Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> June 7, 2004
DAWN KRISTOF is President of the Water and Wastewater Equipment
Manufacturers Association (WWEMA), a Washington, DC-based trade
organization that has represented the interests of manufacturers serving
the water supply and wastewater treatment industry since 1908. Ms.
Kristof began her affiliation with WWEMA in 1976, serving as Assistant
to the President. She left the Association in 1979 to pursue her
interests in government affairs, working as a Legislative Aide to the
Washington, DC, office of American Can Company. WWEMA recruited her back
in 1981 to serve as its Director of Government Relations and promoted
her to the office of President in 1984. Ms. Kristof received her
Bachelor of Science degree in Management from George Mason University
(Fairfax, Virginia) and completed course work in the university's MBA
program. She currently serves as a member of the Environmental
Technologies Trade Advisory Committee, which advises the US government
on policies and programs to expand US exports of environmental goods and
services. Most recently, she has taken on the assignment of helping
generate public awareness of the nation's staggering infrastructure
funding needs for water and wastewater systems. WWEMA is a member of the
H2O (How to Optimize Water) Coalition. Ms. Kristof is a former President
of the Federal Water Quality Association (a member association of the
Water Environment Federation) and is a proud member of its 'Select
Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers' ' commonly known as the 5S
Society. She received the 'William D. Hatfield Award' from the Water
Environment Federation in 2003 for outstanding performance and
professionalism. Profile
Ms. Kristof: The Water and Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers
Association (WWEMA) is a non-profit trade association founded in
