Hard Experience Helps This Utility Leader Play a Winning Hand

Roy Hesemann made an early career turn into the water sector. He has won prestigious awards on both the drinking water and wastewater sides

Hard Experience Helps This Utility Leader Play a Winning Hand

The team at Cedar Rapids includes, from left, Macy Borngraeber, water quality chemist; Drew Campbell, lab manager; Quinn Johnson-McCormick, process operator; Ron Hesemann, utilities director; Travis Heins, operations specialist; Jason Booth, process operator; and Lauren O’Neil, plant manager.

Even with nearly 40 years of experience under his belt, Roy Hesemann says with some levity: “Don’t ever think you’ll be doing what you think you’ll be doing.”

Over his office desk he displays words from the philosopher Voltaire: “Each player must accept the cards life...

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