Pretreatment certification from the NC-PC. She has a B.S. in Biology from St. Francis University (Loretto, PA).

Pretreatment Coordinator, EPA Region 8
1595 Wynkoop, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 312-6382 | E-mail: [email protected]

Previous to working at the EPA, Al worked at a local municipality and has significant experience providing regulatory control to industrial and commercial facilities, including sampling, inspections, permit writing, compliance evaluation and enforcement. Al was hired in 2008 as the Pretreatment Coordinator for EPA Region 8 where he currently amuses fellow co-workers with his taste in humor, music, and fashion. Al has direct implementation of the Pretreatment program in Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. He also oversees state authorized Pretreatment programs in Utah, North Dakota, and South Dakota as well as oversight of the Colorado NPDES permitting program.

Environmental Compliance Manager, Charlotte Water
4222 Westmont Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: (704) 336-4636 | E-mail: [email protected]

Bill is the Environmental Compliance Manger for Charlotte Water. His professional experience includes working with the City of Charlotte as an Environmental Compliance Specialist and the System Protection Manager. Bill has a BS in Biology and is a NC Certified Grade II Wastewater Operator and Grade 1 Collection System Operator. He also has a Grade IV NC Pretreatment Consortium Specialist Certification. Bill serves as the NC-Pretreatment Consortium Certification Chair.

Pretreatment Consultant, City of Greensboro
Box 3136, Greensboro NC 27402-3136
Phone: (336) 433-7229 City office, (336) 708-3100 mobile | E-mail: [email protected]

Martie was employed with the City of Greensboro NC for 46 years, having retired as Laboratory and Pretreatment Section Supervisor in August 2022, and is currently working part-time as a Pretreatment Consultant for the City and as NC-PC Advisor. She received a BSN from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and holds a North Carolina Grade IV Biological Wastewater Operator Certification, Class IV Certified Environmental Analyst, Level A Industrial Pretreatment Certification from the State of Florida, and a license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina. Martie is a founding member of the NC-PC, and a founding board member and course instructor of the NC-PC Certification Program. She is a member of the NC AWWA/WEA “5S” Society, NACWA National Pretreatment Committee, serves on the State of North Carolina Water Pollution Control System Operators Certification Commission, and has been a national instructor for the EPA/WEF Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Pretreatment Training Courses since 1999.

Deputy Director, Division of Water Resources, NC Department of Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Phone: (919) 707-9147 | E-mail: [email protected] (Note: new email address)

Julie Grzyb is currently the Deputy Director for North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality – Division of Water Resources. She has worked for DWR since 2009, first as a NPDES permit writer and later as Supervisor over the Municipal & Industrial Permitting Branch. Her focus has been on addressing emerging compounds in the Cape Fear, remediation at the Chemours facility in Fayetteville, and implementation of the state’s dissolved metal standards. Prior to working at DWR, Julie was a Water Resource Manager for Virginia DEQ, and the Industrial Permitting Supervisor for Ohio EPA’s southwest regional office. Julie earned her B.S. degree from the College of Engineering at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Pretreatment Coordinator, NPDES Municipal Permitting Unit – Pretreatment, Division of Water Resources, Department of Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Phone: (919) 707-3662 | E-mail: [email protected]

Octavio Henriquez graduated from North Carolina State University’s Environmental Engineering Program. He joined NCDEQ in August 2022 as an engineer for the Pretreatment Program. His responsibilities involve reviewing program documentation and providing technical assistance to POTWs across the state. Additionally, he supports Regional Offices with Pretreatment Program reviews and compliance. Before earning his degree, Octavio served in the US Navy stationed in Norfolk, VA.

Pretreatment Supervisor, City of High Point
PO Box 230, High Point, NC 27261
Phone: (336) 883-3090 | E-mail: [email protected]

Carrie is the Pretreatment Supervisor for the City of High Point and is responsible for Pretreatment in the Town of Jamestown, Cities of Archdale and High Point and FOG oversight within the City of High Point. She has 16 years of experience in Pretreatment. Prior to being with the City of High Point she was a Senior Industrial Waste Inspector for the City of Visalia, California.
Carrie received a BS in Biology from the California State University, Fresno and currently holds a Grade II Environmental Compliance Inspector Certificate from the California Water Environment Association and a Grade III North Carolina Pretreatment Specialist Certification. Carrie is a member of the California Water Environment Association, Water Environment Federation, and the North Carolina Pretreatment Consortium (NC-PC.) She is a Grade I instructor for the Consortium’s North Carolina Voluntary Pretreatment Certification Program and is currently serves as the NC-PC treasurer.

