Board Members

Eric Schuler

Chair

Company: Mohawk Valley Water Authority

Experienced Municipal Engineer with a history working for well-respected private consulting firms.  Heavily involved in the trenchless evaluation/rehabilitation industry throughout Upstate NY.  High-level of familiarity with funding programs and grant opportunities.  Master Communicator.  Leadership roles in several professional societies. 

In my personal time I enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter at our camp in the Adirondacks. Avid Skier.  Health food and workout nut.

Jonathan Kunay

Vice Chair

Company: CDM Smith Inc. – World HQ

Jonathan Kunay, P.E., PMP is an Associate Engineer and the global Conveyance Market Discipline Leader for CDM Smith in Boston, MA. He has 20 years of experience working as a design engineer and project manager on a variety of trenchless projects including infrastructure assessment with traditional and state-of-the-art investigative techniques, rehabilitation using CIPP, HDD and pipe bursting, facilities planning and master planning, leak detection of water distribution systems, enterprise asset management and risk/criticality studies.

Charles Tripp

Treasurer

Company: Pipeline Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation Design, Water, New England, AECOM

Charles Tripp, P.E. is a Technical Manager focusing on Pipeline Rehabilitation Design and Condition Assessment for the New England Water Business Line at AECOM in Chelmsford, MA. He has 17 years of experience working as a design engineer and project manager on a variety of trenchless projects including pipeline rehabilitation, condition assessment, risk modeling, and general asset management. His varied design experience also includes collection systems design and peer review, wastewater treatment, water resources, and site-civil design to improve municipal infrastructure.

John Altinyurek

Secretary

Company: Delve Underground

John Altinyurek is presently a Senior Staff Engineer with the New York,NY office of Delve Underground. He previously worked for WSP for 6 years. During his career in the underground industry, John has been involved in major tunneling and trenchless projects in the New York City area for clients such as the NYC Dept. of Design & Construction, New York City MTA Transit, Port Authority of New York New Jersey, Amtrak and continuing his work on New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/Nassau County Design-build Bay Park Conveyance Project in Long Island, NY.

Babs Marquis

Past Chair

Company: Delve Underground

Babs Marquis is presently the Trenchless Practice lead for the East Coast and Construction Manager with the Burlington, Mass., office of Delve Underground. He previously worked for Jacobs Engineering Group for 10 years and Stone & Webster for 11 years. During his extensive career in the trenchless industry, Babs has been involved in major tunneling and trenchless projects in the Northeast for clients such as the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston Water & Sewer Commission, the Metropolitan District Commission (Hartford, CT), Narragansett Bay Commission (Providence, RI), NYC Dept. of Design & Construction, NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection and continuing his work with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation/Nassau County Design-build Bay Park Conveyance Project in Long Island, NY.

Tom Loyer

Board Member

Company: Engineers Construction Inc.

Sahar Kunay

Board Member

Company: AEGION

Guy Campinha

Board Member

Company: Town of Wareham

Nick Strater

Board Member

Company: Brierley Associates

Claudia Law

Board Member

Company: IPEX USA LLC

Jesse Lubbers

Board Member

Company: National Grid

Bill Jeffery

Board Member

Company: TT Technologies, Inc.

Sam Wilbur

Board Member

Company: Delve Underground