Thursday Educational Seminars

Jim Anderson

Jim Anderson, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Soil, Water and Climate at the University of Minnesota. He has worked on the complex interactions between soil and wastewater and how they affect the design and operation of onsite wastewater
treatment systems since 1971. He worked with the industry's educational pioneer, Roger Machmeier, in developing Minnesota's renowned educational program.

Dave Gustafson

David Gustafson, P.E. is a civil engineer who has been a trainer in the nationally recognized Minnesota licensing program for more than 10 years. He has explained septic system operations and performance to more than 10,000 people from more than 30 states. He is a registered civil engineer and regularly designs, troubleshoots and gets his hands dirty in the onsite field. His approach to training is hands-on and practical with a spice of humor.

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Eric Evans

Eric Evans is a national environmental health registered sanitarian and is certified by the Washington State Department of Licensing as an onsite wastewater treatment systems designer/inspector. He is president and co-founder of eOnsite LLC, a developer of specialized wastewater management software that has been applied and adopted by both private industry and regulatory jurisdictions, assisting in the management of hundreds of thousands of wastewater systems. He serves as a board member on the Washington State Onsite Sewage System Association and is a member of National Onsite Wastewater Recycling Association. Evans also consults to local health departments with the coordination and development of their wastewater management programs. He is a graduate of Oregon State University with a bachelor of science degree in environmental health.

Jerard Nighorn

Jerard has over 25 years of business management experience. He has his certificate in business management from the University of Notre Dame. He also has extensive experience with restaurants, including past ownership and operation management of several different types of restaurants. A major part of his experience has been in corporate hiring and training. Through out the years he has presented numerous leadership programs, sales seminars, and hiring seminars. Jerard will guide you through the secrets of positive personality hiring and how much it can impact your business.

John Campbell

John Campbell is a graduate of Michigan State University with a degree in science, mathematics and landscape architecture. He established Site Planning Development, a design and building firm in 1971 and has been a licensed septage hauler since 1980, establishing Big Fish Environmental LLC in 2005. He works in collaboration with Dr. Joan Rose, (Michigan State University), Dr. Albert Venosa (Environmental Protection Agency) and Dr Makram Suidan (University of Cincinnati).

Kirk Nivens

Kirk Nivens, PE, PLS, is president of City Meter Inc. and has been a municipal consulting engineer for 36 years.

Ed Winn

Ed Winn has been involved with the use of products for liquid-solid separation in sales and management for 34 years. He trained with two of the largest chemical suppliers in the world, at which time he received several process patents. He is employed at Fort Bend Services Inc., which is heavily involved with the septic, oil and grease industry.

Scott Hardy

Scott Hardy is the Product Manager for StoneAge Waterblast Tools. He has
been with StoneAge for 19 years and has worked closely with all aspects of
our manufacturing processes. His current position allows him to convey our
customers unique applications and needs directly to our Engineering team
who can respond with new tools for the waterblast market.

Jeff Peltier

Jeff has been in the portable sanitation for more than twenty-six years and has first hand knowledge and experience of what today’s owners, operators, and start-ups are facing. Jeff began his career in portable sanitation with a small family owned business. From there, he advanced to a general manager position at a national Fortune 500 company. Jeff then decided to go out on his own. Starting from scratch and with zero units, Jeff and his business partner successfully grew a portable sanitation business servicing over 1,600 units.

Jeff now holds the position of Midwest Area Sales Manager for Hampel Corp., a leading manufacturer of Portable Restrooms. Hampel Corp., founded in 1976, is an ISO certified company producer of thermoformed plastic components, and developer, manufacturer and marketer of proprietary products. With design, engineering, tooling, molding, production, and distribution housed all under one roof, Hampel boasts one of the most complete and integrated manufacturing facilities in the plastics industry.

Katie Potter

Katie Potter graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management and a minor in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has been working in the portable sanitation industry for 10 years and currently oversees special event sales and marketing for PORTA-JON of the Piedmont in Gastonia, NC. On a daily basis, Katie is responsible for generating new sales and managing existing business from smaller, single events to large, annual events. Katie also teaches a class on Sales and Marketing for Satellite Industries at their Preferred Customer Education Seminar and is serving a three-year term on the Portable Sanitation Association International Board of Directors as chairman of the PSAI Membership Committee.

Phil LaRoche

Phil LaRoche

For over thirty years Phil has worked for and owned a Portable Restroom and Septic business operating in southern Minnesota. Along with renting and servicing restrooms, the company has provided jetting, vacuum pump and camera service for septic customers as well as design, installation and inspection of septic systems.

Additionally, Phil worked for Satellite Industries for seven years as an Area Manager and was responsible for selling portable restrooms, hand wash stations, deodorizers and service trucks in the Midwest region of the United States.

Currently, Phil owns and operates a successful septic business in Minnesota and annually works with Satellite to conduct Customer Training Seminars.

Clyde Sanson

Clyde Sanson

Beginning in 1965, opened a portable restroom business in St. Louis, MO and soon expanded into the Kansas City, MO and Nashville, TN markets. Eventually grew to the point of having a fleet of more than 10,000 restrooms. Gained 80% market share in St. Louis and 50% market share in Kansas City and Nashville with rental prices typically 30% higher than average.

In 1988, started manufacturing a high-quality line of restrooms known as Synergy World. Eventually sold both the service business and manufacturing in 1999 and 2000 respectively.

Currently active in the portable restroom industry serving on the board of two restroom companies and working as a consultant to a major restroom supplier.

Ron Lloyd

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Bill Shook

Bill is president and founder of Action Products Marketing Corp. which licenses regional contractors to use its patented technology, equipment and materials to renew underground structures such as manholes, wet wells and lift stations without digging. For the past 30 years, Bill has devoted his attention to the improvement of infrastructure renewal technologies and has been awarded numerous patents.

He serves as Past President of the National Association of Sewer Service Companies, ASCE Pipeline Infrastructure Committee, AWWA Committee on Pipeline Rehabilitation, Water Environment Federation, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, and North American Society of Trenchless Technology.

William Goff

William's education includes civil, electrical and chemical engineering, is a certified public manager and utilities consultant and has more than 30 years experience in the water and wastewater industry. As former Water & Sewer Superintendent for the City of Myrtle Beach, SC, he is aware of the challenges inflow and infiltration presents to utilities and will explain "How to Identify & Eliminate Manhole Chimney Area Leakage."


William Goff has been named national sales manager for Sealing Systems, Inc, which is the manufacturer of products to prevent erosion and infiltration in sanitary and storm sewer collection systems.

Goff has more than 30 years of experience in the water and wastewater water industry. After retiring from utility contracting in the Carolinas and Georgia, he was the Water and Sewer Superintendent for the City of Myrtle Beach, SC for over 9 years. He has several patents pending and has consulted with utilities and governments throughout the U.S., Canada and South America. He became a regional sales consultant for Sealing Systems in 2006.

He earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Penn State/ICS. He is certified public manager and co-author of the South Carolina Voluntary Certification. He is a member of Water Environment Federation and American Society of Certified Public Managers.