Elizabeth “Liz” Kramer turned a degree in history into work on innovative energy and resource recovery projects for her hometown of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
After college, she took a part-time administrative job with the city. That evolved, seven years ago, into a full-time position as sustainability coordinator. She’s active in the Central States Water Environment Association, chairing the Operations Safety and Laboratory Committee and planning the Innovative Approaches to Wastewater Operations Conference.Her influences: We have an incredible team here. My supervisor Emma Larson is great. Tracy Hodel, recently promoted to city administrator, was my mentor when I started. She has shepherded














