About the Authority

Justin Lowthert

Robert Keesling

Originally from Louisville KY, Rob Keesling grew up in Joppatowne, MD. He graduated from Cornell University in 1983 with a Bachelors Degree in Business Management. In 1990 he began a 29-year career in the telecommunications industry, where he held various sales and managerial roles in the Commercial Business space. He retired in 2019 after 24 years with AT&T.
Upon retirement, Rob acquired his real estate license and has worked in Commercial Real Estate since 2020. Outside of the office, he is involved with the Harford County Chamber of Commerce, The Bel Air Community Band and was previously a board member on The Greater Baltimore Lacrosse Foundation.
A resident of Bel Air, he also enjoys spending time at his "retirement" home in Ocean Pines, MD

David Wilkins

David Wilkins has a long history in water and sewer operations. He has worked for the WSSC Water Division for almost 20 years prior to joining WSSC, he worked for the City of Rockville where he was responsible for emergency and non-emergency repairs to street, water, sewer, storm drain, and storm debris incidents. He also served as the city’s Water and Sewer locator. At WSSC he performed replacement of water mains, water services, valves, fire hydrants, water taps, and meters; Installs sediment control devices; Performs shutdown/recharge of water mains. Performed work in confined spaces and excavations, following applicable safety regulations. Assisted in the installation of shoring and confined space safety devices. Observed safety regulations, wearing the required personal protective equipment. Followed and enforced recommended safety practices and used appropriate traffic safety devices such as arrow boards, safety lights, cones and barrels, etc. for traffic flow protection. David’s current position at WSSC is Customer Advocate. In that role he works closely with community and government officials, and other WSSC Water stakeholders regarding repair, maintenance, and construction activities associated with planned and emergency projects. Prepare customers for water outages and other emergency work. Works jointly with internal stakeholders including field staff and supervisors, project design and construction teams and external stakeholders including State Highway Administration, Prince George’s and Montgomery County Departments of Public Works, and Department of Environmental Services to inform about planned work and key issues, and to ensure WSSC Water compliance to state and county regulations.

Keith Dill

Keith Dill is the Health and Safety Manager for David A. Bramble, Inc. He has worked in the underground construction industry in various capacities in Maryland, Delaware and Virginia since 1988. He served as a field safety technician for Cherry Hill Construction until 2003 and has been the Health and Safety Manager at Bramble from then until the present. Mr. Dills work experience has had a heavy emphasis on underground ground utility installation and directional drilling.

Hal Metzler

Hal W. Metzler, Jr grew up in Vermont where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont (UVM). He began his career inspecting right of way projects for the US Forest Service and Vermont Agency of Transportation while attending UVM. After graduation He worked in the private sector in Massachusetts and then Maryland on water, sewer, and stormwater construction projects in various capacities for nearly 10 years. In 2015 Hal began working for the City of Hyattsville Public Works department first as project manager before being promoted to Deputy Director. Hal has competed in Beard Competitions internationally including placing 4th at the 2019 World Championships in Belgium, and winning several national awards.

Bahareh Inanhoo

Bahareh Inanloo is a professional engineer who works on utility permitting at Montgomery County Land Development Division, reviewing aboveground and underground utility permit applications. She has more than 14 years of civil and structural engineering design and research experience. Prior to her moving to Montgomery County, Dr. Inanloo was a senior water resources engineer who worked extensively on floodplain mapping. She holds a PhD in civil engineering from Florida International University, has published extensively on subjects such as risk modeling in the peer reviewed literature, and has worked as a civil engineer on infrastructure projects across the country, including in Maryland.

Jennifer Arroyo

Jennifer Arroyo is the General Manager for One Call Concepts Inc.’s Miss Utility
Maryland office serving the states of Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia.
She started with OCC in 1997 as a CSR in the Wichita, Kansas office where her ability
to converse with people and desire to help others was a natural fit for the one-call
industry. Jennifer quickly moved up into management holding various positions prior to
relocating to Maryland in 2021. She has assisted in establishing several of OCC’s call
centers in other states and additional projects within the company. Jennifer is committed
to safety and knows the notification center is crucial in protecting underground facilities.

Ryan Reese

Timothy Kaptein

Timothy Kaptein, CSP, CHST, STS, is a native of Champaign, Illinois, spent much of his childhood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) before moving to Maryland to pursue a career in safety. Since 2008, Tim has served as the Director of Safety at Comer Construction, Inc. He holds several professional certifications, including Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST), and Safety Trained Supervisor (STS). An active leader in his field, Tim is a board member of the Associated Utility Contractors (AUC) and a member of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Safety Committee. He lives in Catonsville, Maryland, with his wife, Lindsay, and their two children, Lyla and Jax.