22 | ROCKY MOUNTAIN WATER JULY 2019
FEATURE
This is relevant because the Rocky
Mountain UMC is announcing plans
to coordinate and conduct a regional
convening similar to the national
convening in Alexandria. The intent is
to hold the convening in May or June
of 2020. In the spirit of collaboration,
the focus of this convening will include
invitations to support partners, such
as human resources staff, school
counselors, high schools, trade schools
and community colleges to begin the
dialog on workforce needs in the water
sector and how these partnerships
can help water utilities train, certify
and advance employees to ensure a
sustainable workforce.
In the next few months, work will
begin to develop a steering committee
and plans for this regional workforce
convening. If you would like to be
involved in the planning of this
important event, contact Jim Ginley or
Cindy Goodburn.
Jim Ginley is an independent consultant with more than 30 years of experience
in the municipal water sector, including more than 16 years on the AWWA staff
in Denver. Ginley specializes in strategic planning, benchmarking, organization-al
assessments, workshop and session facilitation, and training. He is a member
and past chair of the AWWA Strategic Management Practices Committee and
serves on the WEF Utility Management Committee. He also developed and co-chairs the Rocky
Mountain Utility Management Committee.
Cindy Goodburn is an independent consultant specializing in workforce devel-opment
and leadership coaching, and consulting businesses focused on design-ing
innovative and effective workforce programs and developing leaders for the
future water workforce. She has more than 30 years’ experience in the wastewa-ter
industry as a member of the executive management team for the South Platte
Water Renewal Partners. She is Co-Chair of the Rocky Mountain AWWA/WEA Joint Utility
Management Committee, and serves on the WEF Workforce Sustainability Committee, AWWA
Workforce Strategies Committee.
Richard Gerstberger, P.E., is President of TAP Resource Development Group Inc.,
an organizational development, training, coaching and management consulting
firm. He has over 35 years of local government experience, including Assistant
City Manager, Public Works Director and Director of Utility Operations. He is
chair of the WEF Utility Management Committee’s Workforce Sustainability
Subcommittee, a member of AWWA’s Workforce Sustainability committee and a member of sev-eral
Rocky Mountain Section committees.
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