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Steering Committee Spotlight:
Rhonda Harper Elected Co-Chair
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ROW is pleased to announce that Rhonda Harper, Community and Stakeholder Engagement Manager with Citizens Energy Group (Citizens), was elected as its new Steering Committee Co-Chair during its November 13 meeting.
Rhonda began her career with Citizens in 1985 and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility over more than 30 years. The majority of her career at Citizens has been in Customer Relations, holding the positions of supervisor, manager and Director of Customer Relations prior to moving to Corporate Affairs in May of 2015, as the Community and Stakeholder Engagement Manager.
She is responsible for managing Citizens low-interest loan program, building and maintaining relationships with community groups, neighborhood associations and other stakeholders. In addition, Rhonda represents Citizens in redevelopment and revitalization efforts in our community.
Rhonda studied business at Oakland City College and serves on several local boards including Child Advocates, South East Neighborhood Development and Citizens Investment Collaboration on Neighborhoods. She also serves as the First Vice President of the board of directors for the National Energy and Utility Affordability Coalition. In addition, Rhonda serves on various committees such as the Mapleton Fall Creek Economic Development Committee, the INRC Neighbor Power Program Committee, and the Indiana State Fair Community Engagement committee and others.
Rhonda's says of this new responsibility: "Citizens had been involved with ROW prior to my joining the steering committee in 2015. As the water and wastewater utility for Marion county and some of the surrounding counties, we have a responsibility to our customers to provide safe, reliable service at the lowest possible cost. ROW’s mission, and commitment to the waterways is a natural fit with Citizens as the provider of water and wastewater services. While our missions differ, our desire for safe, clean waterways align. Citizens values the work ROW does and values the thoughts, opinions and ideas provided regarding certain initiatives and projects. We have reached out to ROW prior to implementation of several projects and initiatives and have also ensured ROW was kept up to date on projects such as Dig Indy. Citizens' decisions and initiatives must be aligned with what is best for our customers, keeping regulatory requirements and expectations, customer feedback, and cost in mind. This may not always be in alignment with ROW, however we respect and value the collective."
ROW also wants to thank our outgoing Co-Chair, IUPUI's Gabriel (Gabe) Filippelli who served a two-year volunteer leadership term. Rhonda joins CICF's Alphons Van Adrechem as he completes the second of his two-year term.
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Little Eagle Creek Takes a Walk
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On Saturday, November 20, Little Eagle Creek Waterway Co-Chairs, Joan Servaas and Jeb Bardon, took six community members on a nearly 3-mile loop walk and talk to share some of the beauty of the area.
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