M. Lane Crider P.E., LEED AP is Chief Executive Officer since 2018. Crider is a Registered Professional Engineer in Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee, and has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas. He worked for McGoodwin, Williams and Yates, Inc. and MWY, a Division of Olsson Associates for nearly 30 years gaining experience that included water and wastewater treatment plant design; water transmission, distribution, and storage; wastewater collection and transmission; sludge application and industrial pre-treatment; street, paving and storm sewer design; sanitary sewer rehabilitation; municipal utility relocation and reconstruction; and many other areas of design and construction for private and municipal projects. Crider has served on the state Board of Directors of the Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers (ASPE) and the Arkansas Water Works and Water Environment Association (AWW&WEA) and is currently serving as chair of the Glen T. Kellogg Committee and the Constitution and By-Laws Committee for AWW&WEA. He has served on the Legislative Committee for the Arkansas Water and Wastewater Managers Association (AWWMA) and has experience testifying before the Arkansas House and Senate subcommittees. Crider is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the AWWA, the Southwest Section of the AWWA, the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the Arkansas Water Environment Association (AWEA), the AWW&WEA, the American Public Works Association (APWA), the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), and the ASPE.