APWA Board of Directors
Bob Freudenthal
President
Deputy General Manager
Hendersonville Utility District
Hendersonville, TN
bfreudenthal@hendutil.net
William A. Verkest, P.E.
President-Elect
Municipal Program Manager
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Fort Worth, TX
bill.verkest@hdrinc.com
Tom Trice
Past President
Director of Public Works
Bloomfield Township
Bloomfield Hills, MI
ttrice@bloomfieldtwp.org
Jean-Guy Courtemanche
Director, Region I
Business Development
Lumec, Inc/Div of Thomas
Boisbriand, QC
jgcourtemanche@lumec.com
Howard B. LaFever, P.E., DEE
Director, Region II
Vice President
Stearns & Wheler, LLC
Cazenovia, NY
hblafever@stearnswheler.com
Noel C. Thompson
Director, Region III
Business Development Director
Waterra Incorporated
Louisville, KY
nthompson@waterra-inc.com
Shelby P. LaSalle, Jr.
Director, Region IV
President and CEO
Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consultants
New Orleans, LA
slasalle@kllconsultants.com
Larry T. Koehle, P.Eng.
Director, Region V
Commissioner of Works (retired)
City of Brampton, ON
koehleconsulting@futureway.com
Dale L. Houdeshell, P.E.
Director, Region VI
Manager - Special Projects
City of Chesterfield, MO
dhoudeshell@chesterfield.mo.us
R. LeRoy Givens
Director, Region VII
Vice President & Senior Project Manager
Bohannan Huston, Inc.
Albuquerque, NM
lgivens@bhinc.com
Ann A. Burnett
Director, Region VIII
Governmental Liaison (retired)
Pacific Bell
San Diego, CA
aburnett@pacbell.net
George R. Crombie
Director-at-Large
Environment
Public Works Director
Town of Plymouth, MA
gcrombie@townhall.plymouth.ma.us
Larry W. Frevert, P.E.
Director-at-Large
Fleet & Facilities
Municipal Program Manager
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Kansas City, MO
larry.frevert@hdrinc.com
John L. German, P.E.
Director-at-Large
Engineering & Technology
Vice President/District Director
PBS&J
San Antonio, TX
jlgerman@pbsj.com
Diane Linderman, P.E.
Director-at-Large
Public Works Management and Leadership
Director, Urban Infrastructure and Development
Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Richmond, VA
dlinderman@vhb.com
John Okamoto
Director-at-Large
Transportation
Chief Administrative Officer
Port of Seattle
Seattle, WA
okamoto.j@portseattle.org
In Memoriam
Jack Pittis, P.E.
1946-2006