Robert W. Bailey

CEEAA Distinguished Alumni Award, 2009

For exemplary performance and outstanding achievement in the consulting engineering profession, and for community and state leadership in the state of Florida.

Biography

As President of the Water Business Group for CH2M HILL, Robert W. Bailey has worldwide responsibility for the development, project performance, and risk management of all CH2M HILL water projects.  CH2M HILL’s Water Business Group brings the firm nearly a billion dollars in revenue annually, employs approximately 2,500 people and completes more than 4,000 planning, design and construction projects each year.

Bailey has served on CH2M HILL’s Board of Directors and currently serves on the Board’s Ownership and Incentive Compensation Committee.  He is a graduate of Leadership Florida.  His additional professional and community involvements include serving on the Leadership Florida Board of Governors and the Florida Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors.  Bailey also serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Corporate Directors (Florida Section) and is a Past President of the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA).

Bailey is a recognized leader in the water industry, having received the AWWA National George Warren Fuller Award for Leadership.  He is an AWWA Life Member.