Julie L. Labonte — Senior VP & Senior Program Manager at AECOM

Ms. Julie L. Labonte has been Senior Vice President and Senior Program Manager of AECOM since July 19, 2017. Ms. Labonte has nearly 30 years of water and wastewater expertise in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining AECOM, Ms. Labonte served as Senior Vice President and Program Consultant Manager for the San Diego Pure Water Program at MWH Global, Inc. since May 2015. She joined MWH in 2014 as Director of Americas program management. She is an active board member and volunteer for the California chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers and has been recognized by organization as the U.S. Government Civil Engineer of the Year (2013) and as Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Public Sector (2011). Ms. Labonte garnered various technical accomplishments Construction Management and professional awards over the course of her career, including the Government Civil Engineer of the Year (for the U.S.) from the American Society of Civil Engineers. She served on the National Board of the Association of America for three years and she is on the Board of Directors of Africa Development Promise, a nonprofit organization working in East Africa to support rural women through the creation of agricultural cooperatives while addressing the water, energy and food nexus to achieve long-term sustainable economic and social outcomes. Ms. Labonte also led rojects in Africa for the World Water Corps, an international volunteer arm of Water For People, where she worked to increase access to safe drinking water in the developing world. Ms. Labonte holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from U.S. International University in San Diego and master's degrees in civil engineering from San Diego State University and in environmental engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.