Leggette, Brashears & Graham Inc. (LBG), a professional groundwater and environmental engineering services firm, has named Brad Cross and Mitch Kannenberg associate vice presidents.
Based in the Austin, Texas office of LBG-Guyton Associates, Cross has more than 30 years of experience in the field of groundwater and surface-water hydrology, water resources, environmental assessments, and project management. He previously served for 15 years at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and also served as a consultant to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in the development of regulatory guidelines for the 1996 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Cross developed and directed Texas’ statewide drinking water protection program and provided technical assistance to more than 300 communities throughout the state. A Professional Geologist in Texas, Cross earned a B.S. in geology from the University of Texas at El Paso. He is a member of the American Institute of Professional Geologists and the American Federation of Mineralogical Societies.
Based in LBG's Sioux Falls, S.D., office, Kannenberg has over the past 25 years worked on a number of projects involving groundwater quality and groundwater resource evaluation. Projects have included groundwater supply sustainability and development evaluations and well field design. His recent projects have included the design, construction and development of groundwater sources providing from 1,000 gal per minute (gpm) to more than 3,000 gpm to public water supply systems and industrial developments.
Kannenberg is a licensed Professional Engineer, and was recently elected to the American Water Works Assn. (AWWA) board of directors, where he will serve a three-year term beginning in June 2015. He was awarded the George Warren Fuller award for distinguished service in the water supply field in 2011, and is a past Chair of the South Dakota Section of AWWA. Mr. Kannenberg is a graduate of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, S.D., where he earned a M.S. in geological engineering.
Source: Leggette, Brashears & Graham Inc.