In this episode, we welcome Bill Madden, Director of External Affairs, SUEZ Water.

Career Highlights:

• Director of external affairs for SUEZ New York.
  • Responsible for the following in Rockland, Westchester and Orange counties:
    • Government relations
    • Media relations
    • Community relations
    • Customer communications
• 12 years in senior management roles at two of the region’s premier agencies.
• Founder and president of Madden Communications and Marketing LLC, leading public relations agency in Rockland County from 2002 to 2010.
• Managed national and international communications programs at KPMG
• 19-year career with Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper company.
• Managing editor role for The Journal News in Westchester and Rockland counties.
• Member of the board of directors for the Rockland Business Association, Leadership Rockland and Cornell Cooperative Extension.
• Advisory boards:
  • North Rockland High School Academy of Finance
  • St. Thomas Aquinas College
  • Hudson Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America
  • Rockland Community Foundation
  • B.S. in Accounting St. Thomas Aquinas College – member of the Alumni Hall of Fame.

Topics:

• SUEZ response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• SUEZ COVID-19 Relief Fund grants
• SUEZ’s long-term investment of $330 million in Rockland’s water infrastructure
• SUEZ’s new headquarters in West Nyack
• SUEZ customer conservation program
• SUEZ high school scholarships
• SUEZ as a corporate citizen