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
- Responsible for the following in Rockland, Westchester and Orange counties:
- 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