37th Annual WateReuse Symposium

Karen Block

 Senior Vice President, Director, National Water Business

(737) 703-3866 / [email protected]

Karen focuses on growth and development of the firm’s Water business, responsible for overall business strategy, client engagement and business development activities, as well as identifying new opportunities that will diversify the business across geographies, sectors and services. Karen has 28 years of experience and has served in multiple roles since joining the firm in 1997. She was strategic planning manager for WSP's U.S. Transportation and Infrastructure business and held strategic sales roles for WSP's Transportation and Infrastructure, Water and Environment, and Advisory services businesses. Her experience with the firm includes three years in the Middle East and Northern Africa, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where she led business development activities for the firm’s 13-nation, 600-person region. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Karen is a past president of the Houston chapter of WTS International.

John Helminski

 Senior Director, Water Resources

(619) 525-8368 / [email protected]

John has more than 30 years of experience in long-range capital planning and fiscal management of large capital and operational budgets; capital planning and development relating to water and wastewater projects, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects; development and management of municipal infrastructure; facilities management, and program and project management. John’s focus has been on innovative solutions, fiscal prudence, cost-effectiveness and efficient operational solutions. His water and wastewater experience includes major rehabilitation and infrastructure improvements for the City of San Diego, including most recently leading the programmatic and Phase I design teams for the City’s $1.6 billion Pure Water Program.

Atri Sen, PE, PMP

Vice President, Senior Director, Texas Water Business Line

(281) 552-2709 / [email protected]

Over the past 20 years, Atri has been at the forefront of responsive project and program management involving multi-disciplinary projects nationwide. As a core infrastructure professional, his experience includes planning, design, and construction projects across the water, transportation, sustainability/resiliency, and emergency/disaster preparedness sectors. He has worked extensively with local, state, and federal agencies, working on grants management and other infrastructure funding analysis. Resilient, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure solutions delivery is at the core of his professional philosophy. Atri is a graduate of Purdue University and recently completed his MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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