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18 <br /> Page 1 of 4 Michael Hughes <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Michael Hughes <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 3815 Fern Creek Lane <br /> Chapel Hill NC 27516 <br /> Phone: 919-270-6462 <br /> Email: mmh@mmhpe.com <br /> Year of OC Residence: 1989 <br /> Township of Residence: Bingham <br /> Zone of Residence: County <br /> Gender Identity: Male <br /> Ethnic Background: white <br /> Age Range: <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 5€" 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 /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <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 /> Masters€TMs course work I was a student of many professors, including Dan Okun, who have <br /> been instrumental over the years in guiding OWASAAETMS 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 />