Len C. Rodman has been Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Black & Veatch Holding Company since January 1, 2000. Rodman has overall responsibility for initiatives to maximize value of the company and drive value creation for all Black & Veatch stakeholders – clients, professional employees, shareholders and business partners. He also is responsible for the company’s engineering, consulting, construction and related infrastructure businesses in the energy, water, telecommunications, federal, management consulting and environmental markets worldwide.

Rodman joined Black & Veatch in 1971 and progressed through various project management roles within the Environmental Division. In 1992, he was named head of the North American Division within the Infrastructure Business, where he was responsible for water, wastewater, and industrial wastewater projects, including studies, design, contract administration, and operational assistance.

Rodman was named President and CEO of Black & Veatch in August 1998 and was elected to the additional position of Chairman of the Board in January 2000. During his tenure as Chairman, President and CEO, he has led several major initiatives. The first was the conversion from an 85-year-old partnership to a privately held C Corp with an un-leveraged ESOP. This transition significantly increased the equity in the company and set in motion a process for total employee ownership. Parallel with this transition, Rodman led the formation of a corporate transformation that included a complete change in the company’s governance model. Black & Veatch now has a Board of Directors – chaired by Rodman – that has seven non-executive, independent directors and four executive directors. The non-executive, independent directors come from a variety of industrial sectors. Governance is based on the best practices from Sarbanes Oxley. A cultural change was also deployed to further instill a business-like focus for the engineering, consulting and construction company through the utilization of value based management principles. The most recent element of this change was the implementation of a company-wide process to align strategic initiatives with the company’s professional employees’ daily tasks.

Rodman currently serves on the Board of Allete, Inc. in Duluth, Minnesota, a publicly held company which provides regulated energy services in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He is an active supporter of educational initiatives in the Kansas City area, serving as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, as well as the Board of Advisors of the University of Kansas – Edwards Campus. Rodman currently serves as a Governor of the Iowa State University Foundation. He has served on both the Iowa State Engineering College Industrial Advisory Consul (ECIAC) and the University of Kansas Dean of Engineering Advisory Board. He also has served on the Board of INROADS, a minority-based organization that helps to transition high school students through college and into productive business careers. Rodman promotes community service; he has served on the Board of the United Way of Greater Kansas City.

Dan McCarthy, President and CEO, Black & Veatch Water
Education: B.S., Civil Engineering, Iowa State University, 1975
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Kansas, 1982
Total Years Experience: 33
Joined Black & Veatch: 1976

Daniel W. McCarthy is the President and CEO of Black & Veatch’s global water business and has been a member of the Black & Veatch Board of Directors since 2006. He is responsible for all engineering, construction, consulting, design-build and business development activities associated with meeting the comprehensive needs of water and wastewater utilities, as well as the U.S. federal government.

Since joining Black & Veatch in 1976, McCarthy has served in roles as design engineer and project manager for both traditional and engineering, procurement and construction projects. He has also served as manager for the Midwest region of the water business, with progressive leadership responsibilities in a variety of management roles, including President of the company’s Water Americas Division. A notable example is the $45 million Milwaukee ozonation facilities project – the division’s first large-scale design-build engagement.

McCarthy currently serves as a board member of the Water Design-Build Council and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, as an adviser for the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Water Environment Federation (WEF) World Water & Environmental Engineering magazine and as the chair of WEF’s International Program Committee. He has also served as a board member for the American Water Works Association.

Eamonn Kelly, Vice President, Managing Director for Client Accounts South Asia Pacific