MI-ACE Speakers
September 9 - 12, 2025 | Port Huron, MI
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2025 MI-ACE Speakers
| Speaker Name | Speaker Organization | Presentation Title |
| Mark Beatty | Utility Technologies, Inc | Technologies and Techniques for Water Loss Management |
| Jason Berndt | Michigan Depart of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) | EGLE Source Water Protection Program and Grant Opportunities |
| Evan Biedenbach | Pure Technologies U.S. Inc. | Novi’s Most Critical Asset – Managed through proactive Condition Assessment and Operational Determination |
| Jane Burnett | HDR | The Value of a Phased Approach: Assessing Aging Infrastructure with Pressure Data |
| Matthew Charles, PE | Hazen and Sawyer | The Filter Files: Lessons Learned from Evaluating and Optimizing Granular Media Filters |
| Mike Compagnoni | Midwest Strategies Group | Policy Update from Midwest Strategy Group |
| Aaron Davenport, PE | Jones & Henry Engineers, Ltd | Drill, Baby, Drill...the Continuing Saga of Battle Creek's Wellfield Rehabilitation Project and Inadvertently Proving Why It Was So Critical |
| Mark De Haan, P.E. | Life Giving Water International | Design and Sustainability in an International Context |
| Sally Duffy | Hubbell Roth and Clark | Cross-Cultural and Generational Collaboration for a Sustainable Water Future |
| Jaime Fleming | City of Wyoming | Superpower Status Activated! |
| Carlee Fullenkamp, P.E., ENV SP | HDR | Prep Over Panic – Next Steps for LCRI Compliance |
| Samarhia Giffel | City of Grand Rapids Water System | Communication During a Crisis via Social Media |
| Angie Goodman | Lansing Board of Water and Light | Building a Healthier, Informed Community: Our Community Water Advisory Council & Lansing School’s Drinking Water Flushing Program |
| Bailey Hannah | Fishbeck | A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Aquifer Property Estimates for Michigan’s Water Withdrawal Assessment Tool (WWAT) |
| Scott Humphrey, P.E., GISP | HDR | Elevated Storage Evaluation using InfoWater Pro for Lansing Board of Water and Light |
| Ivan Ivanov | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago | Paying for Water Infrastructure Projects: Municipal Bonds |
| Jacob Jasperson | Utility Metering Solutions | Find Your Hook: Answering Questions, Addressing Feedback, and Engaging Your Community When Deploying Advanced Metering |
| Ken Jewison | Stantec Consulting | After 20 years of planning, you landed a major industrial user. Now what?! |
| Shawn Koorn | HDR | Utility Rate Setting and Policy Considerations |
| Mikel Levandoski | ClearFlow | Optimizing Utility Asset Management with GIS: Enhancing Efficiency, Compliance, and Sustainability |
| Darren Lytle | Hazen and Sawyer | Random Daytime, Fully Flushed and Manual Composite Approaches: Lead Sampling Norms of the Future? |
| Molly Maciejewski | Ann Arbor Water | Swimming Upstream: A Multi-Faceted Approach to Protecting Ann Arbor’s Source Water |
| Sue McCormick | 4Leaders LLC | Michigan Water Asset Management Council - How and Why to Fill out the Survey |
| Gary McLaren | HydroCorp | 4 Tough Lessons to Avoid in Cross-Connection Control Programs |
| David McPherson | HDR | Transient Control and Mitigation, a System Approach |
| Jean-Pierre Nshimyimana | Michigan Depart of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) | Lessons learned and best practices for lead service line replacement in the State of Michigan |
| Kaisra Osman, Bcom, IAM, CRL | Great Lakes Water Authority | People or Data. Who Drives Decisions? |
| Brian Phillips | Fishbeck | Innovative Pretreatment Solutions: The St. Joseph Success Story |
| Chuck Ramirez | Clear Creek Systems | PFAS: What to do Before You Do It |
| Russell Schindler | SampleServe, Inc. | Revolutionizing Environmental Sampling and Monitoring: Digital Tools for Accuracy, Efficiency, and Audit Management. |
| Joe Siwek | Fishbeck | Addressing Sanitary Survey Deficiencies at Drinking Water Storage Tanks |
| Ian Smith | Michigan Depart of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) | State of Michigan Source Water Assessment Program: An Update |
| Haran Stanley | Great Lakes Water Authority | Exploring Best Practices in the Management of Water Assistance Programs: A Case Study of the Great Lakes Water Authority’s Water Assistance Program |
| Sam Szaroletta | Spicer Group | High Pressure Zone Creation, Booster Station Inception, and Complementing Booster Stations (oh my) |
| Brian Thurston | EGLE | EGLE's Drinking Water and Enviromental Health Division Update |
| Ariana Wade | Fishbeck | From Legacy to Innovation: A Multi-Generational Dialogue on Water |