The Thursday Welcome and Awards begins at 10:45 a.m. EST today and will feature the farewell presentation of The Groundwater Foundation’s 2020 McEllhiney Lecture.
Jeff Williams, MGWC, CVCLD, pictured at right, is presenting “Running a Business or Doing a Job: Combining Professional Expertise with Business Savvy.”
Williams, vice president of Spafford & Sons Water Wells in Jericho, Vermont, is covering a topic critical for groundwater industry business owners. He addresses the mental transition from viewing one’s business as a series of individual jobs to an entity offering a palette of groundwater services.
Five awards will be given at the Thursday Welcome Session as well.
NGWA Awards of Excellence —
- Jeffrey Smith, MGWC, Smith Well Drilling Inc., and Janice Hawk-Baldwin, CWD/PI, Hawk Well Co. — Special Recognition Award
- Marcia Degan, Ph.D., PE, technical services manager at Virginia Department of Health, Roanoke, Virginia — Special Recognition Award
- Francis Weedon, president/owner of Frontier Logging Corp., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma — Technology Award
Sectional Awards —
- Dean Wygal, senior technical sales manager, Western Region at Grundfos Americas Corp., Wilsonville, Oregon — Manufacturers Section Special Recognition Award
- Ronnie Hensley, director of engineered water, Gicon Pumps and Equipment Ltd., Abernathy, Texas — Supplier of the Year Award