Technical Services Manager, City of Asheboro
1032 Bonkemeyer Drive, Randleman, NC 27317
Phone: (336) 672-0890 | E-Mail: [email protected]

Sarah has worked in Pretreatment for the City of Asheboro for 10 years. As the Technical Services Manager, she is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the City of Asheboro’s pretreatment program, as well as FOG program, and Water Resources safety.
Sarah received a B.S. in Chemistry from UNC Wilmington in 2013. Sarah holds a Grade I Wastewater Operators Certification, a Grade I Physical/Chemical Operators Certification, a Grade 2 Collections System Operator Certification, a Cross-Connection Control System Operator Certification, and a Land Application Certification from the State of North Carolina. She also holds a Class IV Wastewater Laboratory Analyst Certification, Grade III North Carolina Pretreatment Certification and Utility Management Certification.

NC DWR
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Phone: (919) 707-3624 | Email: [email protected]

Michael Montebello is the NPDES Branch Chief of the Municipal Unit, Industrial Unit and Compliance & Expedited Units. He started this new post in June 2022. Michael was the Supervisor of the Municipal Unit in the Division of Water Resources from April 2020 until June 2022. He presently addresses major municipal, Industrial, and private NPDES, pretreatment programs and Collection System permitting along with related compliance program priorities. Michael was the former Domestic Wastewater Section Manager in the SC Bureau of Water. He oversaw permitting for the Domestic NPDES and Non-Discharge wastewater, wastewater treatment plant design review, pretreatment program review, Industrial wastewater pretreatment system permitting, domestic sludge land application permitting, compliance and enforcement assistance; Michael was also responsible for the SC Water Quality Standards updates, NPDES regulation updates and was a “Superuser” in the development of the Bureau of Water’s ePermitting integration for the Agency. Michael retired SCDHEC after nearly forty years of service.

Director of Water Resources, City of Burlington
P. O. Box 1358, Burlington NC 27216
Phone: (336) 222-5133 | Email: [email protected]

Bob Patterson has worked for the City of Burlington for 26 years. He is currently the Director of Water Resources. Serving since 2009 in that capacity, he oversees two water plants, two wastewater plants, 3 water supply dams and lakes, residuals management, stormwater, pretreatment program, water/wastewater laboratory services, water distribution/collection and plants maintenance. His previous positions with Burlington include civil engineer, assistant director of public works, and director of public works. He received a BSCE from the University of Pittsburgh and an MSCE from Youngstown State University.

Water and Wastewater Superintendent, City of Eden
191 Mebane Bridge Road, Eden, NC 27288
Phone: (336) 430-2235 | E-mail: [email protected]

Chris Powell is the Water and Wastewater Superintendent with the City of Eden. He has been in his current position for 3 months. Prior to this position he worked 10 years as the Pretreatment Coordinator and ORC for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Chris is currently serving as the NC-PC 2023 Conference Co-chair. Chris holds a Grade IV Wastewater Operators license, Grade I Collections Operator license, Class I Wastewater Laboratory Analyst License, C- Water Distribution Operator License, C-Surface Water Treatment Facility Operator License, and Grade III Pretreatment Program Specialist License.
Chris received a bachelor’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University in 2018 where he majored in the field of Environmental Science.

Water Reclamation Compliance Coordinator, City of Wilson
PO Box 10, Wilson, NC 27894
Phone: (252) 399-2499 | E-Mail: [email protected]

Laura has worked in Pretreatment for the City of Wilson for 8 years. As the Compliance Coordinator, she is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the City of Wilson’s pretreatment program as well as the FOG program. She is currently serving as the NC-PC Secretary.
Laura received a B.S. in Environmental Health with a minor in Business Administration in 2006 and a M.S. in Environmental Health in 2010 from East Carolina University. Laura holds a Grade II Wastewater Operators Certification, a Grade I Physical/Chemical Operators Certification, a Grade I Collections System Operator Certification, a Land Application Certification, and a Spray Irrigation Certification from the State of North Carolina. Laura also holds Grade III North Carolina Pretreatment Certification from the NC-PC. Additionally, she is also a Registered Environmental Health Specialist with the State of North Carolina.

Pretreatment Coordinator, City of New Bern
527 NC HWY 55W, PO BOX 1129, New Bern, NC 28563
Phone: (252) 639-7562 | E-Mail: [email protected]

Sara Rhodes has been the Pretreatment Coordinator for the City of New Bern for two years. She is responsible for the Pretreatment Program and the FOG Program. She is Co-chair for the City of New Bern Safety Committee, Responsible for the Water Resources safety program and a member of the Health and Wellness Committee for the City of New Bern. Sara is currently attending the University of Mount Olive for her master’s in business. She served in the Army National Guard and has been a member of the NC-PC since 2021.

