NSWRD Board Of Trustees Appoints Rhoda A. Pierce To The Board

The Board of Trustees of the North Shore Water Reclamation District (NSWRD) recently appointed Rhoda A. Pierce to fill the Ward 5 (Highland Park and Highwood) vacancy created by the death of Trustee Daniel M. Pierce. She brings a wealth of experience in community involvement to the Board.

For more than a decade, Pierce was the Executive Director of the Illinois Arts Council, an Agency of the State of Illinois. She was the President of the Highland Park Library Board and of the Highland Park/Highwood Sister Cities Foundation. She served as Chair of the Highland Park Human Relations, Historic Preservation, and Cultural Arts Commissions. Trustee Pierce is a Life Trustee of Lake Forest College. Pierce was a member of the leadership team at the now Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority where she worked on the first expansion of McCormick Place. She has lived in Highland Park with her family for most of her adult life.

“We are very pleased to have Rhoda Pierce join our Board,” stated Preston Carter, President of the NSWRD Board of Trustees. “She has a strong commitment to public service that is clearly demonstrated by her work history. Trustee Rhoda Pierce is the consummate public servant.”

The North Shore Water Reclamation District is a municipal body dedicated to the beneficial reuse of our water resources while protecting Lake Michigan, local waterways, and the environment through sustainable and fiscally responsible wastewater reclamation practices at our facilities. The NSWRD owns and operates 3 major Water Reclamation Facilities (WRF) located in Gurnee, Waukegan, and Highland Park, Illinois, and more than 100 miles of intercepting sewer lines and 10 pumping stations which collect and convey wastewater from local sewer systems to the WRFs. Additional NSWRD facilities include the Biosolids Recycling Facility in Zion, the Administration Building and Laboratory in Gurnee, and the Maintenance Building in Waukegan. The NSWRD is governed by an elected Board of Trustees vested with full powers to tax and enact all necessary rules within District boundaries that are the Wisconsin border on the north, Lake-Cook Road on the south, Lake Michigan on the east, and the I-94 toll road on the west. For more information about the NSWRD please visit http://www.northshorewrd.org.