Speakers

There will be a Transportation bond placed on the ballot for April 2nd. Shawn is the Director of Public Works and will be speaking about this very important project.  Shawn has served in this position since January, 2007.  He manages an operating budget of $18 million, a capital improvement program of over $100 million and a staff which includes 113 full time employees and 4 part-time employees.  As director, Shawn is responsible for: 

• Engineering Services

• Traffic Control

• Flood Control / Storm Water

• Street Maintenance

• Fleet Maintenance

There will be a Stormwater Bond and Stormwater Utility Fee placed on the ballot for Norman voters to approve or reject on April 2nd.  Dr. Carrie Evenson is the Stormwater Program Manager for the City of Norman.  Carrie Evenson is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Oklahoma and a Certified Floodplain Manager.  Prior to working for the City of Norman, Dr. Evenson worked for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality for over 11 years in the Industrial Wastewater and Stormwater Enforcement Section.  Dr. Evenson has a Bachelor of Science and a Doctoral degree in Environmental Science from the University of Oklahoma. 

Richard and his wife Terri are co-owners of Pumps of Oklahoma, a wholesaler distributor and manufacturer of water well drilling, pumping and water treatment equipment.

In 2005, Richard had an opportunity to travel to China and use his corporate expertise to bring clean water to the people of a remote community using a solar pump. This experience gave him a heart for learning more about the world water crisis, and finding how he could be part of the solution.

Richard and Terri founded Water4 in 2008 with the mission of eradicating the world water crisis.

In their work in the developing world, the Greenly’s became aware of the difficulty of taking sophisticated machinery into remote, rural areas to drill one well for a village. They began researching alternate solutions, and after much searching, Richard reached out to an old friend, Steve Stewart, to discuss the possibility of designing something entirely new.