NOLA Sewerage & Water Board names executive director

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Milwaukee public works chief named Sewerage & Water Board executive director

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Milwaukee's public works chief has been named the Sewerage & Water Board's next executive director, ending nearly a year of filling the utility's top job on a temporary basis in the wake of last summer's flooding.

Ghassan Korban, who has served as the commissioner of Milwaukee's Department of Public Works since 2011,

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Korban has held several engineering and management roles since joining Milwaukee public works in 1987, including as a project engineer, utility coordinator, construction supervisor, chief construction engineer and coordination manager, according to his resume.

As commissioner, Korban's resume notes he has led a workforce of more than 2,000 employees spread among four separate divisions including street maintenance, water distribution and sanitation services. Korban also oversaw construction of Milwaukee's first streetcar line and developed a lead service line replacement program, his resume shows.

Korban is poised to replace a series of interim hires who have held the Sewerage & Water Board's top job since former executive director Cedric Grant was forced to retire in the fallout of the Aug. 5 flood. Grant drew a roughly $220,000 annual salary prior to his departure, records show.

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