The Diversity in Water Speaker Series invites leaders in Ohio’s water industry from diverse backgrounds to discuss their careers, lend us their life lessons, and help lead the discussion on championing diversity within the water industry and in our day-to-day lives.
The event will be held virtually via Zoom; to receive the meeting link, please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/diversity-in-water-cathy-bailey-march-2022-registration-200925151537.
Diversity in Water Speaker Series: Cathy Bailey
Date / Time: Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 5:30 PM, ET
Cathy Bernardino Bailey is the Executive Director of the Greater Cincinnati Water Works Department (GCWW). In over 200 years, Cathy is the first woman and first African American to lead Cincinnati’s major, independent, municipal water utility. Cathy leads a drinking water and stormwater team that ensures safe drinking water for a regional population of more than 1.1 million citizens and protects the city from overland flooding. She supervises a team of 600 full-time employees and oversees a $110 million operating budget and a $70 million annual capital budget.
Cathy is a strong champion and key visionary behind Greater Cincinnati Water Works' award-winning Lead Service Line Replacement Program. Cathy has distinguished herself as a leader throughout her career, focusing on communications, strategic thinking, innovation, technical excellence, outreach, and teamwork. Cathy actively serves as a board member for the Water Research Foundation and the US Water Alliance and is the Policy Committee Chair for the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies.
Cathy was recognized as one of the 2018 Greater Cincinnati YWCA’s Career Women of Achievement, one of the Cincinnati Venue Magazine’s 2018 Women of Influence, and is one of the 2021 American Water Works Association Diversity and Inclusion Award Recipients. Locally, Cathy also enjoys serving in the community as a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter. She continues to be active as a board member of The Children's Home and Woman's City Club.
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