Aqua America Hires Chief Administrative Officer

BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Aqua America, Inc. WTR has hired Susan F. Haindl as chief administrative officer. In her new position, Haindl will report directly to the chief financial officer (CFO) and oversee all of the company's administrative support services departments, including information services, customer service, fleet and purchasing.

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Haindl comes to Aqua America with extensive experience, most recently as vice president of Anexinet, a provider of digital business solutions. Previously, she was managing director, operations for The Pew Charitable Trust where she led the business transformation of an operations organization made up of information technology, real estate, human resources, operations planning and project management. She also brings utility experience to the table having worked at Exelon as director of the IT planning and business office, and as director of merger integration.

"We are looking forward to having Susan apply her extensive expertise in information services and business management to our organization," said Aqua America CFO Dave Smeltzer. "Our administrative functions are varied, and Susan's proven experience in applying her skills across many different business units will be well-suited here at Aqua."

Haindl has a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and a master's degree in business administration from St. Joseph's University. She serves on the board of directors of the Union League of Philadelphia and is a trustee for the league's Youth Work Foundation. Her other civic activities include the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Audit Committee, the World Meeting of Families' Technology Committee, the Forum of Executive Women, and the Delaware County SPCA Building Committee.

Aqua America is one of the largest U.S.-based, publicly traded water utilities and serves nearly 3 million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia. Aqua America is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol WTR. Visit AquaAmerica.com for more information.

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