Water Environment Federation, www.wef.org, www.weftec.org, www.nwbe.org
Phone: (703) 684-2400 x 7782 ET | E-mail: [email protected]

Jennifer is the Manager of the Wastewater Surveillance Program with WEF. Jennifer is a biologist with a passion for water quality and public health serving in various roles in her career. At WEF, Jennifer manages multiple projects focused on COVID-19 wastewater surveillance, working to accelerate its nationwide adoption to support informed public health decisions. Previously, she conducted research on water quality and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Dr. Harwood’s lab at the University of South Florida. Following the completion of her master’s coursework in May 2022, she collaborated on projects for federal and local governmental agencies, further enriching her experience in the field of water quality and public education. Jennifer’s goal is to continue making a positive impact in the world of water quality and public education.

Pretreatment Coordinator, City of Greensboro
2350 Huffine Mill Road, McLeansville NC 27301
Phone: (336) 433-7227 | Email: [email protected]

Amy has over 19 years of experience in municipal utilities. She currently serves as the Pretreatment Coordinator for the City of Greensboro. Prior to this role, she served as the Water Resources Compliance Manager for the City of Mebane for 13 years. In that role she served as the Pretreatment Coordinator, Lab Supervisor, FOG Coordinator, and Back-Up Operator in Responsible Charge for the City of Mebane Wastewater Treatment Plant. Prior to her employment with the City of Mebane she was employed with the City of Greensboro for five years as the Pretreatment Compliance Specialist. Amy received a B.S. in Chemistry from Elon University in 2003. She has been a member of the North Carolina Pretreatment Consortium since 2004 and has held various officer positions. As well, Amy has served as a member of the NC-PC Certification Board and instructor for the Certification school since 2010. She holds a Grade III Pretreatment Specialist Certification from the NC-PC, a Class IV Wastewater Laboratory Analyst Certification from the NC Section of the AWWA and the NC WEA, and Grade IV Biological Wastewater Operator and Grade I Collection System Operator Certifications from the State of North Carolina WPCSOCC.

Environmental Compliance Inspector II, City of Akron
2460 Akron-Peninsula Rd, Akron, Ohio 44313
Phone: (330) 212-0781 | E-mail: [email protected]

Sydney Weeks is a dedicated professional with a passion for environmental compliance and sustainability. With an impressive background in both the hospitality industry and the public sector, she has honed her skills to become an Environmental Compliance Inspector II at the City of Akron. In this capacity, she plays a pivotal role in ensuring the city’s environmental regulations and standards are met. Her main focus lies in leading the Fats, Oils, and Grease (F.O.G) Program, a critical initiative that aims to manage and mitigate potential pollutants in the water reclamation process.
Sydney’s academic journey showcases her diverse interests and commitment to continuous learning. She initially earned an associate degree in culinary arts and a bachelor’s degree in organizational supervision from the University of Akron, which provided her with essential leadership and administrative skills. Sydney’s commitment to professional growth is evident through her pursuit of knowledge and certifications. After starting her career at the City of Akron, she recognized the importance of enhancing her expertise in environmental sciences. Subsequently, she obtained an associate degree in science from Stark State and is currently pursuing an associate degree in water and wastewater technology augmenting her technical knowledge and understanding of water and wastewater treatment.

Environmental Compliance Supervisor, Charlotte Water
4222 Westmont Drive, Charlotte, NC 28217
Phone: (704) 336-4783 | E-mail: [email protected]

Preston has worked for Charlotte Water for 22 years. He attended Appalachian State University where he played football and received his BS in Management and Public Relations. Preston has had various positions in other departments within Charlotte Water such as Customer Service, Administration, and now System Protection. Currently he is the Environmental Compliance Supervisor for the FOG, Multi-Family and Septage Program for Charlotte Water. He is a member of the NC-PC Consortium, NC AWWA, and AFCA. He has been a High School football coach for over 20 years. He enjoys coaching and mentoring young men and women and developing them to pursue their careers and dreams. In his down time, he loves to fish, watch all levels of Football, attend NASCAR and Drag Racing.

NPDES Municipal Permitting Unit – Pretreatment, Division of Water Resources, Department of Environmental Quality
1617 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1617
Phone: (919) 707-3608 | E-mail: [email protected]

Al has an undergraduate and master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Alabama. They currently work for NCDEQ as one of the state’s pretreatment coordinators at the central office. Before this position, Al worked for NCDOT as a transportation engineering associate and as NCDEQ field engineer in Public Water. As a dedicated state employee, they have a passion for maintaining North Carolina’s beauty and natural resources, while also being a loyal public servant to its people and economic development.