Leadership

Nancy Blackwell, PE serves as Vice President. She has extensive experience in civil engineering planning and design, primarily in the areas of municipal water supply and distribution, and municipal wastewater collection and treatment. She specializes in projects associated with wastewater treatment plants and sanitary sewer collection systems, including evaluation, design and rehabilitation of lift stations, force mains, sanitary sewer pipe systems, and treatment plant components. Additionally, Nancy has served as a client representative for several municipal utility districts and other government clients for many years.

Chuck Brunner, PE, SE is the Vice President – Structural for Baxter & Woodman. He provides structural design and QA/QC for well houses, pumping stations, water storage facilities, water and wastewater treatment facilities, bridges, retaining walls, and drainage structures. He is also an IDOT-approved National Bridge Inspection Program Manager and routinely prepares bridge inspection reports for our municipal clients.

Claude Cassagnol, PE serves as Vice President of Baxter & Woodman’s Orlando region. He specializes in land development and highway design, including site planning and stormwater/drainage design. Claude’s broad experience includes stormwater collection systems, roadway improvements, utility infrastructure improvements, and regulatory compliance.

Dennis Dabros, PE oversees the construction engineering and inspection services for many of Baxter & Woodman’s water and wastewater projects. His experience includes improvements to storm sewer, water main, and sanitary sewer systems, pumping stations, treatment facilities, roadways, and bridges. He is familiar with the requirements of various funding programs and an expert at stakeholder engagement and coordination.

Jason Fluhr, PE, PTOE leads the firm’s Transportation Design Groups. He assists state agencies, counties, and municipalities in finding innovative engineering solutions tailored to meet their specific needs. Jason’s experience ranges from roadways and intersections to traffic signals, lighting, and drainage improvements. He also is very familiar with navigating State and Federally funded projects.

Carolyn directs the business development efforts throughout all regions of our growing firm, including the Midwest, Florida, and Texas.

Her background is in the design of water supply, treatment, and distribution systems. She serves as project manager on numerous large, complex new water treatment plants and improvements/modifications to existing facilities. She has also led our water model, water asset management, and long-term water system planning teams. Carolyn monitors rules and regulations that impact the Water industry and how they impact our communities.

Mike Klein, PE is President and co-founder of Concentric Integration, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baxter & Woodman that focuses on the unique technology needs of municipalities. Mike and his team of electrical engineers and technicians provide planning, design, and implementation of a variety of technology related projects, including instrumentation, controls, SCADA systems, telemetry systems, security systems, and information technology projects.

Mike Kurzy, PE serves as Baxter & Woodman’s Vice President of Texas Operations. He has extensive experience in civil engineering planning and design, primarily in commercial and residential land development, as well as water and wastewater systems. Mike specializes in providing water, sanitary sewer, drainage, detention, and paving facilities to serve land development projects. Mike also serves as the client representative for many municipal utility districts and other government entities.

Tom Matkin, PE is Vice President of our Texas Division. He is experienced in civil engineering planning and design of water supply, treatment, and distribution; storm water quality management; and public works infrastructure. Tom’s expertise includes evaluation, design, and rehabilitation of water wells, storage and pressure tanks, pumps, and treatment systems

Craig Mitchell, PE leads Baxter & Woodman’s Construction Engineering Services Group. As a former IDOT Construction Supervisor, he is an expert at transportation related construction coordination and oversight. He serves as Construction Manager on numerous large and complex transportation and infrastructure improvement projects with a variety of funding sources throughout Illinois.

Sean O’Dell, PE leads Baxter & Woodman’s Global Water Group.  He has experience in the planning, design, and rehabilitation of water and wastewater infrastructure and specializes in working closely with communities and sanitary districts to plan infrastructure for growth and redevelopment.  He is at the forefront of trenchless rehabilitation solutions such as water main lining and other emerging technologies.

Sean is an active participant in many industry organizations, most recently elected to serve as Region V Director on APWA National Boards of Directors.

Doug Snyder, PE is a leader in water and wastewater system design and operation, structural studies, and inspection services for the Wisconsin region. His hands-on approach to design and construction allows him to effectively manage a wide variety of municipal water/wastewater projects for numerous communities. He actively provides operations assistance to many communities throughout southeastern Wisconsin.

Doug is a Certified Wisconsin Wastewater Operator and Certified Wisconsin Water Operator.

As the firm’s Chief Innovation Officer, Matt drives innovation strategies within the company and promotes the value and influence that innovation brings. He primarily assists agencies from the State of Illinois, county transportation departments, and local municipalities to find innovative engineering solutions tailored to meet their specific needs. Matt’s design experience ranges from roadways and intersections to traffic signals, lighting, and drainage improvements. He is very familiar with State and Federally funded projects such as the Motor Fuel Tax Program, Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program, and Surface Transportation Program.