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public works supervision. He is returning and miniature schnauzer. In his first year as West Branch
this year as Lower East Director. His goals for the Lower East Branch Director, he’s set to host the 2020
TCAPWA Annual Conference this
He has an associate degree in are to increase membership and November. His goals for the branch
automotive technology, and holds involvement in the quarterly meetings/ include enlisting a new West Branch
ASE Master Certification, ASE L1 educational session, and to boost the YP representative to build on 2019’s
Certification and a Grade II Wastewater yearly TCAPWA conference attendance. momentum with biannual YP events,
Collection System Operator license. ETHAN W. SKAGGS, P.E., maintaining the branch foundation of
With an automotive background, his West Branch Director quarterly “lunch and learn” meetings,
hobbies follow suit, from off-road and increasing branch membership
endurance racing to four-wheeling. Skaggs works as Senior Design and participation in meetings and the
Sines also enjoys hunting in the great Engineer with the City of Memphis Annual Conference (of course!).
outdoors with his wife, two-year-old son Division of Engineering. He also serves
as a Structures Specialist for Tennessee
Task Force One, a Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) Urban
Search and Rescue response team.
A University of Memphis graduate
and a licensed professional engineer,
Skaggs joined APWA in 2016, the same
year he began working with the City of
Memphis. He has more than 15 years of
experience in both the private and public
sectors, designing, constructing and
maintaining public works infrastructure
from roadways to runways to bridges.
He has attended the TPWI Public
Works administration class, has been a
contributing writer for TPW Magazine
and initiated the first TCAPWA West
Branch YP Group.
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