2024 HR Insider Winter Newsletter

Winter 2024

New Hires

We would like to recognize and congratulate our 4th quarter 2024 EAA employee anniversaries. Thank you for your dedicated service and we wish you many more successful years ahead! Anniversaries

Lorenzo Rangel Electronics Technician II

Name

Date Of Hire Recognized at Board Years of Service

Matthew Rogers Hakan Basagaoglu

1/07/2019 1/28/2019

1/09/2024 2/13/2024

5 Years 5 Years

Lorenzo joined the External and Re- gulatory Affairs division on October 16th. Lorenzo received an Associa- te of Science degree from Palo Alto College. Lorenzo comes to the EAA with 1 year of experience in tech- nology maintenance and support. Lorenzo is responsible for performing installations and repairs of automated meter reading systems.

Deadlines and Events

1st Quarter Birthdays

January 01

New Years Day - Office Closed

Maryam Samimi Senior Modeler

January 05 Timesheets Due January 11 Staff Meeting January 12 Payday January 15

Maryam joined the Aquifer Manage- ment Services division on December 27th. Maryam received a Bachelor of Science degree in Irrigation and Reclamation, a Master of Science degree in Hydraulic Structures from Tehran University, and a Ph.D. in

Micah Meyers Senior Art Design Specialist

Jessica Quintanilla Matt Schwarz Bryan Anderson Jewell Lee Cozort Mike De La Garza Charles Bradshaw Mounika Dereddy Emily Thompson Sandra Haglund Jose Gonzales Destiny Guerra Jes Sterzenback Logan Schmidt Newfel Mazari Destiny Valles Julian Reyes Rob Esquilin

January 4 January 9 January 9 January 14 January 16 January 20 January 20 January 30 February 7 February 15 February 17 February 18 February 21 February 23 February 26

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Office Closed

January 18 Intacct Refresher Training January 19 Confederate Heroes Day - State Holiday January 19 Timesheets Due January 24 Texas Tuition Promise Fund Webinar January 26 Payday February 02 Timesheets Due February 09 Payday February 15 Staff Meeting February 15 YMCA Presentation February 16 Timesheets Due February 19 President’s Day - Office Closed February 22 Fleet Management Training February 23 Payday March 01 Timesheets Due March 07 ServiceDesk Plus Training March 08 Payday March 14 Staff Meeting March 15 Timesheets Due March 22 Payday March 27 PNC Bank Webinar March 29 Timesheets Due

Micah joined the Communications and Development division on De- cember 11th. Micah received a Ba- chelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Di- rection and Graphic Design from the Pratt Institute. Micah comes to the EAA with over 20 years of experien-

Biosystems Engineering from Oklahoma State Univer- sity. Maryam comes to the EAA with over 15 years of experience in water resources management and waters- hed modeling. Maryam is responsible for directing and performing groundwater and watershed modeling and evaluating geologic and hydrologic data to carry out the mission of the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

ce in graphic design and company branding. Working in collaboration with team members, Micah is responsible for designing, developing, and executing marketing ma- terials that sustain the EAA brand.

Julian Reyes IT Administrator I

Derek Hausmann Aquifer Environmental Scientist II

Julian joined the Administration and Financial Services division on January 8th. Julian received an Associate of Science degree in Ne- twork Administration from Palo Alto College and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Cy-

March 1 March 3 March 3 March 5 March 7

Derek joined the Aquifer Manage- ment Services division on January 8th. Derek received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography and Environmental Studies with an em- phasis in Natural Resource Manage- ment from Texas State University.

Paul Bertetti Kristy Smith

Elizabeth Posada

bersecurity from Texas A&M University-San Antonio. Julian comes to the EAAwith over 6 years of experience in technology support and maintenance. Julian is res- ponsible for configuring, securing, implementing, moni - toring, and maintaining the organizations applications, servers, network hardware, web infrastructure, backups, and cloud environments. He will also be providing end user support, helpdesk assistance and IT support for the daily operation.

Patricia Mick March 9 Jennifer Wong-Esparza March 11 Isabel Martinez March 17 Laura Hernandez March 21 Laurel Torres March 22 Maggie Veliz March 26 Sarah Valdez March 30

Derek comes to the EAA with over 3 years of experien- ce in environmental compliance and mitigation.EAA brand. Derek is responsible for conducting activities that assess and monitor land uses that protect and enhance the quality and quantity of water in the Edwards Aquifer.

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