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Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Michael Hughes Page 1 of 4 <br />Home Address:3815 Fern Creek Lane <br />Township of Residence: Bingham <br />Zone of Residence:County <br />Ethnic Background:white <br />Gender Identity:Male <br />Phone:919-270-6462 <br />Email:mmh@mmhpe.com <br />Name: Michael Hughes <br />Boards/Commissions applied for: <br />Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br />Name Called: <br />Year of OC Residence:1989 <br />Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br />Orange County Voice, Executive Vice President <br />Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br />Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA) Board of Directors, Appointed for a three <br />year term by the Orange County Commissioners May, 2012 – September, 2015 <br />Environmental Advisory Board to the Orange County Commissioners appointed for a two <br />year term September, 2010, Elected Vice-Chair December, 2011 <br />Age Range: <br />Orange Water & Sewer Authority Board of Directors <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />I am a Civil/Environmental engineer by education with 40 years of practice in design, <br />construction, and project management. I have BS in Civil Engineering from the University of <br />Notre Dame and a MS in Environmental Engineering from UNC Chapel Hill. I also pursued a <br />Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from UNC Chapel Hill which I did not complete. During the <br />Master’s course work I was a student of many professors, including Dan Okun, who have <br />been instrumental over the years in guiding OWASA’s policy and technical practices. <br />I previously served on the OWSA Board as one of the Orange County Representatives from <br />May, 2012 through September, 2015 and in that capacity served as Secretary and Vice Chair. I <br />needed to resign from my reappointment to the second three-year term in October, 2015 due to <br />the travel and technical challenges of a new job that I took on. I am now in a position where <br />those are no longer a consideration and I will be able to resume the responsibilities of an <br />OWASA Board Member. <br />During my service on the OWASA Board, as I am sure that Ed Kerwin and my fellow Board <br />members would attest, I contributed significantly in all matters that came before the Board. <br />Most of my years of engineering practice have been centric to water supply and wastewater <br />14