The Rate Study Stakeholder Advisory Group will serve as a sounding board on issues related to the existing and alternative water and sewer rate methodologies by providing comments and ideas about various rate methodology priorities, impacts and other considerations.

The below stakeholders will represent different customer groups throughout the rate study.

Name	Organization	Representative Role
Ken Syzmanski	Greater Charlotte Apartment Association	Multi-family (master metered) residential representative
Jim Patterson	Childress Klein	Large office/commercial irrigation representative
Buddy Murrow	NC Green Industry Council	Landscape & irrigation professionals representative
Alison Royal-Combs	Greater Charlotte Realtors Assoc.	Residential real estate representative
Jim Duke	The Peninsula neighborhood	North Towns appointed customer representative
Bruce Anderson	Huntersville neighborhood	North Towns appointed customer representative
Andy Munn	Real Estate & Building Industry Coalition	Home builders & commercial real estate development
George Beckwith	Utilities Advisory Committee	Advisory Committee liaison
Angeles Ortega	Mi Gente  Newspaper	Latino customer representative
David Merryman	Catawba Riverkeeper	Environmental advocate representative
Craig Dargen	Frito Lay - Charlotte Chamber	Industrial-Commercial customer representative
Chris Matthews	Beverly Crest Neighborhood	South area residential customer representative
Elaine Piraneo	Forest Ridge neighborhood	East area residential customer representative
Natalie Kennedy Beard	McCrorey Heights  neighborhood	West area residential customer representative