Smud Receives AWWA Excellence Award Again

Rosemary Smud

For the second year in a row, AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe Senior Sales Engineer Rosemary Smud received the John Lechner Award of Excellence from the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) California-Nevada Section during its Annual Fall Conference. This award is given to a Manufacturers/Associates Council (MAC) member who displays exemplary service to the drinking water community and promotes the AWWA California-Nevada Section’s mission and goals.

Smud has held various offices on the sectional and association levels of AWWA, including AWWA vice president, service provider director-at-large on the AWWA board of directors, vice president on the MAC board of directors, and member of the Young Professionals Committee, the Materials Performance Committee and the Corrosion Control Committee. She is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Northern California Pipe Users Group, Sacramento Area Water Association and United Contractors.

Smud received her bachelor’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech and her MBA from the University of California-Davis. She began her career with AMERICAN in 2003.