He also is responsible for the company’s engineering, consulting, construction and related infrastructure businesses in the energy, water, telecommunications, federal, management consulting and environmental markets worldwide. With gross revenues of $2.7 billion, Black & Veatch is consistently ranked in the top five categories for power generation, power delivery and water infrastructure development in Engineering News-Record magazine and is ranked in the Top 200 of the Forbes list of Largest Private Companies.

Rodman joined Black & Veatch in 1971 and progressed through various project management roles within the Environmental Division. In 1992, he was named head of the North American Division within the Infrastructure Business, where he was responsible for water, wastewater, and industrial wastewater projects, including studies, design, contract administration, and operational assistance.

Rodman was named President and CEO of Black & Veatch in August 1998 and was elected to the additional position of Chairman of the Board in January 2000. During his tenure as Chairman, President and CEO, he has led several major initiatives. The first was the conversion from an 85-year-old partnership to a privately held C Corp with an un-leveraged ESOP. This transition significantly increased the equity in the company and set in motion a process for total employee ownership. Parallel with this transition, Rodman led the formation of a corporate transformation that included a complete change in the company’s governance model. Black & Veatch now has a Board of Directors – chaired by Rodman – that has seven non-executive, independent directors and four executive directors. The non-executive, independent directors come from a variety of industrial sectors. Governance is based on the best practices from Sarbanes Oxley. A cultural change was also deployed to further instill a business-like focus for the engineering, consulting and construction company through the utilization of value based management principles. The most recent element of this change was the implementation of a company-wide process to align strategic initiatives with the company’s professional employees’ daily tasks.

Rodman currently serves on the Board of Allete, Inc. in Duluth, Minnesota, a publicly held company which provides regulated energy services in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is an active supporter of educational initiatives in the Kansas City area, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as well as the Board of Advisors of the University of Kansas – Edwards Campus. Rodman currently serves as a Governor of the Iowa State University Foundation. He has served on both the Iowa State Engineering College Industrial Advisory Consul (ECIAC) and the University of Kansas Dean of Engineering Advisory Board. He also has served on the Board of INROADS, a minority-based organization that helps to transition high school students through college and into productive business careers. Rodman promotes community service; he has served on the Board of the United Way of Greater Kansas City.

Well known in the water industry for her expertise in water reuse, wastewater treatment and biosolids, Wallis-Lage has been involved in more than 100 projects around the world, including throughout North America, Australia, the UK and Singapore, in both the municipal and industrial sectors.

A licensed professional engineer, Wallis-Lage joined Black & Veatch in 1986 and progressed through the ranks from her starting point as a design and process engineer. She has held various positions in Black & Veatch’s global water business, and she most recently served as the Executive Managing Director of the water business’s Technical Solutions group, which reinforced the company’s commitment to lead with technology. The group has a broad range of technical capabilities that include water technology-related treatment planning and design, environmental sciences and remediation, information technology and asset management, and water conveyance and supply. The group also addresses energy solutions, including renewable sources and energy optimization, as well as heavy civil elements needed for hydropower, dams and tunnels.

She also formerly served as Director of Wastewater Treatment Technology for the Americas Region. In 2006, she was named the Chief of Technology – later the Water Technology Group – for Black & Veatch.

Wallis-Lage is an active leader and a frequent speaker at many industry forums and events. She serves on several committees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and the International Water Association. Additionally, Wallis-Lage has authored more than 50 papers, 20 technical articles and 10 textbook chapters. She served as editor of the Fifth Edition update of the Handbook of Chlorination and Alternative Disinfectants book.

Wallis-Lage has also been a moderator, facilitator and speaker at many global Black & Veatch roundtable events developed to confront the world’s most vexing water industry issues, including Overcoming Barriers to Water Reuse and Dealing with Economic Pressures in the Water Industry.

Her leadership has earned her recognition in the industry and business communities. In October 2006, she received the Professional Engineering Award from Kansas State University in 2006. In September 2009, Wallis-Lage was honored as a recipient of the Top 100 Under 50 DIVERSE EMERGING LEADERS Award from DiversityMBA Magazine. She has also been honored with the WEF George Bradley Gascoigne Medal for Research in Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Improvements.

Wallis-Lage is also an active supporter of educational initiatives. She has served on the Civil Engineering Advisory Council for Kansas State University and has been an invited speaker to both the KSU and University of Missouri Schools of Engineering. An invited speaker on careers in engineering to local grade and high schools, Wallis-Lage was quoted in the book 21 Things Every Future Engineer Should Know, A Practical Guide for Students and Parents.

Wallis Lage earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Kansas State University in 1985, and she holds a master’s degree in environmental health engineering from the University of Kansas.

Prior to assuming this role, Eberts was the Managing Director for Black & Veatch’s Asia-Pacific water business where he was responsible for overseeing a business that spanned 12 offices in six countries. During his tenure he successfully managed Black & Veatch’s re-entry into the Australia water market. The Australia water business became pivotal in returning the regional water business to profitability and also saw Black & Veatch expand into providing EPC services. He played a significant role in ensuring the successful execution of the Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant. The plant was an integral part of the $ 2.2 billion Western Corridor Recycled Water Project in SE Queensland, Australia which received numerous accolades and awards from the global and regional engineering community, including, in November 2009, being named as one of the Top Ten Engineering Wonders in Queensland.

Through his long association with Black & Veatch Eberts has held a number of important leadership positions that include Director of Project Services and Deputy Director of Client Services for Black & Veatch’s water business in the Western United States. His project management experiences includes an important role on the full secondary expansion of the City of Los Angeles Hyperion Treatment Plant, a 15-year, $1.1 billion wastewater treatment and reclamation project, which was named one of the ten most outstanding public works projects of the 20th century by the American Public Works Association.

Through these experiences Eberts has been able to provide important insight into the global and Asia Pacific water industry and has been interviewed by international and local media to provide comment about developments and trends in the industry.

Eberts has been an active member of the Water Environment Federation, American Water Works Association, American Public Works Association, Structural Engineering Association of California and an officer of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering – College of Fellows.