GMWEA is governed by a 12-member board of directors, all of whom are association members and water quality professionals; they are elected by the membership at our annual Spring Meeting and Training Conference.
This year, we’re especially pleased to welcome two individuals who will be serving on the board for the first time, even if they’re not new to GMWEA. We look forward to an exciting year of growth and change with their expertise and enthusiasm helping to guide the association!
Amy Macrellis is a project water quality specialist in the water resources 
management group at Stone Environmental. Amy started her career in Michigan, turning a love for rock-hounding into a bachelor’s degree in Geological Sciences from Albion College, and then a master’s degree in Environmental Geoscience from Michigan State University. Since coming to Vermont in 2000, it’s been all about communities, water, and soil, and she has developed a great respect for our state’s clean water professionals.
Amy now has over a decade of experience supporting Stone’s clients by providing technical leadership and editorial support for stormwater and wastewater management plans and feasibility studies, policy development, and applied water quality research projects. Her recent work focuses on implementation of green stormwater infrastructure in policy and practice for municipalities, stewardship organizations, and state agencies, including VTrans and VTANR.
Amy remains involved in community wastewater planning with an emphasis on Vermont’s unsewered villages. She still gets her hands dirty some days by completing site, soil, and hydrogeologic evaluations in preparation for design and construction of stormwater BMPs and community wastewater systems.
Amy has been a member of GMWEA’s Government Affairs Committee since 2017. As a new board member, she says she is excited—and humbled—to bring her knowledge and perspectives in service to all of GMWEA’s members during a time of rapidly changing state and federal regulations and policies.
Eileen Toomey began her environmental career in 1990 at Spectrum Laboratory, where she learned basic chemistry and acquired a great interest in wastewater. In 2000, she began working as lab tech at Morrisville Wastewater Treatment Plant, then served for eight years as operator at the facility, where she learned a great deal about the field. She is known to many in the water sciences industries in her role as customer support specialist at Endyne Laboratory Services Labs, which she feels is good preparation for a role on the GMWEA board – she says she looks forward to serving GMWEA’s membership with the same attentiveness.
A mother of two, grandmother of four going on five, a proud seventh-generation Vermont woodchuck, she lives in Morrisville. She has been chair of GMWEA’s Continuing Education Committee since 2017.
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