IECA Announces 2011 Board of Directors Positions

At the 42nd conference and expo of the International Erosion Control Assn. (IECA), held in Orlando, Fla., in February, the IECA board of directors installed Beth Chesson as a new officer and held elections to determine new positions. The IECA board of directors is made up of nine members, each serving a three-year term.

The IECA board of directors voted to elect Phil Handley as the new president. Handley, who joined the IECA board of directors in 2009, is resource protection and compliance supervisor for the San Antonio Water System in San Antonio, Texas.

“Our association is leading into an exciting and promising future. There are many new directions to explore in the next few years which will place IECA in a ‘state of readiness’ to serve our membership and the industry into new innovations, technologies and management strategies for erosion and sedimentation control, storm water quality and storm water management,” Handley said. “These new directions would not be possible without the collective participation of the IECA membership.”

Other board of directors members assuming new positions are Beth Chesson (treasurer), Lee Johnson (director), Brock Peters (administrative vice president) and Charlie Riling Jr. (technical vice president).

Handley, Chesson, Johnson, Peters and Riling join Julie Etra (international development vice president), Sandy Mathews (secretary), Rick Morse (director) and Tom Williams (marketing vice president) to complete the 2011-2012 IECA board of directors.

IECA thanked outgoing board of directors President Mike Chase for his years of dedication and service to the association. As a member of IECA, Chase has served on the Future of the Association Strategy Team, the Professional Development Committee, the Save Our International Land Fund Committee, Technology Section 4 (Stormwater Management) Committee and the Technology Section 6 (Erosion and Sediment Control) Committee. Chase is also a past president of the Western Chapter of the IECA. Chase will continue his involvement on the board of directors as ex-officio board member for the next two years as immediate past president.

Source: International Erosion Control Assn.