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Date(s): October 30, 2008
Location: Audio/Web Broadcast
Cost: Members: $175.00
Non Members: $225.00
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Description: The road to green is about minimizing the long-term impact of public works operations on the environment while enhancing organizational effectiveness. This webcast series will help you identify opportunities to embed concepts into your organization and create a vision of sustainability for the future.

First in a series of four webcasts, this program asks the question, 'What does sustainability mean?' Speakers from different communities highlight what is being done in their locales to embrace green changes as they develop best practices to enhance their communities.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to do the following:
~ Identify the need to develop a community based philosophy about sustainability.
~Compare design components of a livable community.
~Establish a community philosophy on sustainability.

This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. The form to request these credits is included in the handouts for this program. Please note there is a $5 fee per individual requesting CEUs.
Speaker: MODERATOR: Patricia Hilderbrand, P.E.

Program Management & Development Manager
City of Kansas City, MO

Director-at-Large, Engineering and Technology

In her eleven years with the Kansas City, Missouri Public Works Department, Patty Hilderbrand’s duties have included project management of major flood mitigation projects with the U.S. Corps of Engineers; directing the department’s $500-million, five-year Capital Improvements Program; directing and implementing a city-wide, Internet-based, comprehensive program and project management system; and serving as primary liaison to the local Metropolitan Planning Organization, MoDOT and all local jurisdictions. Since joining the Kansas City Metro Chapter in 1997 she has been the chair of the Awards Committee (2002-03) and the Engineering & Technology Committee (2004-06), and also served as the co-chair of the Operations Committee for the 2006 APWA Congress in Kansas City. At the national level she has been a member of the Leadership & Management Committee since 2002. In 2003 she received APWA’s Young Leader of the Year Award.
Speaker: D. Michael Mucha, P.E.

Director of Public Works
City of Olympia, WA


Michael Mucha has over 17 years of executive leadership experience in city government, with appointments in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and currently in Washington State as the Director of Public Works for the City of Olympia.

He has a reputation for not following the straight and narrow path by encouraging employees to pursue crazy ideas, be creative and live their passion at work. Moreover, at Olympia Public Works, that passion is around creating a sustainable future.

“Building a Relationship of Trust and Respect” These seven words best describe what motivates Michael to get up and go to work every day. He believes the key to trust is finding balance in everything and developing a capacity to care about people. His passion is local government, where the work is closest to where citizens experience its value.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and his Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Washington. He recently completed a one-month sabbatical studying state and local government leadership at Harvard University. Michael is a registered professional engineer in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Washington State. He also serves on the faculty of Evergreen State College and teaches graduate level management courses on topics such as sustainable leadership and transforming local government.
Speaker: Dan J. Hartman

Director of Public Works
City of Golden, CO

Dan Hartman has been in public works for 29 years. He has been Director of Public works in Golden for the past 17 years, and has had similar positions in Tustin, CA and Steamboat Springs, CO. Dan has served on the board of directors for the American Public Works Association, and was the 2004 Colorado Chapter President. He has served as a delegate in an engineering professional exchange with Japan in 1991. He has been a technical recourse expert with United States Agency for International Development and has traveled to Eastern Europe a dozen times to help communities in Bulgaria and Romania plan, finance and complete infrastructure improvements. Dan was selected as the Colorado public works employee of the year in 1995. Dan has spoke nationally on infrastructure management, traffic calming, roundabouts, storm water management and water supply and drought preparation. During Dan’s tenure the Golden Public Works Department has received 16 state and national awards for projects and programs, and became only the 13th department in North America to achieve American Public Works Association national accreditation.
Speaker: Anne Beierle

Public Works Deputy Director
City of Golden, CO

Anne Beierle is the Deputy Director of Public Works at the City of Golden and has been with the City since 2004. Her responsibilities include water treatment, water rights, utilities, laboratory and environmental programs for the City.

Prior to joining the City, Anne was the Environmental Manager at Climax Molybdenum Company’s Henderson Mine, the largest underground molybdenum mine in the world. There she oversaw environmental programs and had the opportunity to develop environmental management systems that assured environmental considerations would be part of all major operational changes. Anne is a past president of the Upper Clear Creek Watershed Association and was on the Board of the Colorado Water Congress.
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