Leadership - Clean Water Services

CWS Board Names Rick Shanley Acting CEO/General Manager

Shanley has over 30 years of experience as an environmental engineer, including experience with research, planning, design, and construction of infrastructure for wastewater conveyance and treatment.

Clean Water Services Budget Committee Moves Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget Forward with Requests for Further Review

CWS Board of Directors will next hold a public hearing and consider adoption on June 17 as part of a multi-phase budget process.

A river within the Tualatin river watershed with lush vegetation shading the water and the edges. Community members paddle on the river on a sunny day.

Clean Water Services Board of Directors Announces CEO Resignation

CWS Board thanks Diane Taniguchi-Dennis for her service and assures ratepayers, organizational partners, employees, and community of continuity of operations

Clean Water Services Budget Committee to Review Proposed Budget at Two Public Meetings

Proposed FY 2025-26 investments tackle aging infrastructure and new regulations while ensuring customer rates remain predictable

An aerial view of kayakers on the tree-lined Tualatin River.

Statement by CEO Diane Taniguchi-Dennis

I take the recent media coverage about executive spending seriously. As CEO, I should model accountable executive spending to avoid an appearance of impropriety.

Statement by the CWS Board of Directors

All members of the Clean Water Services (CWS) Board of Directors are committed to being good stewards of public resources and trust.

CWS CEO Diane Taniguchi-Dennis Elected NACWA President

“NACWA represents the interests of public clean water utilities nationwide as the recognized leader in legislative, regulatory, and legal clean water advocacy—helping to build a resilient and sustainable clean water future,” said Taniguchi-Dennis, who previously served as NACWA’s vice president, treasurer, secretary, and Region 10 board member. “It is an honor to serve on NACWA to share the regional work we accomplish together to protect the Tualatin River, public health, and the one water we all share.”