Our Team
U.S. Staff
Fred Stottlemyer
Fred is currently the volunteer Field Coordinator for International Rural Water Association (IRWA). Fred began his involvement with IRWA in 1995 and has since been the driving force and visionary for the program. He has committed significant time to developing the program as a grass roots program of instruction and technical assistance to rural communities through in-country groups dedicated to improving the quality, quantity and safety of drinking water. Fred has made numerous trips to Central America and the Caribbean and is responsible for the program expanding from its starting point in Honduras into El Salvador, Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Fred has held a variety of diverse jobs including General Manager of a public water and wastewater district in West Virginia (1976-2004), Special Assistant to the President of the United Mine Workers of America (1973-1975), Community Action Work (1969-1972), Director of State Planning in West Virginia (1966-1969) and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Pakistan (1962-1964).
Fred is a former IRWA Board Member (1995-2005), former National Rural Water Association Director (1985-2004) and former West Virginia Rural Water Association Board Member and officer (1985-2004). Fred continues to live in West Virginia with his wife Ann of 49 years.
Bill Kramer
Bill has served as Program Manager for the International Rural Water Association since 2006. He oversees all aspects of the association under the direction of a ten-member board of directors.
Bill is founder and President of Kramer Environmental Management Inc. KEM provides water focused environmental policy analysis, environmental regulatory training, technical assistance, program management, and chemical sales.
From March 2005 - July 2007, Bill served as a Senior Wastewater Engineer for the National Rural Water Association in the Washington DC Office. He was a liason for the association to federal government agencies, represented foundation and small systems during EPA rule and regulation development, proposal development, training development, and member support through technical.
Prior to joining the National Rural Water Association, Bill served as a manager for General Physics Corporation, a Maryland based environmental engineering and consulting firm for 15 years heading up a compliance and engineering group.
Bill began his career with the Baltimore County Government in the Industrial Pretreatment Program. He was responsible for permit development and enforcement of the National Pretreatment Regulations of the Clean Water Act for a diverse industrial base.
He has served as a member of a local planning committee in his hometown of Jarrettsville, Maryland, as a member of the Maryland Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategies Team, and as a member of the U.S. EPA Source Water Collaborative representing National Rural Water Association.
Lupe Aragón
Lupe serves as the primary international Circuit Rider for IRWA. He uses his vast knowledge of water and wastewater system operations to teach circuit riders in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala about a wide variety of water related issues. He has also supported water and sanitation initiatives and training for partner organizations in Haiti and China. Lupe assists and instructs circuit riders in laboratory equipment operation, laboratory test procedures, maintenance of injection pumps, leak detection analyses, hydraulic principles, pump repair and maintenance, installation of chlorine disinfection systems, principles of pipe pressure and pipe integrity, water disinfection, and water treatment and distribution system operations. He conducts assessments of community needs regarding water and sanitation system planning and design, he assists circuit riders with community meetings, understanding the needs of the communities and devising solutions to meet their needs.
Lupe has been a member of the New Mexico Rural Water Association since 1982. He has been an International Circuit Rider since 1995 and a National Circuit Rider since 1991.
Overseas Partners
Learn more about our Partners in Central America and IRWA Circuit Riders
Mission
To improve the quality of water for residents of developing nations through the establishment of partnerships with organizations to provide resources for implementation of training, technical assistance and sustainable technology applicable to the needs of developing nations.
