A recently resurfaced clip of DC Water’s CEO and General Manager has shown the agency head saying that the majority of higher-ups at the utility company that serves Washington, DC, were white men, despite the majority of workers being people of color. This comes as the Potomac River has been hit with a sewage spill, resulting in over 200 million gallons of wastewater leaking into the river.
Gadis said that when he joined DC Water in 2018, “this was an organization that looked very similar to our industry. It was predominantly, you know, white male at the top, but this was a utility that’s, you know, more than 70 percent people of color work at this utility. And I really believe, and I still believe, and it has been fantastic. The outcomes have been fantastic.”
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The clip came from a February 2022 Good Day AWWA! video from the American Water Works Association, in which Gadis spoke with AWWA CEO David Lafrance, who said Gadis’ leadership strategy “is really focused on diversity and inclusion and how a diverse and inclusive workforce can really help change a utility and a customer’s relationships, and he really focuses on the top of the organization.”
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