Pamela P. Kenel began her career with the engineering firm Black & Veatch in Gaithersburg, Maryland, in 1980 as a co-op student from Virginia Tech. After completing her B.S. in civil engineering in 1984, she joined the professional staff and today is a project manager and technical specialist in Black & Veatch's Advanced Environmental Technologies Division.



Ms. Kenel, who received an M.S. in civil engineering at the University of Maryland in 1992, specializes in water supply planning and water quality management and has managed numerous projects throughout Virginia and in Maryland and New Jersey. Her work has entailed water facility planning, water quality and treatment evaluations, water supply planning, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling analyses, permitting, coordination with state and federal regulatory agencies, and involvement of citizens' groups.



Active in service to her profession, Ms. Kenel has held several positions in the American Water Works Association (AWWA). She has been a member of the Chesapeake Section AWWA Board of Trustees, various Virginia Section AWWA committees, and the Wetlands Technical Advisory Workgroup and Project Advisory Committee; she currently serves as a Trustee of the Water Resources Division, Chair of the Source Water Protection Committee, and as a member of the Administrative & Policy Council's Committee on Policy Statements.



Ms. Kenel has written and presented numerous technical papers to professional organizations including the AWWA, Water Environment Federation, American Society of Civil Engineers, and North American Lake Management Society. Among the recognitions of her work are the Best Paper of the Year Award from the AWWA Virginia Section in 1987 and 1994 and the Best Paper Award from the Chesapeake Section in 1995.



She also applies her professional skills to state service as a member of the Virginia Source Water Assessment Citizen's and Technical Advisory Committee and of the Maryland Source Water Assessment Technical Advisory Group.



In 1995, Ms. Kenel was named one of the Women Leaders at Virginia Tech during the celebration of the 75th anniversary of women at the university. An active alumna, she has served on the Via Department of Civil Engineering Advisory Board and currently is a member of the College of Engineering Committee of 100 and the college's Advisory Board.



Pam Kenel and her husband, Steve, live in Olney, Maryland, with their three young children. An active volunteer at Olney Elementary School, Pam talks to public school classes about the importance of drinking water and its sources, and describes to students